Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those blacks were hitting the deck as soon as it moved , and in the reverberating seconds when we all look to see who 's been hit , the suede nips down the alley and into the car . |
| 2 | You mentioned that there 's a great degree of toughness since 1979 on Treasury targets and public expenditure , and the word goes down the line and there 's no argument . |
| 3 | Everything here is dynamic and very competitive ; hotels , restaurants , theatres , which beach you go to , and that drives down the prices and car prices unfortunately . |
| 4 | Their specification however , looks down the road and anticipates the need to provide for both Microsoft Corp NT interoperability and Windows NT SparcWare applications in future . |
| 5 | Travel — Holidays On The Move : On an old boat to Luxor Tom Pocock cruises down the Nile and finds himself becoming an Egyptologist in a matter of days |
| 6 | The floor scissors exercise is an all-rounder which stretches and tones up the abdomen and the whole of the lower body . |
| 7 | But , because it tones up the muscles and firms the body , you may well lose inches . |
| 8 | She , too , holds up the spoon and tries to tempt me . |
| 9 | Miranda shouts out the name and then covers her face , giggling ; Xanthe turns , buries her head in Feeny 's breast . |
| 10 | Some of these might , I am sure , change their opinion as Wheen fills in the gaps and rounds off an account of a long career that began in 1920s aesthetic Oxford and finished in a heart attack in a London taxi almost 50 years later . |
| 11 | So however And then you start you 've got to start and use very little polish and very little methylated spirits and what we call to work out the the all that oil has to be lifted out and it 's you dra it 's you work in circles and work in circles cos that fills in the pores and then near when you 're on maybe bout the last th th takes about three or four coats you know , working on it All depends just how how how long it takes to get it filled up . |
| 12 | It speeds up the game and takes controversy away ’ . |
| 13 | He scoops up the ball and sees John 's dad a hundred feet away . |
| 14 | So now , of course , Gil immediately goes out , climbs up the lamp and just pulls the thing and it . |
| 15 | He fills up the streams and the paths , like veins |
| 16 | He fills up the evening and the morning , they darken |
| 17 | As usual , rainwater fills up the aquifer and water flows out from it where it meets the surface . |
| 18 | A notice , its spelling primly corrected , hangs on the fence and says : ‘ This was the arrangement on the grave of Patrick Kavanagh from 1967 to 19th August 1989 when the grave was forcibly opened and the arrangement scattered . |
| 19 | Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers . |
| 20 | This tour offers you a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the cultural and geographical aspects typical of Thailand : ruins of ancient towns and imposing temples that were once the glory of the country , exotic plants and wild jungle still unspoilt by the progress of time , rustic life with its simple and friendly people , rolling hills and roaring waterfalls , boat trips down the rapids and train rides , primitive hilltribes in their colourful costumes with a tradition and culture all their own . |
| 21 | A thin , plain , uncoloured glass best shows off the colour and richness of the wine . |
| 22 | YOUNG artist Christopher Kerwin shows off the picture and cup he collected after winning the over-14s section of Darlington Lions Club annual art competition . |
| 23 | Then , with delicate movements of his webbed hind feet , toes distended so that they form a fan , he gathers up the eggs and gently spreads them over the female 's back . |
| 24 | When they arrive at the restaurant cash points they run their card through the machine which automatically flashes up the price and deducts the cost of their meal . |
| 25 | At Newby Cote , a detached farming community on the old road , a track leads up the hillside and when it ends , its direction can be maintained by continuing upwards alongside the stream bed of Grey Wife Sike , which is normally dry . |
| 26 | Anguish : Mrs Ellen Owens clears up the muck and water from her Conwy Morfa flat Picture : COLIN PAXTON |
| 27 | He shakes out the match and places the spent end on the work surface beside the cooker . |
| 28 | This last option just clears out the PC and re-loads CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT . |
| 29 | With a straight tail the front part of the body of Leosothosaurus has to be lowered , and this levels out the back-bone and balances the body around the hips . |
| 30 | It is the statute that marks out the field and dictates to the citizen the rules by which he is to play and the goal at which he is to aim . |