Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And will he just go in as an apprentice the same as yourself ? |
| 2 | Terrifically glad if you could bear to look in for a drink the next time you 're in town . |
| 3 | He came in for a chat the other day and said , oh how you getting on ? |
| 4 | Leith sank down into a chair the moment the outer door had closed behind him and discovered that she was trembling . |
| 5 | Her knees were weak , and she sat down on a chair the press rep brought over for her ; she could not have trusted her legs to walk over to it . |
| 6 | Then great standing stones brought to mark the way at intervals , and on a bank leading up to a mountain ridge or down to a ford the track cut deep so as to form a guiding notch on the skyline as you come up . |
| 7 | Filled with unusual trees and shrubs , dropping down to a stream the Professor created himself , the garden flows softly and naturally between their home , Vine House , built in 1725 , and the 18th-century park of Blaise Castle , laid out by Repton , which lies adjacent . |
| 8 | I 'll be off like a shot the moment my time 's up . ’ |
| 9 | Even when the embryo begins to gastrulate , if up to 80 per cent of the cells are killed off with a drug the embryo can regulate and quite normal mice can develop . |
| 10 | If your husband retires on a Friday , it is unrealistic to think that your great new life together will take off with a flourish the following Monday ; but the good news is that if you can think in terms of allowing yourselves time to renegotiate the way you live together , the chances are that you will both have adjusted to the new situation within about two years . |
| 11 | They 're up like a lark the next morning . |
| 12 | ‘ We can , of course , come up with a quotation the same day if it 's required urgently , and in the not too distant future we aim to give on-the-spot quotations . ’ |
| 13 | Hitachi , with its partners Maxwell and Matsushita , has come up with a disc the same size , while a third combine headed by Seagate has opted for 3¼ inch ( 7–8 cm ) in an attempt to head off the Japanese competition . |
| 14 | They provided my family and I with currency exchange at competitive rates , advice on aeroplane repairs , free landing and hangarage , free overnight accommodation — and even organised on-the-spot Customs clearance when a friend came to pick us up in a twin the following morning . |
| 15 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 16 | His income he augmented by writing pamphlets about railways , teaching an evening class in car maintenance — a subject he knew little about but which he mugged up from a handbook the night before — and , if things got bad , painting houses . |
| 17 | Up to a point the language laboratory should provide a solution to this problem , but practice is needed in using the language in the presence of others ( Rivers 1964 ) . |
| 18 | Up to a point the tsarist police could control the activities of intellectuals within the confines of the empire , but silencing Herzen was beyond their powers . |
| 19 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 20 | The 20mm and 40mm quick-firing guns here were in or on concrete emplacements , and although the crew of the outer guns were knocked out for a time the Germans got this battery firing again , and the searchlight on the Mole 's tip was never put out . |
| 21 | She and Lewis had been out for a meal the night before . |
| 22 | He is drinking soda pop out of a can the same shrill dayglo orange colour as emergency road markings . |
| 23 | They will see it as getting in and out of a chair the right way . |
| 24 | Withdrawal from nicotine brings back with a vengeance the symptoms that the cigarettes were probably introduced to tackle : bad temper , poor concentration , and craving for sweet foods . |
| 25 | Ian went off and came back with a box the same size as the ones that had been used for the train . |
| 26 | Sometimes he would lay out in a row the seven or eight letters from the seven or eight men who he would most like to meet and talk to when he got to heaven . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend may like to know that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State today set out in a speech the importance of improving and strengthening competition in a range of postal services . |
| 28 | If the squatters are n't out within a day the police can move in . |
| 29 | As they drove back from a barbecue the bee stung Rod 's arm . |
| 30 | All I heard was that you 'd come back in a taxi the worse for wear . |