Example sentences of "[noun] [det] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many candidates all down the line think of headhunters as privileged individuals able to hand out plum jobs willy-nilly to those in their favour ; at the same time — somewhat contradictorily — they regard them as dodgy , cowboy characters who have arrived at their coveted positions in life after having failed at everything else they have attempted . |
| 2 | Metal collars with long steel spikes were undoubtedly the favourite form of protection against throttling , although Punch ( 13 December 1862 ) also dreamt up ‘ great coats made a-la-porcupine … with spring daggers at the elbows and sharp spikes all up the back ’ in order to discourage attack from the rear . |
| 3 | It was going dark by the time the shepherd and his son shed their ragged leather milking jackets and carried two buckets each up the stone steps to the kitchen , followed by the two carabinieri . |
| 4 | There has been a great black smudge all down the crag ever since … ’ . |
| 5 | During the hours she slept Allen had extracted little by little from Tom All Alone the story of what had taken place there during the night . |
| 6 | He was lying on his back with the sheet round his waist , one arm flung up over his head , and she could see bruises all down the underside of his arm and down his ribs . |
| 7 | There were baskets of flowers with long green trails of smilax all down the length of it , and by every place , above the glittering phalanxes of silver and the shining forests of glass , were engraved menu cards , each held in a little silver fist . |
| 8 | They often require the buyer to sign a delivery note which contains a statement to the effect that signature signifies that the goods have been delivered in compliance with the contract , and in good condition , a nd that therefore the buyer accepts them . |
| 9 | The IASC exposure draft proposes that certain preferred shares , for example those where the holder has the right to require redemption , be accounted for as liabilities . |
| 10 | It concluded that most of the mistakes were simply due to lack of care all down the line and not because of untried designs . |
| 11 | In winter you can ski cross country all down the valley , or ski downhill at Andermatt , Disentis and Flims . |
| 12 | We must stick to the view that only the treaty matters . |
| 13 | I 'll not let you go to visit the Company with dribbles of yolk all down the front of your suit . ’ |