Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the front [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television and radio carried brief reports , while the the story squeezed on to the front page of the national evening newspaper Izvestia , between larger accounts of the Congress of People 's Deputies , Russia 's row with Ukraine and an explosion at an Armenian arms depot . |
| 2 | When the trigger is pulled the adhesive having been heated to melting point is squeezed out of the front nozzle . |
| 3 | There was something in his walk — his whole aspect — as if , instead of having come out through the front gate , he had squeezed through a secret hole in the fence . |
| 4 | Despite everything , a lot of burglaries are still carried out via the front door . |
| 5 | Word had quickly got round that at the Marne , in contrast to the generals of the Plaza-Toro breed , who led attacks from the various Chateaux of France , Pétain had moved up into the front line when the infantry quailed under the German shells . |
| 6 | As we all dropped to the floor the shifty-eyed character bolted out of the front door and into a cloud of dust and pieces of masonry , caused by the explosions . |
| 7 | However , the proposals , kicked out of the front door last year , are now coming in through the back . |
| 8 | As it turned out , the principal had caught the other boys , and they were all being marched back in the front door of the school , but Mouse did n't know that . |
| 9 | By triggering the unit manually , rotary control VR2 could be calibrated and a scale of operating time in seconds marked out on the front panel . |
| 10 | Last time the fibre-optic and wire-cutter had gone in by the front door ; this time they were to enter by the back . |
| 11 | It is easy to picture how it looked , for the steps and ball-topped garden gate piers to the left of it would have led up to the front door , and there would have been an exact replica of this wing to the far left . |
| 12 | And I remember four stone steps led up to the front door , and we 'd what they called a parlour then . |
| 13 | Luckily he was sitting in a grandfather chair with sturdy arms which would prevent his falling , so I removed the soup bowl , turned his head on one side and rushed out of the front door , picking up our ‘ frog horn ’ on the way . |
| 14 | But he had gone out of the front door , banging it , leaving his shoes on the table which she 'd always believed was bad luck . |
| 15 | And he had gone out by the front door , presumably to present an appearance of normality if he should be seen by any of the family — a late evening stroll before bed being a simple enough amusement — while she could save the whole circuit of the house by using the back door close to the kitchen . |
| 16 | Grooves in the pastureland showed where the drive had swung round to the front door . |
| 17 | From now on applying any more brake really can spell disaster , for the normal mortal at least , because much of the weight is still thrown on to the front tyre and grip is scarce . |
| 18 | I was welcomed in through the front door almost before it was opened , and settled down in front of a Victorian stove that was brimming with hot coals . |
| 19 | ‘ I straightened my back , and I walked down the stairs to my parents and I said goodbye to them and to the servants lined up on the front steps . |
| 20 | The building , the staff and the food were wonderful , but I was n't allowed out of the front door on my own . |
| 21 | More often than not the gravel is piled up against the front glass of the tank as though the fish are trying to keep you from prying into their nest . |