Example sentences of "[is] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Europe lags some way behind the US in demanding clean diesels , and agriculture is down the timeline from trucks . |
| 2 | She 's down the cliff . ’ |
| 3 | Then you follow me and hit me with a driver and drop away quickly because I 'm going to hit it so fast he wo n't know where the ball is until it 's down the fairway . ’ |
| 4 | " He 's down the hole , " replied Pipkin . |
| 5 | ‘ If you ask the staff if you can use the toilets in an emergency they 're quite likely to say ‘ There 's a McDonald 's down the road , why do n't you try there ? ’ ’ |
| 6 | I know you were only a junior minister , but one hears about things when one 's down the line , that he was very presidential , that he would n't let them talk much and was very stiff and frozen . |
| 7 | It 's … it 's down the steps . ’ |
| 8 | Despite the extensive sampling during the excavation of the sixth and seventh century settlement at Cowdery 's Down the results prompted the excavator to offer a warning about interpreting the results ; it was concluded that ‘ it is impossible to make any assertions about the economy or waste disposal systems associated with the site ’ ( Green 1983 , p. 261 ) . |
| 9 | Yeah go back this way ooh the emergency 's over the emergency 's over , everybody . |
| 10 | ‘ You can tell the Queen and all the Royals are there because the flag 's up the pole . ’ |
| 11 | He 's up the earholes i' pamphlets and instructions and information . |
| 12 | I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara . |
| 13 | It 's up the side of the platform — I can just see the light over the door from where I 'm standing . |
| 14 | ‘ That bloke must think his petrol consumption is up the spout , ’ Gary remarked , looking at the gauge . |
| 15 | On the opposite side of the creek to Down in the Sewer is Up the Creek , HVS 5a which climbs the centre of the steep wall and the grooves above , ascended by A. Thornton & M. Evans . |
| 16 | Chairmen of football clubs are only in the papers and on the radio when the team is up the creek . |
| 17 | I would say that three months is about the maximum , and that long before this period is up the confection , like a fresh fruit sorbet stored in the deep freeze , has lost its exquisite flavour and the edge has gone from the sharp scent . |
| 18 | Their priorities to me is out the window , if you understand my meaning . |
| 19 | that is out the equation it 's er one thing I 've got to haggle with Graham on . |
| 20 | Anyway it bring 's back the age old question , should we play Batty when he comes back or should we leave well enough alone ? |
| 21 | if complaints fly up obviously that 's out the window , but |
| 22 | Oi , look , look who 's out the window . |
| 23 | Th the mower 's out the shed , can you fetch it right the way over here then please ? |
| 24 | You respect her privacy only when she 's in front of you , when she 's out the room its a quick glide full through all the drawers |
| 25 | Oh he 's out the car , he 's probably gone to sit on the bench . |
| 26 | Looking back , Jean believes that is around the time Brian 's feelings for her changed . |
| 27 | According to Visser ( 1966 : 669 ) , it is around the time of the passage from Old to Middle English that one witnesses the beginning of this " shrinkage " of the non-past , which loses more and more ground to the constructions with will and shall . |