Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cutting deeply into Saddleworth Moor , this delightful boulder-strewn ravine with its series of cascades , provides a pleasant approach up to the craggy belvedere and the start of one of the best edges traverses in the northern Peak . |
| 2 | And desire and dedication are easier to come by when the alternative is a one-way ticket back to the ghetto . |
| 3 | Devlin made an excellent landing and within minutes had his suitcase and a trenching shovel out of the supply bag , a dark raincoat and trilby . |
| 4 | Sidney Poitier directed and starred in the yukkie A Warm December ; Barbra Streisand played a rebellious housewife in Up The Sandbox , a garish comedy-drama ; and Steve McQueen produced and starred in the brutish Sam Peckinpah heist movie The Getaway , which grossed more than $36 million worldwide despite mixed reviews . |
| 5 | ‘ Good evening , ’ said a dry voice out of the gloom . |
| 6 | There is a private lift down to the bathing platform ( open 1 May to 30 September ) where changing huts , sun-beds and umbrellas are all available at a charge . |
| 7 | There is a private lift down to the sea water swimming pool and sun terrace . |
| 8 | With ‘ Fayre Organ , ’ clog dancing and children 's entertainment the aim , as in Ossett 's gala , is to ‘ make a memorable day out for the family . ’ |
| 9 | As with the blacks , sport for Jews became a possible way out of the dreadful circumstances which beset their lives . |
| 10 | There would be no wild charm in the situation — with her own thought and skill to tame the dangers — but a possible way out of the present disaster . |
| 11 | By mid-September there were some 150,000 US military and support personnel in the region , but on Sept. 13 the senior US commander in the Gulf , Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf , dampened the growing speculation about a possible move on to the offensive in mid-October , expressing the opinion that he needed two months to bring the forces up to strength . |
| 12 | He carried her as if she were no more than a disobedient child back down the path to the fountain . |
| 13 | Still , I need some fun , and so I make my way to the front , along a narrow arm out onto the sun-baked prow tip . |
| 14 | Folly saw a glimpse of gold , and something that sparkled , then caught her breath as he slipped a narrow band on to the third finger of her left hand . |
| 15 | The efforts of those like Gosse and Agassiz to make a definite theory out of the doctrine of Creation helped to show the value of an alternative approach ; evolution might be made scientific . |
| 16 | By way of variation , though , she sang a simple setting of a poignant old Irish poem , which began in a lovely duet between her and Kellock , with drummer John Rae on bodhran , but eventually turned into a full-steam work out for the trio , which was completed by bass player Andy Mitchell . |
| 17 | Your going to Wellingborough that 's a bloody turn up for the books is n't it ? |
| 18 | Alternatively the acquiror may wish to have a specific retention out of the consideration only to be released after a specific timeframe once all identified pre-contract trade debtors have been collected ) . |
| 19 | Although the two never met , they both forged a figurative style out of the Abstract Expressionism raging all about them — not the most popular move to make at the time . |
| 20 | Today he made a humiliating climb down in the Commons and demonstrated that he 'd lost his political touch — that he did n't realise how upset the voters would be if he put 30,000 — going on 100,000 — people out of work . |
| 21 | Robyn looked up from the kitchen sink and placed a washed plate on to the draining-board . |
| 22 | ‘ Having with difficulty crossed the range over an entire new country , and penetrated to the centre of the dense Eucalypti scrub alluded to , in which I spent a night and part of two days without water for my horses , I was compelled , much to my regret , to beat a hasty retreat back to the ranges , in the gullies of which I even found difficulty in obtaining water . |
| 23 | Blake agreed with his companion , and beat a hasty retreat back to the hole in time . |
| 24 | Create a rural haven down on the farm . |
| 25 | Organizations for linking , such as those which many LEAs provide for the primary-to-secondary move , have also done much to encourage the pooling of detailed information about the curriculum up to the age of 16 and the curriculum either in the technical or vocational context up to the age of 17 or 18 or in a tertiary college up to the age of 18 . |
| 26 | It requires a complete turn round in the way that teachers have been trained to think . |
| 27 | Dropping the branches , I started what I feared would be a hopeless run back to the Felder . |
| 28 | The rampant sexism of the climbing and walking fraternity over the last 50 years has left a whole generation of older women with the legacy of being expected to have the white-bearded , old sod 's tea ready for him on the table when he comes home from a fabulous day out on the hills . |
| 29 | K. R. One night we had a strange sergeant in from the South End of the city who was filling in for our missing sergeant . |
| 30 | Most East Anglican villages had a working windmill up to the beginning of this century , and many mills continued to grind corn until recent years . |