Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He prowls about the place , you know , on his own , and dreams of springing a dazzling surprise on the archaeological world some day . |
| 2 | Dorothy L. Sayers was writing her series of radio plays about the life of Christ called Man Born to Be King . |
| 3 | In other words , Lyons , a man who preferred and prefers to make his bargaining points through the media , was prepared to disrupt vital supplies , inflicting untold damage to the economy , without having had any direct discussion with us as to our plans or policies . |
| 4 | I say , ‘ A Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta … ’ and with that he drops his book and stomps off the tee . |
| 5 | Computer Horizons Corp 's largest shareholder , CGI Informatique SA , itself under agreed offer from IBM Corp , is seeking to persuade other shareholders to overturn corporate policies that it thinks deter potential acquisition offers for the Mountain Lakes , New Jersey company . |
| 6 | Where it crosses through the X and Y axes . |
| 7 | The same applies to poor Mr Peter Brooke 's weekend remarks about the possibility of talking to Sinn Fein , if and when the IRA renounces the armed struggle . |
| 8 | I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks about the work of the Select Committee on European legislation made during the debate on 21 November . |
| 9 | A REGIONAL councillor , Terry Penny , was stripped of his membership of committees , sub-committees and working parties for three months by a meeting of the full council yesterday because of unruly behaviour and remarks about the Grampian convener , Bob Middleton , and the policy and resources chairman , Morag Morrell . |
| 10 | FLURRY OF SLURRY : The liquid dung flies through the air as revenge-seeking Dave launches his attack |
| 11 | He flies through the air with the greatest of ease , that daring young man is his … top secret experimental jet fighter ? |
| 12 | Subject : He flies through the air with greatest of ease |
| 13 | Subject : Re : He flies through the air with greatest of ease |
| 14 | The professional assessment is that the Mitre ball is heavier when it flies through the air and therefore lends itself to greater accuracy . |
| 15 | As she flies through the dark , or gallops on the horse of night , she is using different skills from those of our daytime world . |
| 16 | The traditional unit is a box that sits between the mains and the AC-in socket on your computer . |
| 17 | Between the depth and master volume is the manual switch for the chorus , while the ‘ effect on ’ light sits between the rate and depth pots . |
| 18 | Sliding the on/off plate back to on triggers the heating element and also shuts off the water inlet , preventing drips . |
| 19 | A special toughened , smoked glass lid with a ‘ Shut-Off Valve ’ that immediately shuts off the gas when the lid is closed . |
| 20 | Well this this of course erm shuts off the freezer that thing . |
| 21 | This action brings pin 3 of IC2 down to near zero and shuts off the drive to the switching transistor TR1 . |
| 22 | In addition , a cylinder thermostat can be strapped to the cylinder either to turn the boiler off or to operate a valve which shuts off the flow from the boiler to the cylinder when the stored water is hot enough . |
| 23 | A wall — also red-ochre — shuts off the view , and is topped only by a violet and yellow-ochre hill . |
| 24 | That stone curtain will not descend which now shuts off the inmates of prison from the free world outside . |
| 25 | I take Eubank to win in four if he goes about the task like a true champion . |
| 26 | The head who goes about the job with tremendous enthusiasm and courtesy is likely to generate these attributes in other members of staff . |
| 27 | It is unfortunate , therefore , that doubts about the extent to which its character has changed should occur just as Germany has chosen to abandon one of its strongest symbols of guilt , its constitutional right to asylum . |
| 28 | When the distribution of revenue is seen to be equitable , one would expect to see this intransigence diminish and with it doubts about the commitment of the UK to the EC . |
| 29 | Once doubts about the feasibility of such a system finally caused it to be shelved indefinitely , the government sought other ways of extending parental choice , once it had introduced reforms to school government to increase opportunities for parental involvement at school level ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 30 | The thermostat , which fits between the element loops , is usually sold separately — so make sure you have got one . |