Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That alone would have been worth the scramble round the cliff path . |
| 2 | We 've got one corner of the garden out the front and if the wind 's in the right direction it neatly puts them all together . |
| 3 | The subject was a book I had just published on the history of the world over the past 60 years . |
| 4 | Although Decimax 's current ad shows these switches to be of the keypad variety , our unit used membrane types ; each push of the switch on the plus or minus end gives a corresponding level change ( indicated by the LEDs ) on that particular frequency . |
| 5 | She heard the rattle of the curtain rings as the blackouts were pulled across , and then the click of the switch on the standard lamp as Bella put on the light . |
| 6 | The sit-ups start with the back off the board , and end before the upper body reaches the vertical position . |
| 7 | Once , not long ago , an old film called National Velvet had been on television and when the young Elizabeth Taylor appeared on the screen he had at once been sharply reminded of Mary — and had exited , not with the escape key but with the switch on the set . |
| 8 | He waited until the coastguard officer had got well ahead , than followed him along the path back the way they had come . |
| 9 | in the bottom out the bottom |
| 10 | Thailand , with one of the fastest growth rates in the world over the past 25 years , has also seen one of the most rapid declines in fertility , leading to better health and education for the country 's children . |
| 11 | We all have some idea of the major events in the world over the 1970s and 1980s , though our lists would differ according to individual memory and perspective . |
| 12 | The two of you have followed each other halfway round the world over the years , and she 'll shut you out once she realises that your affair is something you renew periodically . ’ |
| 13 | I think Councillor , County Councillor , should refer to the jet out the culvert , there 's not a culvert , that 's two pipes that takes the water , overflow water across the . |
| 14 | On the way out the head knelt down to say goodbye to Balbinder , who was still looking rather mystified but was much less clinging and was smiling more . |
| 15 | She had to drive to the end of the street to turn round ; when she passed Giles 's house on the way back the door was closed . |
| 16 | I introduced a weekly Sunday series called ‘ The Symphony Hour ’ , which I repeated in at least a dozen other cities around the world over the next 50 years . |