Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You bolt on the tail and wings you 've been towing behind on a trailer , flip a couple of switches on the dashboard , and then find a strip of flat land to take off from . |
2 | Ace , Defries and Johannsen could only watch as , almost in slow motion , Daak thrust out a fist to support his weight — and pushed down half the switches on the control panel . |
3 | Cut the crap — he 's doing a handrail down a flight of steps , that 's all . |
4 | Diana enjoyed herself enormously at the birthday party not least because it brought her sister down a peg or two . |
5 | It was high time someone took his young sister down a peg . |
6 | And an hour down the golf range . |
7 | ‘ Greed , cynicism , the rotters and the agents have spoiled it , ’ McIlvanney reflects bitterly , ‘ the rotters ’ being the trade term for journalists trained to sniff out sensation or scandal , or failing that , to drop a cheque down a hole and see who bites . |
8 | That narrows the field down a bit , if it 's correct . |
9 | I might have to cut the cleaners ' hours down a bit , ’ says Chris . |
10 | It entails beating up some chicken eggs , putting them into a syringe and squirting the uncooked scramble down the bird 's throat . |
11 | The boys were back in town to finish off their latest album of dinkety-bonk and decided to let their hair down a bit after a little light refreshment in the bar . |
12 | What we are talking about is moving the responsibility down a stage so that there is a system in place that recognises individual club players and helps them when they move up . |
13 | He flicked a switch on a console and said . |
14 | Although Decimax 's current ad shows these switches to be of the keypad variety , our unit used membrane types ; each push of the switch on the plus or minus end gives a corresponding level change ( indicated by the LEDs ) on that particular frequency . |
15 | Whitlock activated the switch on the dashboard and the glass slid into place , sealing off the back and front seats of the car . |
16 | Flicking the switch on the TV is one thing , but such reactions are more serious when it comes to real life situations . |
17 | She stayed near him till he slept , went out into the dark hall , switched on the light with pride and with the knowledge of what that little act meant , what it had cost , would cost ; she pressed a tiny switch on the wall , and electrons obediently flowed through cables , because the woman in the Electricity had so ordered it |
18 | He snapped a switch on the wall socket . |
19 | The figure pressed a switch on the wall and the bars of the cage disappeared . |
20 | He flicked a switch on the percolator , which was set up in a recess above one of the work-benches , and reached for a fresh mug . |
21 | She heard the rattle of the curtain rings as the blackouts were pulled across , and then the click of the switch on the standard lamp as Bella put on the light . |
22 | Well you just switch it it 's a switch on the top . |
23 | Computers , Fletcher maintains , always have their on-off switch on the back . |
24 | Well usually erm modern telephones have got a switch on the back and you can switch them to pulse or tone |
25 | There could be a switch on the bench . |
26 | For most children ‘ light ’ in this task means ‘ light bulb ’ as in ‘ Switch on the light ’ . |
27 | Once , not long ago , an old film called National Velvet had been on television and when the young Elizabeth Taylor appeared on the screen he had at once been sharply reminded of Mary — and had exited , not with the escape key but with the switch on the set . |
28 | Better , fit a true mains switch ( e.g. a cord switch on the primary side of the transformer ) and hope that people will use it instead of the on-off switch on the radio . |
29 | Tucked under the grill is the hotplate light , operated by a switch on the grill canopy , which ensures that your grill and hotplate are always clearly illuminated . |
30 | Press the switch on the fascia and it lights up a new world of controlled cooking . |