Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun sg] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Best be movin , ’ he said and they swung open the gate and set off at a jaunty pace back up the lane towards the main road .
2 Built by Colla MacDonnell in the sixteenth century , it clings to a narrow promontory , and although there is not much left of the castle itself , its magnificent position is worth the long haul back up the cliff path .
3 His oarsmen held his great galley back off the beach , ready to leave again at a word as Eachuinn Odhar leaped thigh-deep to surge ashore , energetic and agile almost as in his youth , and much more dangerous .
4 Before climbing a steep , stiff staircase back up the cliff to Rhossili , I paused to watch the waves licking at the oak ribs of the Helvetia — a Norwegian coaster driven aground in 1887 , whose remains are still half buried in the sand .
5 On their slow progress back up the road Hyacinth lagged behind them , pausing more and more often and holding her belly .
6 first of all go for the right angle sort out the hypotenuse okay .
7 The rulebook and the Special Report spell out the nature and function of the sections .
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