Example sentences of "drops [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The saucer drops between the towers , flies low over strangely deserted streets and comes suddenly to a grinding halt . |
| 2 | The worst thing that can happen is for the boat to become totally inverted and here you need to slide the daggerboard quickly out before it drops through the hull . |
| 3 | Though this rate drops during the rest of the year , the small estuary of the Rhode River received for the entire year an average 5.1 tonnes of total nitrogen from bulk precipitation ( snow and rain ) , and 7.3 tonnes from watershed run-off . |
| 4 | The technological catch though is that the confinement time drops as the RF power pushes the temperature up , and so the critical value of the fusion product is still out of reach . |
| 5 | The branch falls through it into the shaft and drops after the man . |
| 6 | Scorpius is setting , and the Cross is more or less out of view , though as seen from anywhere south of Sydney or the Cape it never drops below the horizon . |
| 7 | Conversely , each 1p the price drops below the purchase price ( S ) increases the loss borne by the investor by 1 p per share held . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , if incidence starts to fall while outcidence remains stable , prevalence continues to rise , albeit at a decreasing rate , and begins to fall only when incidence drops below the level of outcidence . |
| 9 | This will ease the muscular tension in the neck so that the chin drops towards the chest . |
| 10 | Agnes did not make the mistake now of asking her customer how much he intended to spend on the acid drops ; she reached up and took down the jar and , tilting it , tipped some acid drops into the scale ; then , putting the glass lid back onto the jar , she returned the whole to the shelf before once again blowing into a small paper bag and depositing the sweets inside . |
| 11 | It is diverted to the alien nest where it drops into the cuckoo 's mouth the food that had been destined for its own young . |
| 12 | Given that the West Highland Way drops into the glen a few miles further down , there 's a possibility of a two-day circular route . |
| 13 | The water drops into the Swanage brook as does another spring at Carrants Court further west . |
| 14 | a large initial letter at the start of the text that drops into the line or lines of text below . |
| 15 | On attaining the summit , it 's a bit of a shock to see how far down the ridge drops round the lip of the corrie before climbing back up to Aonach Beag , but it snakes invitingly away to the east , presenting an irresistible walkway into untamed terrain . |
| 16 | When a patent is granted in respect of the equipment , the law of confidence drops from the scene to be replaced by patent law and , possibly , trade mark law if a registered mark is to be used with the equipment . |
| 17 | It was like being in an elevator which suddenly drops from the top of a twenty storey building to the basement . |
| 18 | Clare described the kestrel 's hover as it hangs ‘ in the sky on narrow pointed quivering wings ’ , and its plummet to earth : ‘ The small hawk like a shot drops from the sky/ close to my feet for mice and creeping things . ’ |
| 19 | As for water , that would come in minute drops from the cactus . |
| 20 | The report goes on to say : ‘ Many professionals advise giving vitamin drops from the age of one month and we would support this practice , particularly if there is any doubt whatsoever about the vitamin intake at this time ’ . |
| 21 | The amateurish voice which drops in the video links tends to irritate . |
| 22 | Simple diffusion models of the Atlantic Ocean yield surface salinity drops in the North Atlantic of 3–10 per cent during the meltwater pulses associated with the collapse of the ice sheets . |
| 23 | But after three days this week of 500-plus point drops in the Nikkei , most observers called the bounce yesterday technical and temporary , especially with scandals and bad debts breathing down the financial sector 's neck . |
| 24 | Meeting Nur Bai was clearly one of the highlights of Khan 's visit to Delhi and at the end of his description he quietly drops in the fact that he ‘ had the good fortune of spending some time in her company … ’ |
| 25 | The end of the bar drops over the pivot , and the cutting tool is advanced as the sphere is shaped . |
| 26 | So when on 16 August the letter drops on the door mat , the phone call comes from school , or the lists go up on the notice board , teenagers who have failed to get the right grades for that coveted university of polytechnic place may feel that the world has come to an end . |
| 27 | If danger is sensed air can be expelled from the lung , and the snail , releasing any grip on an object , drops to the bottom , its operculum closing the shell . |
| 28 | Attached to the bottom of the betalite , which is encased in a plastic tube for protection , is a length of braided terylene tied at the other end to my back rod-rest , so that when I strike the indicator pulls off and drops to the ground . |
| 29 | And drops to the ground |
| 30 | He then suddenly drops to the ground on the left knee , placing the left hand on the floor in front of him . |