Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our physical characteristics are handed on through the genes but the far more important part of us , the mental , lives on in the minds and eventually in the memory of the human race . |
| 2 | Thus , one could take a random sample of the battalions first and then on through the companies and platoons until the actual individual soldiers were sampled only from a limited number of platoons instead of from the whole brigade . |
| 3 | He went on through the files but found nothing else of interest . |
| 4 | Inexorably Rose moved on through the entremets and coffee , sending eight people scurrying in all directions as he masterminded the performance , the objects of which were far from clear to Auguste . |
| 5 | The newspaper are going on and on and on about the problems that people have road and road . |
| 6 | The sight of the European Community 's civilised , like-minded nations bickering on about the pros and cons of more joint government , with ethnic war on their doorstep and a great deal to achieve across a newly opened continent , would seem absurd to any visiting Gulliver . |
| 7 | When you were talking earlier on about the bombs and the detonator coming in , where were they stored , at the docks or were they |
| 8 | Like my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth ( Mr. Tredinnick ) , I have personal views about some of those matters , but we should await the report , when we will have a little more to go on about the circumstances and how this could have happened . |
| 9 | Hankies , me mam was on about the bogeys that they pull on the , back behind their bikes |
| 10 | ‘ He was aware that Oz had to be diverse ’ , observes David Widgery , ‘ and that there was an interesting debate going on between the hippies and the politicos . |
| 11 | He said some kind of game was probably going on between the children and Timothy Gedge . |
| 12 | Now it seems to me with erm with great respect from the view of the taxing officer , that er it 's quite clear that er both parties were holding han were holding their hands in relation to a question of taxation because negotiations were going on between the parties and indeed the defendants were being requested er not to proceed with taxation but to see if they could obtain an overall assessment and the point was met to the defendants barrister , telling quite frankly there would n't be much advantage in the defendants pushing on with erm taxation because they 'd only , they would have to look to his interest in the property to get payment , it seems to me in those circumstances that it can not be said that erm the plaintiffs were in any way acting improperly and not seeking to have the costs taxed during the period while the negotiations were being carried on er because effectively and |
| 13 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
| 14 | 9/Face completed ; washes of paint from the crayon were put on after the eyebrows and eyelashes were drawn in . |
| 15 | When the captain discovered this little act of initiative he changed course so that the sea roared in through the ports and flushed passengers and their game of cards from the room . |
| 16 | ‘ I used to walk past it and peep in through the windows and think how much I 'd love to live there , ’ she confesses . |
| 17 | The sun was slanting in through the windows and heating the place up . |
| 18 | Because of the growing publicity surrounding his movements , he decided to lose himself in the crowd , going in through the turnstiles and watching the player from the terraces . |
| 19 | It sounds posey perhaps , but Althusser says something along the lines of when there are breaks that 's when you have a chance to change things , a chance to nip in through the cracks and grab the moment . |
| 20 | Actually I have been something of a clothesaholic recently , do n't tell Derek , but I have to put that fitted wardrobe under lock and key when he 's back and hope he does n't keek in through the louvres because I would n't want him to think I was extravagant . |
| 21 | They looked perfectly ordinary , and they turned in through the gates and went up the drive . |
| 22 | Ben 's heart was light as he swung along through the meadows that lay before the heights of Lulling Woods . |
| 23 | Well let's go down for the jars and then they can , see |
| 24 | Rapid weight loss may have made you feel good at the time , but depression and frustration soon set in as the pounds or kilos slowly creep back on again . |
| 25 | It is a top-down approach in that the entities are identified first , followed by the relationships between them , and then more detail is filled in as the attributes and key attribute(s) of each entity are identified . |
| 26 | They 'd be going up and down between the aisles as well . |
| 27 | Pull the ends of the yarn down between the beds and continue knitting . |
| 28 | Then the boat went down between the waves and she could see only mountains of wild water everywhere . |
| 29 | If it had not been for Elizabeth taking her in off the streets and giving her a home , then Tilly 's own life would have been empty . |
| 30 | His Nan always gets lollies in for the kids and they came in more than useful this time . ’ |