Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can make the bike move up to 1.5 metres in a corner just by shifting your weight . |
| 2 | How many feet does the tide rise down at this dock ? |
| 3 | He let the sentence trail off into a silence that vibrated . |
| 4 | ‘ If what ? ’ he urged when Ruth let the sentence trail off like the vapour trail of the jet high in the deep blue sky overhead . |
| 5 | I hated pushing the medicine dropper in between the rows of teeth , now permanently bared , and the hot dry lips , and watching the milk dribble out at the comer because it would n't swallow . |
| 6 | He drank some of the coffee and smiled , that ruthless , dangerous smile of his that made the heart turn over in her . |
| 7 | When the office lifers came the next day and tried to make the computer come up with some figures they wanted , what it printed out was this poet 's poetry instead . |
| 8 | It is important to realise early on that the degree to which you can let the computer get on with producing your pages automatically corresponds exactly to the amount of control over those pages that you will be able to exert as a user . |
| 9 | ‘ Old Mother Walsh , ’ Pike said again , ‘ let not the snake come out of the sky ! ’ |
| 10 | So who does the responsibility come down to in the end ? |
| 11 | And as I say we did the mass picket down in Inspector was coming straight up t an the Sergeant to y you know what 's like to leading er people and he said , Now what 's the what you going to do what 's what you want this morning ? |
| 12 | It also deprives the government of any room for manoeuvre in fiscal policy should the recession turn out to be worse than expected . |
| 13 | She let the sewing drop on to her lap and her shoulders drooped a little . |
| 14 | So when did the hair grow back on your bollocks then Stu ? |
| 15 | The stories of what it was like there in the hours that followed , and of the lingering deaths of 31 of the most exposed people , make the hair stand up on the back of your neck . |
| 16 | People who 've seen it say it makes the hair stand up on the back of their necks . ’ |
| 17 | The reverse should also be considered ; that is , why should n't the user feed back into the system so that the system performs in a way that is best for the user ? |
| 18 | Lyn felt the blood come up into her face . |
| 19 | Let the tension flow out of your body . |
| 20 | Relax your body and let your breathing become easier as you feel the tension flow out of you . |
| 21 | Maura felt the tension drain out of her . |
| 22 | Maura had seen the hammer descend on to the cartridge just as she heard Roy 's voice come from the house . |
| 23 | THE fans who revelled in Darlington 's magnificent rise from near-obscurity are helping the side slip back into the bad old days . |
| 24 | He felt the gravel shelve up under his feet and staggered free of the water . |
| 25 | One hot afternoon I came down from my bedroom , after a brief but taxing siesta , to see the Agent pull up in his outlandish Packard . |
| 26 | Julie Craig heard the car pull up in the driveway and hurried across to the landing window-to look out . |
| 27 | Culley went back to the street , passed the front of the house , then turned and retraced his steps in time to see the car pull out of the cul-de-sac and move away from him . |
| 28 | And that was when she hit a wet patch on the tarmac and felt the car go out of control . |
| 29 | He resigned himself and let the car drift back to a comfortable fifty-yard gap . |
| 30 | He watched the cashier ring through for a clearance and had been surprised when it was accepted . |