Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trim away excess and place the base on to the cake drum . |
| 2 | In a remarkable inversion of Soviet vocabulary , he accused radicals of pressing for power using the " neo-Bolshevik tactic " of taking the political struggle on to the streets . |
| 3 | Er where we 'd inter-coopt er Colin on to the F and G P for that so you get the opportunity , thank you very much , you get the opportunity of reporting to us what , what you 've done . |
| 4 | He gripped it with his hands , got his foot on to the latch , heaved up and rolled over the top . |
| 5 | Delaney swung a foot on to the ladder . |
| 6 | With a bit of practice , you can learn to put a condom on without the punter knowing you 've done it ! |
| 7 | Prolonged frost will drive these birds on to the sea , but many return inland immediately there is a thaw . |
| 8 | incentive to get us up this last steep pull on to the summit of Beinn Ghlas . |
| 9 | l Louise looked at her young son and suggested he might like to take his easel on to the patio . |
| 10 | Zigzagging our way down the street we saw a car coming towards us and thought some terrible error had allowed the driver on to the toboggan track . |
| 11 | Girls cheered and threw money on to the stage , but the curtain came down , the head hit him again and , with the curtain back up , the youngster was caned in the middle of the performance . |
| 12 | When she returned to the kitchen , she found Beth sprinkling a shovelful of coals on to the fire . |
| 13 | Therefore , in order to get his legislative requests on to the statute-book , the President has to rely much more on ad hoc coalitions in support of each specific measure . |
| 14 | Henry unscrewed the top of the brass cylinder and shook out a bundle of sticks on to the table . |
| 15 | The car gave a roar , then slowly moved out of the garage ; the dim side-lights showed a pale flicker on the back of the house , then swung around for an instant on to the gardens . |
| 16 | The girl let go of my hand and moved away into the gloom behind me , where she must have put the screwed-up five-pound notes on to the chest of drawers with the magazines , the small framed photograph , the towel , the box of paper tissues , the jar of Vaseline , the baby 's dummy and all the other odds and ends spilled over the varnished oak top . |
| 17 | Swivelling round in his chair , he dropped a pile of X-rays and accompanying notes on to the desk beside him . |
| 18 | He followed Trent over the rail on to the dock , prodding him with the tip of his knife : ‘ We go jus ' leetle way in the jungle , leetle dog . ’ |
| 19 | Taking care to keep to the well trodden dirt path between the growing vegetables , she crossed the last field on to the riverbank . |
| 20 | I would suggest using paper , as this is the easiest option to apply , and there is a vast range of colours , and even textures , if you wish to extend your design skills on to the back of the picture as well ! |
| 21 | Thank goodness I had my knickers on at the time ! |
| 22 | On the ground he was safe from an hussar 's blade , so Karelius concerned himself with him no more , but urged his mare on down the footpath to join the advance guard in the main street . |
| 23 | When anything like this happened , every office-holder in the community made speeches passing the buck on to the police department . |
| 24 | I do n't forget how often you have threatened to throw Ben on to the streets ; knowing full well that if he went , I would go with him . |
| 25 | The " Copydesk " facility allows the user to input text in various forms on to the screen and thus create a true newspaper page . |
| 26 | Evidently deciding that prudery was the better part of valour , I hotfooted it down to the bedroom again in time to witness half the ceiling crashing in flames on to the bed I had been sleeping in moments before . |
| 27 | I dropped each denomination of Cayman coin on to the sand to see how the machine responded to them . |
| 28 | Next he tossed a small coin on to the coffin . |
| 29 | She dropped her robe on to the stool near by and stepped into the water , sinking slowly down into the warmth . |
| 30 | Within a year , 10,000 miners had flocked from the Walla Walla settlement on to the reservation , and Lawyer 's followers readily signed an agreement exchanging mining rights north of the Clearwater for $50,000 . |