Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The route itself is not simple , nor is the entry into the camper camper van up a ramp . |
| 3 | Most meteorites collected elsewhere in the world fell within the past 200 years , although some dates of fall range back a few thousand years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The first goal was definitely the killer , because after that it felt like we were carrying a one-ton weight up a down escalator . |
| 7 | Now a ‘ searching for something ’ or ‘ exploring ’ theme crops up a great deal in drama and there are many teachers who do not recognise that what looks like a tense , exciting , well-focused structure may be no such thing . |
| 8 | A computer prints out a ‘ revolutionary novel ’ to be called Notes — but in numbers ! |
| 9 | Three minutes later , the computer prints out a list of 60 names of suitable recipients , together with their relevant data . |
| 10 | If you do n't you could use an A four pad building up a picture of the guy and trying at some time |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It 's made a great thoroughfare in the dining area and broken the dining area up a bit . |
| 15 | Anxious not to be further delayed , she merely nodded and waved but before she was out of earshot she heard Ford 's voice boom out a greeting . |
| 16 | Tivoli Systems Inc , Austin , Texas , next week will wheel out a new developers toolkit , the first commercially available programmers ' kit for building system management applications compatible with the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Management Environment , it says . |
| 17 | like a beach bum down a Surf City breaker . |
| 18 | As she watched her boisterous daughter race down a Pittsburgh street yesterday , the giggles and grins meant only one thing : ‘ We 're all going home . ’ |
| 19 | Jim still carries the scars of his Carry Ons — he fell off the camel he was supposed to be riding and his left arm was badly broken during the making of Doctor , when he had to ride a hospital trolley down a flight of stairs , through a plate-glass window and on to a table . |
| 20 | The Northern Ireland Office , however , warned later that day against reading too much into Brooke 's promise to consider the Unionists ' demands and on Feb. 27 Brooke made a statement ruling out a full-scale suspension of the Agreement to enable Unionists to take part in interparty talks on political progress . |
| 21 | A small bone assemblage was collected below a nest in a small cave part way up a low cliff in Qatar . |
| 22 | A medical orderly and a nurse patch up a competitor 's foot during a break in the Nijmegen Marches |
| 23 | In addition Final Film are introducing BT 's International System Digital Network , a hi-speed data transfer system which allows design work to be sent from the computer screen down a landline . |
| 24 | Despite these grim warnings , the end of the season saw the final death toll down a little on last year . |
| 25 | Have a coffee light up a |
| 26 | the top material work out a plan for how much I 'll want . |
| 27 | The nature of railway operations , revolving round the movement of passenger and freight trains along a network of tracks between stations and terminals , gives rise to the characteristic categories of railway work : the upkeep of the permanent way and its associated bridges , embankments , tunnels , overhead line equipment and so on ; the maintenance of rolling stock and locomotives ; the crewing of trains ; the control of their movements by signalling etc. ; the staffing of stations , depots and terminals . |
| 28 | Visitors enter the slate-floored reception area up a slight ramp from the door — the tall , interior brick elevation , with its curiously convoluted buttress , slides away to the left . |
| 29 | The conditions did n't help either team , the strong wind and the bumpy pitch ruling out a lot of good football . |