Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors . |
| 2 | This was no kind of place to be caught reading in : a macho gay bar in a five-fathom basement somewhere beneath the charred East Twenties . |
| 3 | But Norman 's wholly unflustered , plots his way from hold to hold , from rest to rest , occasionally commenting on the way the knee-pads disconcertingly twist ; sometimes whopping with delight as he gets a foot on to a substantial hold . |
| 4 | But Norman 's wholly unflustered , plots his way from hold to hold , from rest to rest , occasionally commenting on the way the knee-pads disconcertingly twist , sometimes whooping with delight as he gets a foot on to a substantial hold . ’ |
| 5 | Since I am perfectly fit myself I had to consider Miller 's tribulation with some care , for I am here putting a foot on to an unknown terrain — always an exhilarating experience for a writer . |
| 6 | At Cheltenham , they recoup early losses with a late hat-trick of winners ; at Brighton , they come badly unstuck ; and at Redcar they pull off a major coup , smuggling suitcase-loads of money on to a 7–1 shot past the eagle eye of the bookies . |
| 7 | For there , hard at work dubbing the soundtrack on to a new series of Minder at Anvil Studios , was the Lotus Elan-hero-turned-De Lorean cohort I 'd been longing to unmask . |
| 8 | Welding a bonding cable on to the new rail . |
| 9 | If you want a conventional light switch to control the new lights , run the sub-circuit cable to a four-terminal junction box first , and connect the new switch cable tin to it before running cable on to the new lights . |
| 10 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 11 | Hold the tape measure loosely round the pulled back curtain and hold back against the hook . |
| 12 | It is easy to imagine how the early inhabitants of the Middle Fast , and in particular the ancient Egyptians , could have converted this African race into a domestic partner and there is little doubt that this is what occurred , with the more northerly European form being left out of the story altogether in the initial stages . |
| 13 | The erosion is believed to have been caused by a combination of : i ) the relative rise in sea level brought about by the slow sinking of southeastern England ; ii ) an actual rise in sea level locally since the 1970s ; and iii ) the reduction of saltmarshes due to human-made sea defences . |
| 14 | ‘ His name is Matthew Blake , ’ Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge . |
| 15 | George Michael would find it easiest to grow older gracefully , eventually launching his 1987 album Faith on to a perfectly-targeted audience of millions . |
| 16 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 17 | She was just bending over to pat powder on to a young actress 's face when she heard the door open behind her and a strange tingle of apprehension prickled the back of her neck . |
| 18 | Ybreska vaulted over the low , crumbling wall surrounding the old churchyard on to the rough pitted track which led towards Tbilisi . |
| 19 | This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments . |
| 20 | To the extent that policies are widely publicized and are regarded as credible by agents , the grafting on of the rational expectations hypothesis simply speeds up the process of adjustment to a lower rate of inflation . |
| 21 | BIGGLES pilot Anthony West coolly landed his vintage Tiger Moth biplane right outside a secluded country pub — and swaggered in for a pint . |
| 22 | Start with a puddle and progress slowly to a small pool and shallow stream . |
| 23 | Instead his lips compressed , as if he were physically stemming a tide of words , and he slung his briefcase on to the bare chart table . |
| 24 | Maybe fate had to give you a shove on to the right path . ’ |
| 25 | Well they 're taking all the power lines down in the village , or down through that part of the village which , fair enough , gets rid of the eyesore but they 're gon na put now a bloody big transformer , abou thing about seven , eight foot bloody tall in , in the field right on the Copper Dollar |
| 26 | A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base . |
| 27 | Sighing , she swivelled round , looking at the cabin properly for the first time . |
| 28 | Swivel the foot slowly in a circular movement to the right , then to the left . |
| 29 | A ten week preparation course on to the Open University programme leading to the diploma in Health and Social Welfare starts . |
| 30 | Bear in mind that , even for that amount , you get standard Escort seats , which do n't locate the driver properly in an LX let alone the S. Neither do you get an adjustable steering column . |