Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , quite apart from the fact that such a statement does not accommodate cases of emergency — cases where the defendant 's unlawful conduct could , unless restrained , cause serious and irreparable harm before trial , as for example where the defendant threatens to cut down a tree in breach of a tree preservation order — in other cases it is usually not so much the flagrancy of the breach as the fact that the defendant intends to persist in offending unless restrained by an injunction , which justifies the invocation of that form of relief : see City of London Corporation v. Bovis Construction Ltd . |
| 2 | And tonight we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity . |
| 3 | As she pushed the emptied skip back towards the scutching room for the umpteenth time , her legs simply stopped working and she sagged against the basket , fighting down a wave of dizziness and nausea . |
| 4 | There , down a mile of scree , were thousands of palm trees , and , I thought , a village . |
| 5 | Before the Colonel and his wife had helped themselves from the sideboard to cakes and sandwiches , and Fru Møller had put down a pot of tea on the table in front of them , Elisabeth Danziger had found the strength to rise and walk slowly out of the drawing-room and up the stairs . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , the predominant trend trait is a taste for extrovert , over-the-top dressing , with glittery glam clothes going down a storm for evening , and hyper-smart executive-look suits being snapped up for daytime wear . |
| 7 | ‘ By murdering President Rene Muawad , his assassins chose to strike down a man of dialogue and reconciliation , ’ the secretary-general , Ms Catherine Lalumiere , said . |
| 8 | The only passage I could find which could have referred to him was a section describing a debate during the LSE sit-in when the students were deciding whether to break down a pair of iron gates which lead to the bursar 's office . |
| 9 | Mr. Leapor has put down a Grave-Stone in Memory of his Daughter ; and I should be glad if any of the ingenious Gentlemen you mention would be so good as to write a few Lines to be put upon it |
| 10 | ACTORS will abseil down a quarry as part of an unusual open-air performance of Shakespeare 's Macbeth this summer . |
| 11 | When a series of such images , running vertically down a strip of film , is projected at 24 frames a second ( fps ) in the cinema , or 25 fps on ( British ) TV , an illusion of movement is created because of a retinal property known as ‘ persistence of vision ’ , which in normal life enables us to perceive the world as a continuous flow , not an infinite series of separate moments . |
| 12 | or shinning down a drainpipe at midnight |
| 13 | He opened his mouth to speak but his words were drowned by a volley of musket fire nearby and the crash of a round shot which brought down a shower of plaster on the heads of his audience . |
| 14 | Pull down a loop of yarn at the edge and knit 8 rows on the ribber only . |
| 15 | They fell upon the red hour-glass painted on Big Momma 's abdomen as she swung down a thread of silk and revolved slowly round on the thread until she had landed on a flat shiny surface . |
| 16 | The switching takes place up and down a hierarchy of abstraction and generality . |
| 17 | He and Cavagna sent kangaroos , those champions among springers , down a runway of force plates . |
| 18 | As they scurry forward , they rub the ground with their bodies , laying down a trail of scent that others behind will be able to follow . |
| 19 | Middlesbrough Council is to reconsider its decision to turn down a request for help from the Church of the Holy Trinity , North Ormesby , which faces a £41,000 bill for repairs to its Grade II listed clock tower . |
| 20 | Middlesbrough Council is to reconsider its decision to turn down a request for help from the Church of the Holy Trinity , North Ormesby , which faces a £41,000 bill for repairs to its Grade II listed clock tower . |
| 21 | The committee also turned down a request from batsman Philip Robinson , who declined a new contract with the county , to be classified as a ‘ non-contested ’ registration . |
| 22 | He strolled forward , and Sabine fought down a prickle of apprehension . |
| 23 | United gave everything they 'd got … they matched the big boys in effort and endeavour … down a bit on speed and power but that 's what you 'd expect … |
| 24 | In the next court Geoffrey Turton was performing with his head , pushing the ball down a bit of drainpipe . |
| 25 | The outlet into the Meloch was obvious once we had slashed down a bit of undergrowth , and so was the confluence with the Dee , but where , under the sizeable area euphemistically called the drive , was the tunnel ? |
| 26 | He felt in his purse and threw down a couple of copper coins . |
| 27 | But I slip down a couple of back roads and I find it soon enough . |
| 28 | If someone could wave a magic wand , and I could change something , I think I 'd like to go down a couple of cup sizes . |
| 29 | It goes down a treat at family do 's . ) |
| 30 | And furthermore , these sardines comes in a rich tomato sauce and slips down a treat on toast . ’ |