Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crossroads lived on under the Central banner , but there were many more changes in store and some viewers did n't like take to those either . |
| 2 | The Commission made a provisional determination that the plaintiffs had failed to establish a claim according to the rules laid down under the statute . |
| 3 | They meandered along under the old overhanging house fronts and Jack had to duck his head to avoid cracking it on a lamp in an iron cage . |
| 4 | It was all forest here once , and then , ages ago , there was a flood ; the forest sank down under the sea . |
| 5 | The whole dinghy was jammed and sucked in under the stem , then rolled over , held fast by her steel mast which would not snap . |
| 6 | The machine gun came free , and the children staggered off under the weight , certain of a huge price on the black market . |
| 7 | All three firms are crushed by debts built up under the communists . |
| 8 | Susie Smallwood peered out under the festoon blind . |
| 9 | This passage reveals concern for the points of the compass when clipping was in progress as the shepherd moved around under the tree to avoid the rays of the sun . |
| 10 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 11 | Norman came in under the wild-card foreign invitee blanket with nary a victory to his name in the past year . |
| 12 | A fair number of final bids which came in under the reserve price were later accepted . |
| 13 | Under certain circumstances , plant hired out under the model conditions of the C.P.A. ( Contractors Plant Association ) will provide the owners with a right of recovery in the event of loss or damage . |
| 14 | When he left , Midge and Stevie stayed in the house and Chris came out under the portico alone . |
| 15 | The eyes of the Modigliani seemed to glare at me severely , so I sneaked out under the colonnade , where a minute later Conchis joined me . |
| 16 | The move came about under the stimulus of ‘ national debate on educational standards , finance and accountability ’ . |
| 17 | But as the pony trotted on under the cloud-filled November sky the voice that soon stole into Abie Klugman 's mind was not from his past or his future , but from his present . |
| 18 | So I ducked in under the trap . |
| 19 | We reached the gateway and turned in under the adobe arch with the name Hda LUCINDA plaster-embossed in large letters . |
| 20 | I threw up under the trees . |
| 21 | But experience shows that language — and , particularly , language adopted or concurred in under the pressure of a tight Parliamentary timetable — is not always a reliable vehicle for the complete or accurate translation of legislative intention ; and I have been persuaded , for the reasons so cogently deployed in the speech of my noble and learned friend , that the circumstances of this case demonstrate that there is both the room and the necessity for a limited relaxation of the previously well-settled rule which excludes reference to Parliamentary history as an aid to statutory construction . |
| 22 | They walked down under the archway of trees to the Littles ' cottage , stood outside the gate chatting to Zach and carried on down the lane . |
| 23 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 24 | At the time of weddings , a group of women and children came across the fields with baskets and scarves full of sweets and rice which they touched down under the holy tree to be blessed , before going back the same way they 'd come . |
| 25 | But when they took the wind advantage Harrogate also took control , crossing Driffield 's line for four tries through number eight Jeremy Hopkinson with a push-over , county prop John Woodthorpe from a tap penalty move and rolling maul , Steve Baker from the line-out before driving over , and Adam Pearson from a back move finished off under the crossbar . |
| 26 | But when they took the wind advantage Harrogate also took control , crossing Driffield 's line for four tries through number eight Jeremy Hopkinson with a push-over , county prop John Woodthorpe from a tap penalty move and rolling maul , Steve Baker from the line-out before driving over , and Adam Pearson from a back move finished off under the crossbar . |
| 27 | She took it outside into the wood and walked around under the trees . |
| 28 | Duncan peeped down into the water of the loch and , just then , the wind blew strong and fast making the water splash and ripple and the green weeds slithered about under the surface . |
| 29 | I got back under the duvet and felt my balls , for reassurance . |
| 30 | It caused probably the first mythical switchboard ( since phones were only just installed ) , the cancelling of the Thursday night repeat was discussed in Parliament , Prince Philip loved it , Peter Cushing ( as Winston ) became a star , and the genuine sewer rats used for ‘ that ’ sequence all passed out under the studio lights . |