Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is to that ‘ twilight zone ’ that we should direct our attentions , waiting and watching on as the edges waiver , become indistinct , and blend . |
2 | There was a certain cynicism in the agency girl 's eyes , but Diane was n't somebody who 'd just climbed down off the backwoods bus . |
3 | Perry Barr 1st Flight offers a wide , easy portage down past the sports stadium . |
4 | Though Connolly also headed straight at the goalkeeper in the 88th minute — that was probably the time McLean slipped off his sandbag — an even better opportunity for United to secure a share of the spoils was squandered by substitute Christian Dailly , who failed to even get his shot on target after getting in behind the Hearts defence . |
5 | Then he was gone from my field of vision , down behind the sports car . |
6 | In schools the increasing number of para.professionals creeping in under the resources umbrella have understandably aroused suspicions in teachers ' union branches . |
7 | But now Banbury doctors are worried about that department 's future , along with the childrens ward , and the maternity unit . |
8 | The packaging will be delivered to you tomorrow morning , along with the 1″ master . |
9 | Rather belatedly the local Labour Party got its act together and , along with the Trades Council , passed resolutions condemning its own councillors . |
10 | Because of his job , , along with the maltings manager , was deferred from joining the army . |
11 | The study is not explicitly concerned with providing answers but with putting the relevant questions , along with the arguments pro and con for each . |
12 | ‘ This report has just come in from the Environments Officer . |
13 | Where do you keep them , down in the dungeons ball-chained to the wall and only released for your pleasures ? ’ |
14 | Unless extra resources and training are made available , the ESO procedure laid down in the Children Act 1989 may not herald a new emphasis on the causes of truancy . |
15 | What 's more , having left the Jaguar down in the police car-park , he was going to drink . |
16 | do you want strangulating ? , or hanging upside down on the clothes line by your toe nails ? |
17 | He inaugurated nationwide consultation , down to the grass-roots level . |
18 | It takes 4 hours in each direction , and there is plenty to see as you drift through a landscape where woodlands slope down to the waters edge , medieval towns seem to be snoozing , vineyards look sweet with promise , and heights are crowned mysteriously with fine old castles and monasteries . |
19 | You know when you come down to the referrals part of it , what is |
20 | jus just ignore pretend he 's not here , carry on when you come down to the referrals bit |
21 | They know , too , all the secret places of the bank : the nest of sandbags built during the War for the Home Guard ; the ruins of Marsh Edge Farm that lies in an angle of the tip hidden from the town ; the steps , cut in the slag-face , that lead down to the Ironworks Pier from which they can watch the boats . |
22 | With no Changing the Guard today , we had a lovely relaxed morning — a drive down to the Guards Depot to see a couple of my friends in the Guards Dog Unit — German Shepherd Guard Dogs . |
23 | He 'd try to sneak us into the zoo without paying and we 'd get caught and taken down to the Police Station . |
24 | Maybe he would n't be bringing the certificate today , but then again in ten minutes ' time Sampson could be on his way down to the police station with an open envelope . |
25 | ‘ The police raided her house and took her , along with piles of her catalogue , down to the police station . |
26 | I ought to go down to the police station . |
27 | They said I might have to go down to the police station and be interviewed there later in their inquiries . |
28 | sort this out sensibly , the police overreact , they arrest him at midnight in the clothes he stands up in , they take him down to the police station , he 's held in the police station for about thirty six hours or so , something like that , er instead of being brought before the court straight away and released on bail straight away , they , they keep him in custody where he 's never been before , er and Madam he 's then released on bail but court imposes silly conditions on him , conditions that he should n't go back to his home address , he ca n't go and see his girlfriend , he ca n't go and see his children , er , and Madam it seems to be an abuse of the process really of the court to behave in this way . |
29 | Would Sara and Mr. Preston come down to the police station and see if they could identify the men ? |
30 | ‘ Down to the police station with me for a start , and then to visit that lady while we clear this whole mess up . |