Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young may be carried on the snout of the mother if they are in distress ( or stillborn ) , a behaviour that is also sometimes extended to humans in distress . |
| 2 | The crew will be volunteers from the Midlands and a special headboard will be carried on the front of the locomotive , one of the Ffestiniog 's unique double engines . |
| 3 | Pottery materials continued to be carried on the canal until the 1960s . |
| 4 | However , a surge in voltage of this nature , short-lived or not , may be carried on the mains to other equipment in the vicinity . |
| 5 | Alternatively , they may be lifted up the backstay by shockcord to keep them out of the way . |
| 6 | Putting the light on would be too risky , but the curtains were drawn back and by now their eyes had become accustomed to a darkness in which could be made out the shapes of furniture and smaller objects , a darkness of monochrome and black spaces and faintly gleaming edges . |
| 7 | The TV is regarded as the next generation of home sets , with a flat screen that can be hung on the wall like a picture . |
| 8 | Even punk , once the rhetoric about dole queues , anarchy and Sten guns in Knightsbridge had been exhausted , had become just one more uniform to be hung on the clothesrail of British pop culture , to be dusted down nostalgically on anniversaries . |
| 9 | We will take your pledge to the Earth Summit where it will be hung on the Tree of Life itself . |
| 10 | He seemed almost disappointed to be handed back the wad of notes . |
| 11 | Only people with soft heads stick them in the sand and wait to be kicked up the arse by little cheats and liars . |
| 12 | ‘ Michael was on a dock , fully dressed in tweed jacket , tie , trousers and hush-puppies , and had to put on a pair of water skis , be pulled off the dock into the water , by a rope attached to a motorboat that roared past , and ski away . |
| 13 | An appeal to a county court shall be brought in the court for the district in which the order , decision , or award appealed against was made or given ( Ord 4 , r 9 ) . |
| 14 | The merits of an approach allowing the company to seek civil redress are essentially twofold : first , no victim need be identified ; and secondly , an action may be brought in the context of anonymous stock market trades . |
| 15 | The stream may be followed down the field to a lateral path which crosses it by yet another God 's Bridge , a stone arch formed by nature . |
| 16 | The sea would start to roar at night , and the curlews would be hurled down the glen like dun-coloured bullets . |
| 17 | Ceramic tiles-which can be continued up the space between counter top and unit to make a handsome splashback-come in a huge range of colours and designs and can look spectacular , gentle or fresh depending on the effect you want . |
| 18 | Genes for failure to resist enslavement by cuckoos can easily be passed down the generations of robins or dunnocks . |
| 19 | Genes for failure to enslave foster-parents can not be passed down the generations of cuckoos . |
| 20 | Instead of a ‘ Lock ’ ( or 9,000 cu. ft. of water ) being lost by the passage of a barge ( or barges ) through the ordinary wide lock — only about 90 cu. ft. or one — 100th part of a lock , would be passed down the Canal by the passage of one barge down the Canal and another barge up . |
| 21 | Because there is no ash pit or fire pot , the ashes can be raked out the front of the forge to clear the fire . |
| 22 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
| 23 | The action to be taken on the discovery of a fire or potential fire situation i.e. call for assistance , use of first aid , fire fighting extinguishers ( if reasonably safe to do so ) . |
| 24 | So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on . |
| 25 | Decisions have to be taken on the types of film technique to be used ; locations ; casting ; music ; sets ; and any special requirements . |
| 26 | It 's not clear what notice will be taken on the results of the Enquiry which will be published in the Autumn , but leader of Oxford city council , Barbara Gatehouse , is worried what will happen if the plant is closed . |
| 27 | But these signals did not reach AFHQ until the morning of the next day , 15 May , long after Robertson had sent his response to McCreery 's AC/189 which had only asked for " immediate steps " to be taken over the approach of Army Group E , and which had made no specific reference to Croats . |
| 28 | Care must be taken over the signs of relationships , specifying which category has been selected as the base for comparison ( see section 8.2 ) . |
| 29 | Great care therefore needs to be taken over the completion of documents . |
| 30 | There are final decisions still to be taken over the introduction of the speed controls but it seems likely humps would be in place by September this year . |