Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the local [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated . |
| 2 | There will be video feedback too , and those who feel up to it can go in for the local skischool giant slalom race . |
| 3 | and down with the local tyrants , it 's down with the system as it stands or |
| 4 | Once the day care centre is no longer suitable we may introduce the sitter service ; link in with the local day hospital or it may lead to long term care . |
| 5 | Ever since the oil companies came to Shetland they , along with the local authority , have supported regular sea-bird monitoring programmes , with a full-time independent biologist to run them . |
| 6 | She could tell she was going to get no response from Coffin , although he was being polite , when a crowd of youngsters swarmed in from the local youth club . |
| 7 | Down to the local microwave store ; there they all were , not a lot to choose between them really . |
| 8 | That 's interesting where do they meet , walk down to the local church and that 's great well what sort of time do they meet oh you know eleven till five ? |
| 9 | Once upon a time that was just ‘ Paris ’ which , in dilute form , finally filtered down to the local ladies ' modes . |
| 10 | I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop . |
| 11 | Head down to the local travel agent and check out the availability of sun-drenched spring breaks at resorts catering to families with small children ; |
| 12 | what power does each of them have in the state apparatus ( principally the legislature , the army , police , certain key ministries and their line agencies down to the local level ) , and outside it — in the countryside , Chambers of Commerce , the shop-floor , and so on ? |
| 13 | The advantages to the Commission of programme financing arose from the long-term nature of such a plan for regional development , which required agreement on financing arrangements in advance from all the concerned parties down to the local government level . |
| 14 | In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate . |
| 15 | The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink . |
| 16 | If parents want to leave a child in the garden with a dog , it 's their responsibility , but anywhere else , even down to the local shop , children should never take a dog out . |
| 17 | Yes , after the morning paper it was down to the local market , er one hour with the butcher , a butcher , chappie named Welsh , two stall he had . |
| 18 | In those days , if you stuck an advert for the cinema in your window , you got free tickets , and long before I ever understood any kind of plot , we 'd all troop down to the local flea pit and watch whatever was showing . |
| 19 | Aggie persevered with the kitten and when it was time to get it neutered she went along to the local vet , who informed her that the tomcat was in fact a ‘ she ’ . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , for one glorious day , millions were able to ‘ take action ’ and assuage a whole year 's guilt in one go , by writing a cheque , phoning in a credit card number , or trotting along to the local collection point with cash . |
| 21 | It was then that I decided to help myself , so I went along to the local college and enrolled in what appeared to me to be ‘ a way to relax ’ — the Alexander Technique . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been tuned in to the local station , ’ he said shortly . |
| 23 | Well I think what people have said to me very often about the Community Charge is that they can see the er they can see the point of having a community charge which everybody pays and which actually brings in to the local taxation system the hundreds of thousands of people who were previously not paying any rates at all but were benefiting from local services . |
| 24 | Vologsky punched out a sequence on the computer panel , which automatically locked him in to the local frequency . |
| 25 | She suggested calling in on the local correspondent to see what his views were . |
| 26 | The cheapest way to go was via Colombo and so I dropped in on the local centre there . |
| 27 | I 'm , well I work part-time down at the local library . |
| 28 | Come August , when the action is beamed back from Barcelona , they might just recognise that man who works down at the local track . |
| 29 | On his way back , Joe called in at the local pawnbroker 's shop , run by ‘ Uncle ’ Jeremiah Baldwin and his daughter Annie . |
| 30 | If you can help please telephone DAD on Darlington or call in at the local office at the Friends Meeting House , 6 Skinnergate , Darlington . |