Example sentences of "[coord] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extraordinary thing was , you could see them coming down on to the leaves as you passed and waving their heads around , sniffing , and when you were underneath they would just drop and go straight down your neck , or on to your ears , hundreds of them . |
| 2 | And Sam was an exceedingly generous man who would frequently furnish the tables of his neighbours , including the Hauxwells , when they were ill or down on their luck . |
| 3 | They will have a statutory duty to inquire into offenders ' means and take these into account in sentencing , but they will be free to scale fines up or down at their discretion . |
| 4 | Susan did not know how she felt about this until she saw that he had painted himself and herself half-way up or half-way down , looking up or down at their reflections in the water . |
| 5 | or up on their beds or something . |
| 6 | In this case , the district nurse or physiotherapist will teach the carer how to lift the patient safely , and the lift must be used every time the patient needs to get out of bed or up from his chair . |
| 7 | Press the ‘ up ’ arrow key to skip the presentation sequence where the players run on and off the pitch , or back to their positions when a goal is scored . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm glad to see so many clowns here instead of where they should be — in Westminster or back in their constituencies , ’ quips Ron Moody , president of Clowns International , at the official opening of the European Clowns ' Convention on 21 March . |
| 9 | No matter how many times you are in or out of your home , the unit can cope . |
| 10 | any passenger travelling in or getting into or out of your car and |
| 11 | any passenger travelling in or getting into or out of your car and |
| 12 | any passenger travelling in or getting into or out of your car and |
| 13 | any passenger travelling in or getting into or out of your car and |
| 14 | I would n't describe anything that was not what I had gone through and understood myself — in my experience or out of my imagination and other people 's words would n't do . |
| 15 | He went on and on about his mother . |
| 16 | only the most conscientious ( and , frankly , those with nothing better to do ) dutifully plough through everything that flops out of a jiffy bag and on to their desk . |
| 17 | Any money Lily gave went straight into their mouths and on to their backs . |
| 18 | Tears welled up in her eyes , and she did nothing to stop them from spilling through her fingers and on to her cheeks . |
| 19 | She came at the same time ; then , as he lay there , quivering in his spent heat , she rolled off him and on to her knees . |
| 20 | Several weeks ago Victor came crashing down out of a tree and on to his back . |
| 21 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
| 22 | The song lilted on and on in her head — an Undersea song , unearthly as the Drowned Forest in its green waters . |
| 23 | Claudia could hear the phone ringing on and on in her flat . |
| 24 | Here the marchers can drill up and down to their hearts ' content . |
| 25 | She strolled by some quite lovely nineteenth-century architecture — charming four-storeyed buildings of white , of yellow , of yellow and white , and red-roofed , green-roofed , immaculately lawned — and down to her hotel . |
| 26 | Across his scalp and down to his brows spread a searing pain . |
| 27 | He went down to his car and down to his company stock and he says now what the money 's due to me you 'll get them in the post . |
| 28 | He layered more mud onto his throat and down to his chest and across his shoulders . |
| 29 | For a moment she could n't believe she had actually struck , then she stared in horrified fascination at the dark red stain spreading diagonally across de Raimes ' belly and down to his thigh . |
| 30 | In the case of the British , it was off with the cricket sweater and down to your marks . |