Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the kite turns either way left or right , then increase the pull on the opposite side , right for turning to the right and left for a left turn . |
| 2 | Erm only through working with the peasants surely . |
| 3 | So much for relaxing on the beach , she thought . |
| 4 | In Britain there are 100,000 convictions annually for driving under the influence of drink and it has been estimated that 20 per cent of all hospital admissions are associated with alcohol in some way . |
| 5 | Above them will be the set of newly retired warriors , while above this set will be sets of elders , their relative status depending on their social ages , who will be responsible for internal political and legal matters and perhaps for communicating with the gods . |
| 6 | I am all for planning from the bottom up but I am also convinced of the virtues of the presentation of draft proposals as a means for making discussion possible . |
| 7 | Passions have cooled since then , and the committee now recommends that NASA consider building instruments especially for hitchhiking through the galaxy on ESA spacecraft . |
| 8 | It was reported on April 8 that Michel Mokuba Bokulo Mena , who had been appointed in the Cabinet reshuffle on March 28 , had resigned as Minister of Institutional Reforms apparently after disagreeing with the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | There is a small harbour , and skeletons of boats decorate the stony beach , the road coming alongside after passing between the terraced cottages of the village . |
| 10 | He brought up Jason alone after splitting from the boy 's mother Sue and said I 'm very proud I 'm very pro that sort of thing ohm |
| 11 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 12 | Long after breaking with the Campaign Group , Beckett was still offering comradely greetings to its supporters in its party conference newsletter . |
| 13 | For Lynda Hall , 43 , and her husband Alan , have just bought the 200-year-old Navigation Inn , at Buxworth , which actress Pat Phoenix , who played Elsie for 22 years , took over not long after going into the Street . |
| 14 | I mentioned the incident at Land 's End and was told that it was not unusual for student pilots who dare to stray into the military areas to receive a safe wingtip and tail helicopter escort home , leaving the student a gibbering wreck long after returning to the club house . |
| 15 | ‘ He is very much in contention for a first-team place , although he may not think so after playing for the juniors . |
| 16 | It did , especially after lolling in the bath with the first of several Ruddles . |
| 17 | But after an hour or so of trudging into the stiff wind , a slight feeling of despair crept over me . |
| 18 | According to a correspondent of The Graphic , these 19th-century visitors must have been little different from today's-instead of gasping at the 70-kilometre vista spread before them , their first reaction on arrival at the top was to write commemorative postcards . |
| 19 | He had also paid a substantial price for the pleasure , not merely of looking at the corpse of the idea of a centre party , but of stamping upon it several times over . |
| 20 | Slowly I aided upwards , thinking only of getting to the sling ; the rest would be a later worry . |
| 21 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 22 | He 'd looked around that shabby dwelling and smelled the poverty which he had vowed to help alleviate in his dedicated youth , and to his shame he had thought only of escaping from the fleas he might have picked up from that terrible straw mattress . |
| 23 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 24 | Massive structural changes were necessary to facilitate a move onto the land ; legs were needed — or at least became handy — to relieve the pressure of the amphibious bodies hitherto capable only of slithering along the ground . |
| 25 | He can not possibly have played better despite tiring in the second half of a patchy but exciting final . |
| 26 | Nowadays , too , the suggestion that a woman 's role consists entirely of slaving over the cooker , the kitchen sink and the washing is certain to irritate a significant number of people , though it is still a real enough situation for the majority of women . |
| 27 | I do n't feel much like juggling with the scheduling this morning . ’ |
| 28 | " Too much like fraternising with the enemy ? " |
| 29 | He continued sadly , ‘ But alas ! the yoke of slavery is now become more burdensome , and conditions worse than before , especially with regard to the forests . ’ |
| 30 | For example , knowing whether or not a particular individual is a partner may prove crucial , especially with regard to the fact ( discussed below ) that partners may bind the other members of the firm to contracts and other acts . |