Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was comparatively easy for the German troops to frustrate any rapid advance by Allied troops , particularly in the vast mountainous regions which stretch right down the centre of Italy . |
| 2 | Fifth Avenue , sliced right down the centre of the island , felt liberatingly airy because of the gigantic proportions of every shape and space . |
| 3 | Busacher snorted , drank , and wandered over to look at the long table which had been set up right down the centre of Willi 's big living room . |
| 4 | Instead of swallowing them , however , the eggs are taken into the vocal sac which is unusually large and extends right down the underside of the male 's body . |
| 5 | Turning from the ugly sight of the old woman 's contorted features , she fled the room , running incontinently down the gallery to the stairs , unaware that Hector , barking excitedly , ran out after her . |
| 6 | I put my gown on , taking as long as I could , and walked slowly down the passage to Nonni 's room . |
| 7 | A puff of wind swung it round on its vane , and snatched a bunch of twigs from its beak and sent them twirling slowly down the steeple to the ground at Carol 's feet , where they sank into the snow . |
| 8 | Left alone , Charlotte walked slowly down the length of the room , debating with herself how much or how little Holly McKitrick might know . |
| 9 | Vass regarded her flushed face , then let his eyes drift slowly down the length of her slender , dressing-gown-clad figure . |
| 10 | A remote , cool air enveloped her that caused more than one man to think twice about approaching her as she walked slowly down the length of the hall . |
| 11 | She lived in the Palestinian camp at Rashidiyeh , a wretched four square miles of breeze-block huts and cabins relieved only by the occasional tree , a straggling plant hanging from a poorly made brick wall and an open sewer that snaked uneasily down the centre of the mud roads . |
| 12 | She moved stealthily down the hall to the kitchen , her hearing sharpened by fear as she strained to detect even the slightest movement in the old house . |
| 13 | The cloud rolled effortlessly and relentlessly down the slopes of the volcano , spreading out into a broad fan which rapidly engulfed St Pierre , and in the next two or three minutes killed all but two of the population , and set the town ablaze from end to end . |
| 14 | Liturgical song does matter and has done so down the centuries since the early days of the Church . |
| 15 | I went swiftly down the hall to the front door , and eased its bolts open . |
| 16 | He moved swiftly down the line of the wall , slowing as he neared its end . |
| 17 | Through his tastes and his trials , his political naivety and optimism , McCarthy is led gently down the ramp from the awe-inspiring pedestal of the brilliant scientist to take his place in the milling crowd of common humanity . |
| 18 | They went into free-fall for half the distance and then floated gently down the rest of the way . |
| 19 | From time to time one of the team got to his feet , went over to a neat pile of mortar bombs , picked one up and slid it gently down the muzzle of the mortar . |
| 20 | He broke off and stepped back , for the King had broken free of his friends , and was running alone down the strand to the messenger . |
| 21 | It was the sight Gloucestershire fans thought they 'd never see again — Syd Lawrence advancing purposefully down the wicket at Cheltenham . |
| 22 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 23 | Beau finished halfway down the field at the end of Day 2 . |
| 24 | Riven took a place halfway down the hall from the high seats where the lords clustered and the Lady Jinneth adorned her husband 's elbow . |
| 25 | I sat halfway down the table with my back to the sink , arranging fish bones in meaningful patterns on the plate while Father and Mrs Clamp exchanged very formal , almost ritualised pleasantries . |
| 26 | Halfway down the length of the tunnel a patten caught an advancing man under the chin so that his alarmed cry was cut off short as he was lifted and carried for a distance of several paces before he fell away . |
| 27 | Glancing sideways I saw something strange , something anomalous : a girl , a plump little bobbysoxer , edging tremulously down the bar towards me . |
| 28 | Surely no topic would seem to be less down the alley of this intellectually peripatetic social scientist . |
| 29 | ‘ A clergyman of the neighbourhood , who was so obliging as to accompany me in this and several other rambles amongst these mountains , formed the wild idea of attempting to climb apparently up the face of the precipice , and I , eager in my pursuit , did not object to the adventure . |
| 30 | His fingers were spanning her tiny waist , smoothing inexorably up the fabric of her bodice , shaping over the curves where her breasts swelled out like ripe melons ready for him to taste . |