Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is muck disposed of on a heap at the bottom of a field , or on to a muck trailer in the yard ? |
| 2 | It is all too common for teachers to feel so insecure in taking a class into the countryside or on to a farm that they prefer to avoid such excursions . |
| 3 | For example , a basalt flow which is moving over a dry , sandy surface is quite well-behaved and peaceful , but if the same flow were to advance on to an area of wet , boggy ground , or on to a snow-field , the water trapped beneath the lava may be heated up and turned into high-pressure steam . |
| 4 | Be prepared to have a chat , offer a cup of tea or biscuit or to help people to the toilet or on to a commode . |
| 5 | There 's something about this matter which could lead us to the gallows or on to the knife of some hired assassin . |
| 6 | Or on to the point of someone 's sword ! ’ |
| 7 | Bring the water to a simmer and put the platter of fish into the steamer or on to the rack . |
| 8 | Now , if it was impossible for any reason for the next of kin , the oldest brother to do it , then it would go down to the second or on down the line , whoever was the nearest to become the kinsman redeemer . |
| 9 | it creates extra communication problems , since top management is more remote from the work done at the bottom end of the organisation , and information tends to get distorted or blocked on its way up or down through the organisation hierarchy ; |
| 10 | A currency which gradually adjusts up or down over a period of time , depending on the intrinsic strength of the economy which supports it , is much less likely to attract the eye of the speculator than one which is about to burst the artificial dam which has been built around it . |
| 11 | You know both sides were very happy you know it was up with the company or down with the company you know , and I think certainly the younger lads sort of saw it as an infringement upon their future , you know we 've all got mortgages and the o older men who 'd been working since the quarry started you know were gon na see a drop in their standard of living , so I think you know people were getting a bit upset you know that a n a new fella h a new face had come in , and all of a sudden you know changes were being made that were gon na hurt everybody financially . |
| 12 | If you look up to the university lecturer or down on the cleaner , either way you 're not facing up to the truth about us all . |
| 13 | She did not look back at Ursula or down into the valley , but trained her eyes forward , fixing them on the interior of the Mercedes and the dark shape of its occupant as , with every step , clarity threatened to break upon her vision . |
| 14 | In prisons , in the trenches , in the factory canteen or down at the dole office , it helps to cushion the harshness of life . |
| 15 | Are you sure she 's not just in the garden or down at the jetty or somewhere ? ’ |
| 16 | In windy weather , the effects of the wind gradient near the ground accentuate any movement up or down of the towplane and glider . |
| 17 | Rather , the carrier frequency swoops up or down about an octave . |
| 18 | Then great standing stones brought to mark the way at intervals , and on a bank leading up to a mountain ridge or down to a ford the track cut deep so as to form a guiding notch on the skyline as you come up . |
| 19 | At twenty she 'd rather go riding or fishing with him than up to Dublin or down to a dance . |
| 20 | She went up on the hills or down to the beach . |
| 21 | The feeling is that no amount of legislative safeguards can entirely eliminate the risk of a chemical spill , wreaking havoc in this watery landscape where a network of mountain streams fed by high rainfall could quickly wash the damage into the drinking water , or down to the mussel farm and salmon fishery at the mouth of Killary harbour . |
| 22 | ‘ If Gebrec was upset or worried about something and just wanted to be alone to think things over , ’ said Jack , ‘ he might have gone up to the belvedere , or down by the river where we went yesterday to do our painting . ’ |
| 23 | In between they were too busy enjoying themselves on the beach at Barmouth , or down by the lake or clambering up Snowdon . |
| 24 | He had a deep yearning for those long-ago summer holiday afternoons spent on the lawns or down by the lake with the two Debrace children . |
| 25 | Coming from the lake , or down from the north , all the goods had to be unloaded because of the impassable barrier of the Rhine Falls , then taken to the waiting vessels on the other side . |
| 26 | How many times have you seen a horse with his head tied in with draw reins at a show and as soon as the gadget is removed his head shoots up or down in an effort to stretch the neck . |
| 27 | ‘ We pick them up , ’ the Skull was saying , ‘ they 're guys with no links , like on the pier or down in the meat streets , they 're always suckers for a few lines and a limousine . |
| 28 | Everyone else is out , or down in the kitchen ; the children are in bed . |
| 29 | You 've got until nine o'clock tomorrow morning to have route round the attic or down in the cellar to see if you 've got a small fortune waiting to be discovered . |
| 30 | Wander down to the Etangs d'Ixelles or over to the Square Marie-Louise to admire the lush art-nouveau mansions built from fortunes amassed in the steamy Belgian Congo . |