Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rub down of the port intake area was underway when this shot was taken . |
| 2 | ‘ Spinal Tap ’ may have been the ultimate send up of the genre but ‘ Spinal Tap ’ is most metal fans ' favourite film . |
| 3 | In the case of policemen at Easton , this sport is situationally constrained by the common-sense knowledge they build up of the court room setting and its players . |
| 4 | ‘ Sometimes I 'm in such a tearing hurry I just grab a nappy and bottle on the run as I head out of the door . ’ |
| 5 | Connelly 's haunting , purposeful vocals seep out of the cut at strange angles , spoken rather than sung , whilst the melody is bolstered by seductive female whispers that gently flit past , all knotted together over a boomy bass laden communication . |
| 6 | But there was n't normally storage problems , normally had spare , seep out of the ground in , so we 'll be alright . |
| 7 | When safely across the river , remembering of course to unclip your lifeline , take off the safety helmet , undo your life jacket , and slip out of the survival suit , the route passes beneath the splendid waterfall and starts to climb up to An Gearanach , not marked by name on the ordnance survey map . |
| 8 | ‘ When it 's light I 'll get up quietly and slip out of the boat . |
| 9 | Although flying fish leap out of the water they do not porpoise but glide , using their pectoral fins as aerodynamic surfaces . |
| 10 | When they reach the base of the cliff they leap out of the waves , scrabbling for a foothold and not stopping until they are well out of reach of the sea . |
| 11 | The best ideas grow out of the product and are intimately linked with it . |
| 12 | Classes and private property grow out of the family and together these various factors lead to the break-up of the gens . |
| 13 | They 're better than lamp posts and that , cos trees grow out of the ground , so they 're extra special like . |
| 14 | Just as Howard is scraping the last spoonful of apple crumble out of the bowl , a thought strikes him . |
| 15 | Sure enough , a couple of rock doves fly out of the crack with a clatter of wings , and we can see a scarcely fledged youngster perched on a ledge in the gloom of the sea-cave . |
| 16 | His hobby was breeding bees and one day he brought them in in a glass cabinet and he was saying , ‘ These are the workers and this is the queen bee , and they fly out of the window and come back with pollen and they make honey . ’ |
| 17 | But while there 's no shortage of advice about what our children should eat , when it comes to the day-to-day grind of feeding a family , many a frazzled mother 's good intentions fly out of the window . |
| 18 | The tickover burbles and barks , but blip the throttle and the whole car twists with the torque reaction and the birds fly out of the trees . |
| 19 | Decide what you want out of the interview |
| 20 | If you yourself do not know what you want out of the meeting you can hardly be surprised if the person you are dealing with does not respond in a satisfactory way . |
| 21 | ‘ We have to listen to what they want out of the Association . |
| 22 | Vole mandible from Westbury deposits showing the results of in situ break down of the bone . |
| 23 | Further break up of the maxillae can best be documented by examining the extent to which teeth have been lost from the maxillae . |
| 24 | Once the fry have hatched , both parents remain on guard , leading the fry out of the cave in a school to feed , and returning them to the safety of the cave at night . |
| 25 | There is , in a sense , an ideology of scepticism within clearly defined boundaries and as old men die out of the system and younger ones join it the tradition becomes cumulative and socially-constructed rather than just an individual matter . |
| 26 | Grotesque isolated figures — ‘ a huge pock-marked retired captain ’ — loom out of the chaos and disappear again . |
| 27 | " Were it not for what they receive out of the tax … they would not knit or spin for so small wages , as they receive for that work , because they would starve by it . " |
| 28 | He was going to put the medals back in his drawer and listen out of the window for Lee going up the field , listen for the sheep . |
| 29 | Recessed ceiling lights ( eyeball spots and downlighters ) are fitted in circular holes which you cut out of the ceiling with a padsaw . |
| 30 | erm , you have , I have n't , and erm , there was a photograph that I cut out of the paper sometime before he abdicated , over the Prince of Wales at the races with Mrs Simpson . |