Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | He touched the black enamelled visor of his helmet in answer to the salute of the red-coated sentry who stood outside an expensive front door , then cantered on through Brussels ' fashionable streets until he reached a large house on the rue de la Blanchisserie . |
| 2 | Derek Andrews should be sampling but G. stands in during Andrews ' holidays . |
| 3 | Paish has been brought in as Leeds ' fitness expert by boss Howard Wilkinson . |
| 4 | ‘ Let me in for Chris ' sake and I 'll tell you . ’ |
| 5 | erm I remember a few years ago when there was a great panicky shutting down of teachers ' training colleges . |
| 6 | As with the Supergrid , the leading electrical engineering consultants were generally more adventurous and expressed surprise at the conservatism of the BEA , though , in order to keep their power station consultancy contracts , they went along with headquarters ' design policy . |
| 7 | But a Northumbrian Water spokesman said yesterday the confusion had arisen because Middlesbrough Council had chosen not to continue collecting water payments along with tenants ' house rents . |
| 8 | Duncan Shearer ( Aberdeen ) would then be left on the bench along with Hearts ' John Robertson while Roxburgh 's faith is invested in an enticing partnership . |
| 9 | In short , our singular approach and our racism , along with heterosexuals ' inability to take heterosexism seriously , combined to close down the possibility to focus on heterosexism at these conferences in a generalized way . |
| 10 | And then Skerrett was shown the red card and Platt was sin-binned along with Saints ' Nickle after a flare-up . |
| 11 | Bold concept cars from Renault and Citroen were the stars at the Paris motor show along with Mercedes ' new 500E Q-car . |
| 12 | The recent shortage at auction of outstanding examples of Victorian painting is put down to vendors ' unfounded fears that prices for even the best must have suffered . |
| 13 | Armed thus , and in the mood for , erm , fun , Mr Mooncult stormed down to Paris ' notorious Pigalle red light area and proceeded to lob his ‘ ammunition ’ at puzzled transvestites . |
| 14 | All kinds of hand tools , ranging from picks , mattocks and shovels down to builders ' pointing trowels and even teaspoons and paintbrushes , are used . |
| 15 | The King addresses him in verse to start with , but then comes down to Parolles ' level in prose , the medium in which Lafeu and Diana also address him , recognizing his inferior ethos ( All 's Well that Ends Well , V.iii.238ff . ) . |
| 16 | He took it along to Stationers ' Hall on 2 November 1691 and entered it in the Stationers ' Register to establish copyright of a sort : |
| 17 | Fitting in to others ' expectations , e.g. spouse , friends or colleagues . |
| 18 | This AE recalls a sales manager who tuned in to AEs ' telephone conversations , thereby gaining snippets of information about their private lives which he would not hesitate to use . |
| 19 | The cuckoo 's lazy tactic of leaving the hassle of child care to others is well known , but given the chance , fish will also attempt to cash in on others ' parental efforts in various ways . |
| 20 | The film is technically impressive ( Academy Award-winning animator Derek Lamb directs ) but more admirably it zeroes in on kids ' interests without patronizing them . |
| 21 | The film is technically impressive ( Academy Award-winning animator Derek Lamb directs ) but more admirably it zeroes in on kids ' interests without patronizing them . |
| 22 | The dragon homed in on Olybrius ' wrath , which called him across the continent . |
| 23 | SHELL-SHOCKED West Ham missed the chance to steal second place from Division One promotion rivals Tranmere last night after being shot down by Rovers ' ace marksman John Aldridge . |
| 24 | You left the cinema your hand in your pocket clutching a non-existent ‘ rod ’ , you went rat a tat tat Chicago piano machine gun style and did a James Cagney hoodlum staggering along the pavement with your hands to your chest until you collapsed into a doorway mown down by gangsters ' bullets crying for Pat O'Brien or Joan Blondell to take the message to ma . |
| 25 | There was a distinct possibility that it could sink without trace , weighed down by listeners ' indifference , or , of course , it might possibly cause a public outcry , disgusting not merely Tunbridge Wells . |
| 26 | There is a special commission which organizes the daily menu , using the prison food stocks , invariably rice and beans , together with additional food brought in by prisoners ' relatives and solidarity groups . |
| 27 | And Arsenal manager George Graham last night warned his men not to be taken in by Leeds ' run of seven games without a win , saying : ‘ This is going to be the most open Championship race for years and I 'm taking no notice of people who are writing off Leeds . |
| 28 | The final quarter was virtually all Zimbabwe , although lock Phil Davies was able to charge through for Wales ' fourth try seven minutes from time , which Jenkins again converted . |
| 29 | However , they clung on to a victory which served to rekindle hopes among the travelling support that all was not lost after all in the title race , especially after news leaked through of Rangers ' demise at Celtic Park . |
| 30 | We have so far said little about the way the Stress Syndrome spills over into teachers ' personal relationships out of school . |