Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the JMU will automatically consider adding an investment business inspection on to an audit monitoring visit to an authorised firm . |
| 2 | Once past her garden , Clare turned off the narrow lane on to a path hedged high with hawthorn , which led up the gently rising hill behind the cottage to the wood . |
| 3 | But Norman 's wholly unflustered , plots his way from hold to hold , from rest to rest , occasionally commenting on the way the knee-pads disconcertingly twist ; sometimes whopping with delight as he gets a foot on to a substantial hold . |
| 4 | But Norman 's wholly unflustered , plots his way from hold to hold , from rest to rest , occasionally commenting on the way the knee-pads disconcertingly twist , sometimes whooping with delight as he gets a foot on to a substantial hold . ’ |
| 5 | Since I am perfectly fit myself I had to consider Miller 's tribulation with some care , for I am here putting a foot on to an unknown terrain — always an exhilarating experience for a writer . |
| 6 | At Cheltenham , they recoup early losses with a late hat-trick of winners ; at Brighton , they come badly unstuck ; and at Redcar they pull off a major coup , smuggling suitcase-loads of money on to a 7–1 shot past the eagle eye of the bookies . |
| 7 | As Ilse happily slipped out of her thin white overall , Ingrid noticed the audience tossing money on to a plate which was being passed around . |
| 8 | The bird ties it by holding a strip on to a branch with one foot and then , using its beak , passing the end round the branch , threading it through one of the turns and pulling it tight . |
| 9 | For there , hard at work dubbing the soundtrack on to a new series of Minder at Anvil Studios , was the Lotus Elan-hero-turned-De Lorean cohort I 'd been longing to unmask . |
| 10 | Nina turned the fragments of food on her plate with all the delicacy of an archaeologist lifting a shard on to a trowel . |
| 11 | George Michael would find it easiest to grow older gracefully , eventually launching his 1987 album Faith on to a perfectly-targeted audience of millions . |
| 12 | She was just bending over to pat powder on to a young actress 's face when she heard the door open behind her and a strange tingle of apprehension prickled the back of her neck . |
| 13 | But if you leave a light bulb on for a year , it 'll cost you more than leaving the fan heater on for an hour . |
| 14 | There is nothing in the Children Act 1989 which provides for the court to tack any direction on to a care order and I have to say that , in my judgment , the addition of a direction of any sort to a care order is a fetter on the local authority plans , authority and responsibility . |
| 15 | Pin the tracing on to a wall . |
| 16 | But Fael-Inis was concentrating on spreading honey on to a wedge of bread , and seemed not to notice . |
| 17 | Smiling broadly to herself she closed the heavy wooden door behind us and fastened the little chain latch on to a nail on the adjacent door . |
| 18 | He flung the guitar on to a chair , and bent down to pick Shelley up bodily instead , lifting her as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 19 | Reproachfully , Rosa dipped into the deep pot of olives and served a scoop of the waxy jade pebbles on to a dish and set it near Tommaso . |
| 20 | This was the famous gun that could put a shell on to a target and then another two on the same spot precisely . |
| 21 | The proposals include : setting up a system of area judicial debt recovery tribunals by upgrading the debt recovery function of County Courts to the level of District Registries of the High Court ; putting County Court bailiffs on to a results-based salary similar to that of High Court bailiffs ; and putting a £500 ceiling on County Court bad debt claims , with larger claims going to the High Court where better results can be achieved . |
| 22 | But Labour councillor Gordon Plummer said it would be difficult to find anyone to take the building on on an annual tenancy until the future of the cattle market nearby was sorted out . |
| 23 | At each stage of the dilution Hahnemann subjected his solutions to a succession of powerful shocks by bringing the vials in which they were contained down hard several times on to a firm surface . |
| 24 | I would pick Rocastle to start and bring Strach on after an hour ( or earlier in emergency ) asa tactical substitution or as a fresh pair of legs : - ) . |
| 25 | Indeed , in some ways the EDC treaty went beyond the ECSC in that Article 38 , which had been included at the insistence of Italy , required the Common Assembly to study ways of establishing federal institutions along with a popularly elected legislature . |
| 26 | Then Connie would move into the sanatorium along with a lot of legal talent he had lined up to look after his interests — and Connie 's , too , of course — and I 'd head for home with my five hundred . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That was the FRG from Soltau — they 've cleared most of the tasks from last night , less a Chieftain power pack change that 's in hand and one badly bogged tank — they 're having to find a route in for a second armoured recovery vehicle , and , of course , the last Challenger pack change — how are the lads doing on those packs that came in this morning ? ’ |
| 28 | She stood in the queue for some minutes , till she was served by a sweating , grimy woman , who sprayed from a height a tray full of cups , and slapped the change down on a counter awash with various fluids . |
| 29 | Every night Boy would wear the same thing , a white t shirt ; and every night he would throw that t shirt down on a different bedroom floor . |
| 30 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |