Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 whooping with delight as he gets a foot on to a substantial hold . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Nina turned the fragments of food on her plate with all the delicacy of an archaeologist lifting a shard on to a trowel . |
| 9 | George Michael would find it easiest to grow older gracefully , eventually launching his 1987 album Faith on to a perfectly-targeted audience of millions . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Pin the tracing on to a wall . |
| 14 | But Fael-Inis was concentrating on spreading honey on to a wedge of bread , and seemed not to notice . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This was the famous gun that could put a shell on to a target and then another two on the same spot precisely . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |
| 23 | Russell said , " Before you leave , put money down for a mescal . " |
| 24 | Members of the Company put their money down on a separate basis for a distinct and limited series of enterprises ; profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off . |
| 25 | Above this moving carpet , the sand in the air reduced visibility down to a hundred yards . |
| 26 | The windscreen wipers trudge sluggishly and ineffectively through the water , bringing visibility down to a few feet . |
| 27 | She looks as if she stuck every hairpin in like a knife . " |
| 28 | Van Cleef was cast opposite Eastwood in For A Few Dollars More ( 1965 ) and The Good , The Bad and The Ugly ( 1966 ) and immediately became a major star and a poster pin-up . |
| 29 | Henry worked under his father at the abbey from 1495 , but from 1501 to 1506 was building the Observant friary in Richmond , Surrey , by contract along with a brickmaker , Robert Nevill , and Thomas Binks , carpenter . |
| 30 | It 's not no y you using a you put a boiler in for a purpose , is to heat your water up in n it ? |