Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pellet went right through the cat 's neck and came out the other side , leaving a gaping wound . |
| 2 | It showed that the junior had driven a long pin right through the patient 's brain . |
| 3 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |
| 4 | Provided that the receipt under the Deed of Covenant is applied wholly for the church 's charitable purposes , then the total amount of tax Tradeco deducts will be refundable to the church . |
| 5 | The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village . |
| 6 | His present may trigger the inevitable family festive fall-out usually breaking out somewhere between the Queen 's speech at three and the Christmas cake at five . |
| 7 | It is difficult to put a specific date on when Jarman became ‘ mine host ’ at the ancient hostelry ; the time of his villainies lies somewhere between the inn 's foundation in 1106 , and the rebuilding of around 1500 . |
| 8 | It was dedicated by the Reverend Norman Boyd , Chapman 's vicar at St Mary 's , Hendon , who acted unofficially as the club 's chaplain . |
| 9 | Which of the questions below will reveal most about the reader 's communicative competence ? |
| 10 | He hands over to a young man with a toothless grin under a Coca-Cola hat who has been elected locally as the group 's ‘ popular educator ’ . |
| 11 | It tells us little about the writer 's private feelings . |
| 12 | But if it had been Edward IV who wanted the immediate accession of his heir , the events after his death say relatively little about the Woodvilles ' intentions . |
| 13 | But if it had been Edward IV who wanted the immediate accession of his heir , the events after his death say relatively little about the Woodvilles ' intentions . |
| 14 | The first is to The North : From the Aare to the Rhine Falls discover that it has two gates , and to find out why , it is necessary to learn a little about the town 's origins and early history . |
| 15 | I muttered something about not wanting to trample over the very different memories they must all have of Conor , talked a little about the family 's surprise at finding that their son had such an extensive social and business life . |
| 16 | Food passes only slowly through the ruminant 's guts because ruminating , digesting the hard parts , takes time . |
| 17 | He dragged the blade slowly through the scabbard 's wooden throat so that the sound of the weapon 's scraping would be as frightening as the sight of the dulled steel . |
| 18 | And booksellers were ready for it with pretty much the right books at the right prices to enable them to compete effectively for the consumer 's cautiously placed pound . |
| 19 | Furious Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson argued it should have been called an incomplete pass and made his point forcibly after the Redskins ' 20-17 victory . |
| 20 | Criticisms of the purposes for which the money was raised do not say much about the curia 's actual wealth . |
| 21 | The teacher can learn much about the children 's thinking by observing the way that children handle and use the equipment . |
| 22 | Erm thanks very much for the directions er you gave me , it 's quite awkward coming off the main road there cos you really have |
| 23 | So much for the son 's manic triumph over the phallic mother symbolized by the arrogant domination and tree-felling exploits of Gilgamesh or the Amazon-slaying of the Greek heroes ; but what of the homosexual element in the situation to which I alluded earlier ? |
| 24 | You said thank you very much for the duck 's egg . |
| 25 | Some of the neighbours , however , do n't care much for the spotters ' activities . |
| 26 | So much for the Opposition 's promise that no one earning under £20,000 a year would be hit . |
| 27 | Equity markets recoiled from these gloomy indicators by falling sharply at the beginning of the week , pausing only for the Chancellor 's speech at the Tory Party conference , but still failing to recover lost ground by the close . |
| 28 | I should have been very glad of your society this last year , Maureen has been at the Royal College of Music , and I have been much alone , only for the animal 's company I do n't know what I should have done and poor Mr. Papworth [ a dog ] has been so ill we had to telephone a vet up at 2 a.m. one morning it was a funny night , Jack and I in our dressing gowns in the kitchen trying to comfort Mr. Papworth . |
| 29 | Catering manager Kirsty Yearsley and her staff cater not only for the Board 's 300 employees , but also for 100 civil servants who occupy the building . |
| 30 | Integration is still very much in its infancy and working examples of its practice need to be documented , not only for the school 's own evaluation purposes , but also to provide discussion documents to encourage other schools to take a careful and considered look at their own provision . |