Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were three gunners , both front and rear of the plane and one in a bubble canopy halfway down the fuselage . |
| 2 | Barney explained the intricacies of the pre-selector gearbox , after which Julie engaged first gear and , with a slight jolt , moved the big car slowly down the station drive . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I expect all the others are out , ’ Merrill said idly , ‘ and I garage my car further down the avenue . |
| 4 | The old order may not have changed at the front but there are encouraging signs for the future further down the field . |
| 5 | ‘ There may be a wind further down the valley , ’ said Betty . |
| 6 | Contacts down in New Orleans at the Unix International annual members meeting , where reporters are barred , called in last week as we went to press to say that nothing substantive had happened yet that would move the industry further down the unity path . |
| 7 | Ironically , Russian oil tankers pass the jetty 's open doors en route to BP 's Finnart terminal further up the loch . |
| 8 | The wall of molten lava has come to a virtual halt 150 yards from the first home in the town , but officials said yesterday that its flow appeared to have picked up speed further up the slope . |
| 9 | Throttle open and keeping to the centre of the stream where there were no obstructions , he powered the BMW in second gear straight back the way they had come . |
| 10 | A bald man in a tuxedo was standing in a doorway half-way down the alley . |
| 11 | They came in illegally low after bombing practice on the range just down the firth , blasting over the island so suddenly that I jumped while in the delicate manoeuvre of teasing a wasp into a jar from the old tree stump near the ruined sheep-pen at the north end of the island . |
| 12 | When I got level with the Bunker I banked inland , slowing as I hit the soft white sand further up the beach . |
| 13 | He could also see another large steamer flying the Swedish flag further up the dock . |
| 14 | One more adventurous boy decided to explore the overgrown slope behind the hut and he was pushing his way through the undergrowth when he caught sight of a figure approaching the hut further down the slope ; the boy was close enough to see that the figure was that of a tramp wearing tattered clothing and crowned with a battered trilby hat . |
| 15 | They also ran Oliver 's Mill further down the valley but , unlike Damsell 's , this has now largely disappeared . |
| 16 | Instead they journeyed south to Succoth , turned north before crossing the sea , and then south again down the west of the Sinai peninsula . |
| 17 | or they can but a tiny amount , it 's this sort of dogma , this blind faith , has put commonsense right out of the window completely out the window |
| 18 | In their study , age had no effect on the velocity of propagation and amplitudes or durations of contraction higher up the oesophagus . |
| 19 | He indicated a window farther down the line . |
| 20 | To these risks of malpractice can be added further risks in discrimination further down the line . |
| 21 | Yes hopefully yes , we need to get three points , and we 've got to get ourselves up a little bit further up the table and you know , get the pressure off us a bit . |
| 22 | Now a little bit further up the line , whoops , is junction . |
| 23 | I just hope BR in future will go a little bit further down the consumer road . ’ |
| 24 | Er , if on the other hand , you can yes , then you can see a little bit further down the line , but do n't worry about those now . |
| 25 | Well you , of course , Carol , are a little bit further down the line . |
| 26 | Crawford , as a post office clerk further down the cast , was paid just 350 for five weeks ' work . |
| 27 | Wolves had gone into the match halfway down the table and seven points adrift from the top six . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | One moment halfway up the straight it looked as if Eddery might have cut it too fine ; the next it was a question of how far he would win by , for this burst of speed was so decisive that it made the top horses in Europe look one-paced . |
| 30 | She remained still and unmoving for a few moments , allowing her head to settle , listening to the muffled noises from the house , the only recognizable sound the squeal of laughter from her daughter 's room further down the hall . |