Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the bottom " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 2 | They have found that algae are thriving on nutrients from sewage , farm runoff and factory waste : when they die they drift to the bottom and consume the available oxygen ; water hyacinths clog the shallows , reducing the light and oxygen reaching the area where many of the native fish species live ; in the past the fish acted as a check on the algae , but more than 400 species have disappeared in recent years ; one culprit is considered to be the Nile perch , a large fish introduced in the 1950s . |
| 3 | But when they die they sink to the bottom , taking the nutrients with them . |
| 4 | It does n't sort of get to me nowadays , I 've learned to deal with prejudice , but in a funny kind of way , it 's helped me get from the bottom to the top . |
| 5 | GRIDIRON : London Monarchs yesterday drew 17–17 with Birmingham Fire to leave them anchored at the bottom of the European Division of the World League . |
| 6 | She heard it crash to the bottom of the stairs , and felt the floor quiver as it gained on her . |
| 7 | The water has to flow through the stiff bristles , which filter out particles and also encourage them to settle to the bottom of the chamber , by slowing the flow . |
| 8 | So they got him settled in the bottom of the boat and just as they were putting this tarpaulin over him , and getting ready to set off , the one man He heard the one man saying to the other , he says , Right , forty miles a wee stroke of the oars . |
| 9 | Can you remember what made it sink to the bottom ? |
| 10 | I think if there 's , if there 's a reason for not showing it there I think I comment to the bottom would satisfy most people . |
| 11 | I mean I think we arrived at the bottom about six o'clock |
| 12 | if you float you 'll stay at the top , some people can float and they do n't need arm bands , they stay at the top and if you sink they go to the bottom , now we 've got to look at these things look and we 've got to decide whether we think they 're gon na float , stay on the top or whether they 're going to sink and go to the bottom , now then what 's this here ? |
| 13 | No think it goes round the bottom |
| 14 | Liverpool St Helens ' fall continues , a 9–6 defeat at Blackheath leaving them clamped to the bottom of Division Two just a year after they dropped out of the first division . |
| 15 | Does it say on the bottom ? |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not been easy for the chairman and his board seeing us stuck on the bottom of the table , ’ said Clough . |