Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It bucked wildly in the night sky , as if deciding whether or not Richard Branson had been lucky enough already , then righted itself and plied on through the night sky , swift and inviolate . |
| 2 | Creggan moved on through the night wind . |
| 3 | She could hear the rising engine-note of the Corporation buses as they pulled away from the stop at the corner , coming from nowhere either of them had ever heard of , going on through the gathering winter dusk to destinations equally obscure . |
| 4 | Everyone keeps going on about the Animal Farm |
| 5 | He started going on about the life insurance . |
| 6 | With everything going on about the Poll tax , it 's extremely easy for us to understand how they felt . |
| 7 | Dalglish , preparing for today 's clash at Coventry , said : ‘ There 's no point in going on about the League table while we are still in August . |
| 8 | As she heard me going on about the luncheon party she pulled a face . |
| 9 | It was do-it-your-self delivery for companies and residents in Abingdon this morning , while negotiations go on between the Post Office and striking workers . |
| 10 | They are planning a huge weekend skating festival , to take place early on during the school Summer hols , in the West Country possibly near Bath . |
| 11 | Politics and showbusiness have collided head on during the election campaign with one of the country 's leading Conservatives coming face to face with himself … or at least his Spitting Image . |
| 12 | A badly-planned script , by contrast , necessarily leads to a badly-organized film , and the only reason anyone thinks otherwise is because so much seems to be going on during the shooting stage — money is spent , crowds of extras run in front of the cameras , tempers become heated and everybody becomes very tired — that the person trying to control this chaos appears to the casual observer as the only significant creative force . |
| 13 | Sixty extra Scottish Office staff have been taken on for the agriculture department 's area offices , plus a further 30 at its Edinburgh headquarters . |
| 14 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 15 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 16 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 17 | I eased down , just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games . |
| 18 | He returned it to the Society and it was agreed that the arrow would be retained from then on as the Papingo Trophy , with each winner adding a gold or silver medal bearing his name and the year of his success . |
| 19 | Flak jackets and helmets are hastily pulled on as the team race out to their vehicles . |
| 20 | Noreen was kept on after the try-out week , but she knew that was only on the strength of Fred , the Stage Manager 's sympathetic report , and for the fact that she got on well with everyone in the company , especially Bernie . |
| 21 | ‘ If they want me to stay on after the World Cup I will consider that . |
| 22 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 23 | A glacier stone in the churchyard is also mentioned in the Domesday Book and is believed to have come down during the Ice Age . |
| 24 | Deposits laid down during the rifting phase are termed synrift sediments while those laid down on the margin once continental separation has occurred are termed postrift sediments . |
| 25 | Seen here almost on the point of touch down during the Norseman Celebration weekend at Howey Bay , Beech 3NM Expeditor C–GEHX is operated into Red Lake frequently by Minto Airways of Edmonton , Alberta . |
| 26 | She came in through the yard door , and from the moment he saw her , Dauntless could tell she was a sorceress of deftness and strength . |
| 27 | Ronnie must have come in through the yard door without her knowing … |
| 28 | As we walked in through the door Kalchu looked up from his food and said in a worried voice , ‘ Where 's your karaso , sister ? ’ |
| 29 | Anxiety fluttered deep inside her stomach , like thousands of tiny moths , but then they rode in through the north gate of the city and the clamorous bustle of the narrow , crowded streets assaulted her senses . |
| 30 | As they hopped out of Armstrong , Fenella leaned in through the meter window as if paying off a real cab . |