Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She lugs the most recent bag of trash back up the stairs , unties it , putrid stench , fermenting and ghastly like old fruit skins .
2 With a skilful lurch he gave the bent hydrant on the sidewalk a crunchy shouldercheck and we were off , weaving at speed back up the street .
3 The speed of this action potential down a cell is specific to that cell , but in different cells this speed ranges from 0.2 metres per second to 120 metres per second .
4 GREEN GODDESS : Caddie Fanny Sunesson helps Nick Faldo line up a birdie putt at Sunningdale
5 And there were fears too that even if the armchair fans fork out the £250 for a satellite dish they may then have to pay extra to enjoy the privilege of watching the best games live .
6 The route itself is not simple , nor is the entry into the camper camper van up a ramp .
7 Most meteorites collected elsewhere in the world fell within the past 200 years , although some dates of fall range back a few thousand years .
8 The sense of comic opera or mini tragedy was reinforced by the fact that at the March meeting the Shetland Islands Council received a letter from the Scottish Office , indicating that as ministers would not be able to deal with the issue ‘ for quite some considerable time ’ , could not the Shetland Islands Council sort out the matter ?
9 A couple of new songs had a few ideas ‘ borrowed ’ from The Mission and New Model Army and could give a few clues as to which market Echo & The Bunnymen see themselves operating in during their climb back up the ladder to fame and fortune .
10 You need some fresh air , he said to Dolly when he brought her a cup of tea , and he pulled the top window frame down a little .
11 I emphasise that the Assembly of Welsh Counties , the Council of Welsh Districts and the Audit Commission back the restoration of local control over the business rate .
12 If your bottom dweller hides all day and feeds when you 're in bed , ensure a supply of food by sliding pellet or tablet food down a tube into his lair — which will stop other greedy fish getting it .
13 At about eight-thirty , headlights scallop out the darkness and the brakes squeak to a tired and worked stop .
14 British parents fork out a small fortune to keep their children looking like a mini-version of Vinny Jones or Peter Beardsley .
15 The first goal was definitely the killer , because after that it felt like we were carrying a one-ton weight up a down escalator .
16 In July 1839 , the House of Commons set up a Select Committee to consider the various plans for Downing Street .
17 On their slow progress back up the road Hyacinth lagged behind them , pausing more and more often and holding her belly .
18 If you do n't you could use an A four pad building up a picture of the guy and trying at some time
19 If it helps the hon. Gentleman , I shall try to wear my tie upside down the next time I am at the Dispatch Box .
20 The story tells of a man 's journey of self discovery up an African River … and most of the shoot was done in tropical Belize .
21 Throwing the conservationist traditions founded in the Roosevelt-Pinchot era out the window , Reagan ( and who can believe he was once the environmentally aware governor of California ? ) has declared war on environmentalists in his crusade to open up America 's natural resources to the developers .
22 The supplier need not identify the actual manufacturer , only the next person back up the chain of supply .
23 Built by Colla MacDonnell in the sixteenth century , it clings to a narrow promontory , and although there is not much left of the castle itself , its magnificent position is worth the long haul back up the cliff path .
24 Yeah phone call out the blue .
25 Though it is possible to trace a system of remedies outside the court structure back a thousand years ( Wraith and Hutchesson , 1973 ) , it is unnecessary to go back beyond the National Insurance Act 1911 for an historical background to modern tribunals .
26 There would be a fire in the grass on the dunes , or a plane would have crashed , and all that stopped the cordite in the cellar from going up would be me diverting some of the water from a dam system down a channel and into the house .
27 Perhaps as a final word , I might be per better to echo the chief planning inspector Stephen who at this year 's T C P summer school , said , Neither statute or policy rule out the practical application of common sense in unusual or exceptional circumstances .
28 Then , abruptly , for the following day and a half there was neither sand nor palm trees , just a thirty-mile climb up a canyon of broken slate and rock .
29 Nevertheless , the experiments presented in our paper point out the role of the L-arginine-NO pathway among the mechanisms that modulate the compliance of the gall bladder wall .
30 It 's made a great thoroughfare in the dining area and broken the dining area up a bit .
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