Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] under [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly , I began to swim along under the castle walls . |
| 2 | I do n't think it needs to go down under the barrier act . |
| 3 | This on-line printer library can magic up a driver for any printer you are ever likely to meet in under a couple of minutes . |
| 4 | A court dealing with an offender who is already subject to a community service order may make a further consecutive order , so long as the total number of hours remaining to be performed does not exceed 240 ( as this is a matter of principle rather than statute , the court is prepared to contemplate minor departures , as where the offender has very few hours to work off under the original order . ) |
| 5 | The late arrival had necessitated her getting out of bed and throwing on a voluminous dressing-robe in order to prepare suitable accommodation — on a night such as this , moreover , when all a body wanted was to curl up under the quilt and hide from the horrors outside . |
| 6 | Eighteen months later , in March 1944 , at a second Chinese-sponsored conference at Liuchow , Ho had not only managed to slip back under the nationalist umbrella of the Dong Minh Hoi but , as one of its representatives , was named as a member of a Provisional Government which was expecting to enter Vietnam in the wake of the ‘ liberating ’ Chinese armies . |
| 7 | The sky above the glittering slate roofs was as blue as the curious lilies which had just begun to come out under the dining-room window , trumpet flowers set like the seed-head of a dandelion but as blue as — the sky . |
| 8 | He was regarding her with unnerving concentration , until she felt she wanted to duck down under the water , fearing her swimsuit was see-through or something … |
| 9 | She risked standing , poised to duck back under the slab of rock if she saw even the shadow of a movement . |
| 10 | The door under the stairs was as he recalled it , low and cut on a slant to fit in under the balustrade . |
| 11 | It was not easy to grow up under the shadow is over whelming father as he lashed Iran into a nation , Like almost everyone else in Iran , the Crown Prince was very much afraid of him . |
| 12 | If it rains , do you think that doll will be able to sit up under the hood of the pram ? |
| 13 | It is possible to predict therefore , given the funding pressures of the late 1980 's and early 1990's , that the numbers of successful graduates in the field will start to level off under the influence of market forces , until the next major theoretical advance , or the next rise in the value of those resources which geologists can be of assistance in exploiting . |
| 14 | It is possible to predict therefore , given the funding pressures of the late 1980 's and early 1990's , that the numbers of successful graduates in the field will start to level off under the influence of market forces , until the next major theoretical advance , or the next rise in the value of those resources which geologists can be of assistance in exploiting . |
| 15 | No no my dad thinks , he said he , he just said , he said cos when he was at Wellington he said there was this one boy and he used to go out under a bush or something and smoke and smoke and smoke all the time and stuff and he knew and everyone knew you see and he said that 's fine , you know , you can go and do things like that as long as you do n't get caught but like doing things like that in house and , and it 's like you 're the ideal for the removes and the younger people in the school , it 's like they see all the upper , lower and upper sixth smoking and screwing and they think God we want to go , we want to go and try it out , you know , cos that 's sheep |
| 16 | In some organisations all letters have to go out under the signature of a senior manager while in others designated employees can sign their own letters . |
| 17 | The howling wind blew the broken bonnet away and rain began to flood in under the dashboard . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the new wealth was subject to some control through institutions which were central to the image of Arab government ( household , lineage ) even if the wider groupings were likely eventually to break down under the pressures of differentiation . |
| 19 | In addition , they can be made to break off under a large side load and in so doing , perhaps prevent further damage being done to the fuselage . |
| 20 | As for the Radicals , during 1935 the party began to break up under the strains of the relationship with the CEDA and a succession of financial scandals . |
| 21 | Inside our flat , small drifts of this sand began to blow in under the doors and through the cracks in the window frames . |
| 22 | Your stance must be long enough to dig in under a fierce attack . |