Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sox do not merely snatch defeat from the jaws of victory ; they reach right down the oesophagus to retrieve it . |
| 2 | Some people find it easiest to put the seeds in the palm of their cupped hand whilst gently tapping with the other hand so that the seeds are rolled slowly down the groove formed on the palm . |
| 3 | You had to drive leftish to position yourself far enough down the fairway to get a pitch into the green . |
| 4 | Sometimes a rabbit can be shot in a burrow entrance but , even if such a shot is successful and the rabbit is killed , there is a strong possibility that with its last few movements the rabbit will kick its way far enough down the burrow to make capture difficult . |
| 5 | In the circumstances , Benjamin Titford might have been tempted not to leave his name in the parish register , either , as his bride came gingerly down the aisle bearing his as-yet-unborn son and heir . |
| 6 | Thus while it is important to always play you 're best side AND in our case this must involve finishing high enough up the table to get a place in europe , we must keep players like Rocky and continue to play them in the first team . |
| 7 | He had stripped naked , running his shorts halfway up the ankle-chain to keep them dry , and sponged himself from head to foot , scouring his skin with the sponge to try to keep clean . |
| 8 | We set off , with our rucksacks , and halfway up the farmhouse had disappeared into the mist . |
| 9 | He had moved a mile or so up the valley to live at Bullhouse Lodge and work at the nearby corn mill . |
| 10 | Follow the path ( muddy in places but gradually being improved ) steeply up the hillside to reach a water intake , crane , and metalled track . |
| 11 | A few places further down the dale had got it at once , and then it began to advance further up towards us . |
| 12 | Further down the dale lies Aysgarth , with its National Park centre and spectacular falls . |
| 13 | Across the river from Hawes is Hardraw with its much-visited waterfall , while further down the dale lie two bonny villages , Askrigg and Bainbridge . |
| 14 | We went further down the slope to practise parachute landing falls and ground handling skills — everything you need to know before actually launching yourself off the side of a hill . |
| 15 | The research councils also ‘ rely almost totally on qualitative peer review judgements , and delegate responsibility for more detailed evaluation further down the line to research institute directors and university department heads ’ . |
| 16 | Such increases set a bad example and I hope that managers in the private and public sectors will remember that the setting of pay for those who are high on the ladder affects the willingness of people further down the ladder to respond sensibly . |
| 17 | For the multinationals that does n't matter , they 'll move further down the coast to find new fishing grounds . |
| 18 | All of a sudden , the activities of a chef who was arranging steaks and kebabs on a barbecue further down the garden caught Margrida 's attention . |
| 19 | Further up the range come Golf CL and GL diesel models , using the same Umwelt engine producing bhp . |
| 20 | The train stopped , doors slammed , a man further up the line lifted out two suitcases and placed them on the ground . |
| 21 | On a more positive note , the expedition did make port at the appointed hour on the appointed day , having spent several hours in a public house further up the estuary to avoid being early , which made for a very ‘ happy ’ reunion . |
| 22 | It is like viewing an Impressionist painting , where the viewer is required to stand at a certain distance before the image comes into focus ; the bigger the individual strokes of paint , the further back the viewer has to stand . |
| 23 | So Andy Legg is still out the question remains as to whether Gary will be in the starting lineup after Tony impressive performance against Forrest . |
| 24 | If you 're the first correct entry out of the hat we 'll be straight on the phone to give you the good news and arrange the presentation . |
| 25 | After that , they broke in and began to steal whatever they could carry away — little things at first , like crockery and silver , but later on the furniture went as well . |
| 26 | Later on the Empress installed a small private oratory in her apartments where a daily Mass was said by her own private chaplain . |
| 27 | Later on the manager decided that , in recognition of the outstanding and unsung work that embalmers do , he had overcharged them and sent the porter upstairs with a £5 refund for them . |
| 28 | On attaining the summit , it 's a bit of a shock to see how far down the ridge drops round the lip of the corrie before climbing back up to Aonach Beag , but it snakes invitingly away to the east , presenting an irresistible walkway into untamed terrain . |
| 29 | At least it was in a courtroom , where in Perry Mason or LA Law the witnesses cracked and the truth came out ; at least it might sort out whether the central figure was hero or villain , and point to how far up the culpability went . |
| 30 | The strength of the sound wave coming back up the rod depends on how much acoustic energy is absorbed by the material at the microscope 's focal point . |