Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | This is because the genes controlling these particular colour-forms are both carried on the X chromosomes , the red gene on one and the non-red gene on the other . |
2 | Later on the 40 pins will reveal themselves to be tiny light bulbs . |
3 | It was installed to step down the 33,000 volts supply received at Hindhead from the national grid , to 11,000 for local distribution . |
4 | I throw on my overcoat and step into the pitch-black hall , take off my shoes and start to trot quietly down the twenty-two flights of steps . |
5 | Deciding against riding the lift back down , she walked to the stairs , and ran quickly down the eight flights . |
6 | Saturday night is racing cars up and down the eight miles of road , the nearest policeman being , perhaps , a whole day away . |
7 | The mosaic extends the length of the nave as far as the presbytery , into the apse , and down the two arms of the transept and survives as a visual encyclopedia of the medieval mind . |
8 | Go down the two ladders and enter the second door , walk down the steps and onto the stage , then it 's under the spotlight to perform all those great songs the Blues Brothers are famous for . |
9 | As the poem reaches its climax , Stephen — naked but covered in paint : green body , red cock and yellow balls — will leap , screaming down the 200 feet into a safety net . |
10 | The club 's travels up and down the four divisions in the last 18 years have helped , and he completed the full set of 92 grounds at Watford three or four years ago . |
11 | Squeaky Sutton , the landlord of the ‘ Windy Ridge ’ for the past thirty years , looked up as the noisy party clattered down the four steps into his cosy cellar bar . |
12 | She crashed down the four steps , ending up in a heap on the landing . |
13 | He turned and went down the four steps that led into the long , dark , low-ceilinged dining room , returning a moment later with a book from the shelves . |
14 | Meg pushed past him and jumped down the four steps in her haste . |
15 | Glide down the four miles of restored canal in the twelve seater passenger boat ‘ Thomas Dadford ’ . |
16 | He went to his window , and looked down the five storeys into the courtyard . |
17 | Lee ‘ s briskness had been a last stand and she was ready to turn and walk down the five flights of stairs again when the door in front of her suddenly swung open and Lee found herself walking through the doorway . |
18 | ‘ It 's none of my business , ’ she replied , gripping the solid wood grab-rails as she went down the five steps with their non-slip treads . |
19 | Phil was the first of a long list of people to tackle this challenge — abseiling down the 170 feet of the electrical engineering tower . |
20 | They seem to have bullied him and made him er , make concessions , and the question that Freud and Bullett constantly ask is , why did Wilson make these concessions , especially since his position was already defined before he came to Europe , you know he already laid down the fourteen points , and sold it to the American people . |
21 | When the divers went over the side to swim down the seventy feet to the pipe , however , they immediately discovered how hazardous it really was . |
22 | Whitby is worth minor discomfort , however , and we quickly clambered down the 199 steps and strolled around the endlessly fascinating harbour and backstreets . |
23 | The following Saturday I began a tour of Chelsea , Fulham and Kensington , staring into shop windows up and down the three boroughs and watching young men going about their business in the hope of eventually finding the right person to run Trumper 's . |
24 | Quinn was racing down the three flights of stairs to the lobby-level . |
25 | Every morning he went down the three flights of stairs the mail was there to be shuffled and dealt . |
26 | As she walked to the weighing room , she gulped down the three pills . |
27 | You could go with the travel club , I suppose , but then you do n't get the chance to come down the Three Goats Heads pub in the city centre before and after the match and meet everyone else from the list — hopefully . |
28 | Darius stomps down the three steps without saying a word . |
29 | He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street . |
30 | And I think the way we did it we marked down the three shops we wanted to do and make sure you do those three shops . |