Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , most lawyers take on cases on the basis that they will not ask for an upfront fee , but a percentage of the amount of damages won instead — often as much as 40% . |
| 2 | And fourth-placed Bangor take on Glentoran at the Oval in a dress rehearsal for the Irish Cup game . |
| 3 | The grandparents took on responsibility for the house and the children together : ‘ my mother went to work all the week , she never done no cooking . ’ |
| 4 | Hilda Sturge took on responsibility for the adult refugees , while the Committee , with Greta acting as honorary secretary , looked after the children . |
| 5 | Although retiring from office this year , warden Frank Wood will be carrying on responsibility for the general overseeing of the buildings and the Church Centre . |
| 6 | Leicester Crusaders , a touring side based on Leicester and including current players Simon Povoas and Jez Harris , took on Oyonnax at the end of the French club 's most successful ever season . |
| 7 | This liability would only be avoided if careful records of the sources of drugs were kept so as to pass on liability to the manufacturer responsible for any defect . |
| 8 | I do n't want to die because I keep on thinking of the future . |
| 9 | Badger road mortalities , however , are reduced now as badgers have put on weight for the winter and venture out from their setts less and less . |
| 10 | John , Thomas , and Richard , all carried on branches of the business and the designation ‘ Edwards of Halifax ’ is applied to them all . |
| 11 | It carries on south-west by the water to cross by a bridge over toward Minniwick Moss . |
| 12 | You only have to see some of run down estates for the evidence . |
| 13 | When the final Sunday dawned , John , Nora , and Sarah went to the early service at St. Martin 's Church in Trafalgar Square and walked down Whitehall to the site , arriving just after eleven . |
| 14 | Grasshoppers three a-fiddling went , Alix hummed to herself , as she ran down Whitehall for the bus , swinging her shoulder bag in the cold , bright , showery , uncertain sun of late April . |
| 15 | While Greg was living up at the farm she forgot to bring down milk for the cat . |
| 16 | It is essentially a melodic instrument and , though holding-notes in music of light calibre are charming in effect ( especially from or thereabouts with the exception — save in the hands of first-class players — of C ) it can not efface itself sufficiently to carry out the menial task of ‘ filling in notes of the harmony ’ in block writing . |
| 17 | Outside the hotel he had fought down misgivings at the idea of allowing an old man to drag him through the streets when he could easily have walked , and he began to wonder if he should dismount . |
| 18 | Specific work on it in secondary schools is often essential in order to break down resistance to the subject . |
| 19 | Sitting on the edge of her bed and sipping her tea , she began jotting down notes of the day 's events , separating them into facts and possible explanations . |
| 20 | The deal is not affected by this week 's decision to slow down part of the emergency aid agreed upon by the Twelve in December because of the repression in the Baltic republics . |
| 21 | If the question be ( as , in the actual state of the law , I think it is ) , whether consideration is , or is not , given in a case of this kind , by the debtor who pays down part of the debt presently due from him , for a promise by the creditor to relinquish , after certain further payments on account , the residue of the debt , I can not say that I think consideration is given , in the sense which I have always understood that word as used in our law . |
| 22 | The projectile was imperfectly aimed but exploded in Verdun , smashing down part of the Archbishop 's palace . |
| 23 | Urgent repair work is being carried out at Pickering 's 19th century memorial hall after heavy rain brought down part of the ceiling . |
| 24 | The physical act of training breaks down part of the muscle exercised , and it is during the next 24–72 hours that the muscles recover and begin to grow . |
| 25 | Or tearing down part of the prison ? |
| 26 | Nursery owner Paul Hutchinson has been able to keep track of Wally 's progress through reports to police from startled motorists who spotted him hopping along roads in the area . |
| 27 | These two requirements were first established by Greek playwrights and were later codified by the Académie Française ( 1635 ) when it laid down rules for the composition of any literary work . |
| 28 | From within this perspective bishops and clergy lay down rules for the laity to follow in any given situation and the teaching of the church is seen as absolutely clear and devoid of problematic . |
| 29 | Criticism of this laments the loss of law 's hortatory function in laying down rules for the future , lack of predictability , universality or generality of the law , the undermining of the moral authority of the judiciary , and the expansion of litigation as each case seeks its individual adjudication . |
| 30 | For certain classes of property the Government has laid down rules about the level of standard charge . |