Example sentences of "[noun pl] ran [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 About 100 fans from two sections of the ground allocated to away fans ran on to the pitch after Cardiff took a 2–1 lead .
2 Furious Saints fans ran on to the pitch in anger just before the final whistle as their team headed for a 2–1 defeat by QPR .
3 A large number of jubilant Boro fans ran on to the pitch to congratulate Pollock , a gesture which is now a criminal offence .
4 Sometimes the bravest rats ran out onto the floor or across the tops of the pictures .
5 The teams ran out on the pitch to a half-hearted roar and began to boot practice balls around the goal-mouths .
6 The players ran on to the field and the roar was heard five miles away at Kelvin Park , where preparations were already in hand for another Great Exhibition to be held in 1901 .
7 The youths ran off towards the town centre with the bag which contained about £80 .
8 But though she walked quickly towards the gate the two girls ran off up the lane .
9 Three children ran out of the room .
10 Someone fired a shot but the trees were too thick to see properly and the boars ran out of the forest on to the open plateau above .
11 He shot a larger doe on the run as the little herd began dashing for cover , and the Moi bearers ran out into the plain to hoist the two dead animals on their shoulder poles .
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