Example sentences of "to run [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mohammed Azharuddin was slightly hurt when struck on the elbow by a stone while fielding , prompting the visiting team to run off the field through a hail of rocks and oranges . |
| 2 | ‘ We would have converted it to run off the engine , but the trouble is that if the engine broke down , you would n't be able to get the bonnet up to look at it ! ’ |
| 3 | If I did marry Parr , and had two little children and made a lovely home , I 'd be allowed to run off the rails a bit , so long I was discreet . |
| 4 | This is the chance for would be ‘ Rambos ’ or ‘ Arnold Schwarzennegers ’ to run about the woods armed with paint ball markers and get to shoot people . |
| 5 | Fuel consumption is good , especially from the larger BMW that 's said to cost about half as much to run as the old 5-series . |
| 6 | A ‘ Coronation ’ tram , No 1174 , swayed into view and he began to run for the stop . |
| 7 | ‘ He used to be a very useful runner in his younger days , ’ Joe explained , ‘ used to run for the Gloucester Harriers so they say . |
| 8 | But we have to have some spare capacity in case we want to run for the bus or climb Everest ( where the air is less oxygen-rich ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Would you like to run for the school ? ’ |
| 10 | Victoria Woodhull Claffin — later 19th Century free-thinking radical feminist who was the first woman to run for the office of United States President over 30 years before women 's suffrage . |
| 11 | He was a financial and moral pillar of the Catholic Church , and Mary Rose devoted herself to committees and fund-raising when he decided to run for the Senate . |
| 12 | ‘ Would you like to run for the school ? ’ |
| 13 | A close supporter is seeking signatures to persuade the ‘ reluctant ’ Speaker to run for the Democratic nomination . |
| 14 | She is a wooden ship , not unlike the old clippers we used to run for the grain trade before World War I , but she is at least a century older . |
| 15 | He was widely believed to be preparing to run for the post of President of the Republic , a post which would entail his departure from the trade union leadership . |
| 16 | Any citizen aged between 40 and 65 would be eligible to run for the presidency , provided he or she was proposed by at least 5,000 people , at least 200 of them from each province . |
| 17 | Many commentators interpreted his decision to run for the council as a means of preserving his extensive political machine while also providing a platform within the city government from which he could launch a future mayoral bid . |
| 18 | Gore 's decision meant that he joined several senior Democrat who had announced that they were unwilling to run for the 1992 nomination . |
| 19 | Acting Attorney General since Dick Thornburgh resigned the post to run for the Senate [ for his announcement in June p. 38279 ] , Barr was a strong supporter of tougher law-and-order measures . |
| 20 | Among those who were reported to have declined to be considered was New York Governor Mario Cuomo , one of the party 's most charismatic figures , who had earlier resisted a powerful campaign to induce him to run for the presidential nomination . |
| 21 | Mitchel McLaughlin revealed that the party will be nominating former blanket-protest prisoner Cathal Crumley to run for the party in the October poll . |
| 22 | Mr North , whose conviction in the Iran-Contra scandal was dismissed by a federal appeals court , is widely expected to run for the Senate as a Republican from Virginia . |
| 23 | Small pupils attempting to run between the legs of larger pupils playing football . |
| 24 | The rope should never be allowed to run between the legs , for all too obvious reasons . |
| 25 | He similarly composed two leitmotifs to run through The Sleeping Beauty . |
| 26 | Prodding gently , he got Francesca to run through the substance of the lunch-time conversation . |
| 27 | So , in an effort to once and for all give you the facts on why we 're Fun Factor Number 1 , we 've called in a few experts to run through the complete bizzo . |
| 28 | If you use both hands on the boom to run through the shallows it will only need an awkward gust or wave to rip the sail from your grasp . |
| 29 | A single track of the defunct Marton train tram route as far as Kings Square , was kept intact to make this possible , thus making the Train the last tram to run through the Town Centre . |
| 30 | It will be necessary to run through the examples in the Digest to illustrate the contexts in which these practices are found and the way in which they are interpreted . |