Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , in a frenzied blur of storm-driven wind , ice-cold rain , glass and splintered wood , Cardiff was suddenly at that door now , tearing it open with one gloved hand while he pushed Jimmy and the girl through into the darkness . |
| 2 | She looked slyly at my master , just like Queen Margaret had , though she greeted us civilly enough , ordering servants to take our guide and the baggage off to the guest house while she entertained us with cups of wine , fresh-baked bread and huge bowls of hot spicy broth . |
| 3 | In the end , he found himself being asked to advise about the hiring of marquees , and the erection of stalls , the choosing of sites for swings and the marking out of an area for the donkey ride . |
| 4 | The creation of structure was for a purpose : the hermetic principle of ‘ as above , so below ’ , imitating the macrocosm in the microcosm , bringing the vastness of nature and the universe down to a scale we can relate to . |
| 5 | hmm — and the trip back to london after the geordie game was not a happy one — trains arriving a couple of hours late from scotland due to snow or whatever … |
| 6 | Such orders may make provision for the examination of witnesses , either orally or in writing ; for the production of documents ; for the inspection , photographing , preservation , custody or detention of any property ; for the taking of samples of any property and the carrying out of any experiments on or with any property ; for the medical examination of any person ; and for the taking and testing of samples of blood from any person . |
| 7 | I hope that I might have undertaken work of this kind without the experience of working for North Tyneside Community Development Project ( CDP ) from 1974 to 1977 , but I did and that experience shaped both the conceptualizing and the carrying out of this project . |
| 8 | This may be appropriate in an organisation like the Army where discipline and the carrying out of orders is essential to the success of that organisation . |
| 9 | A Mr yesterday , he was just authorising the use of firearms and he said that was put into writing and we 've got that form but that only authorises the issue of firearms er the practicality , the authorising and the carrying out of the raid is n't covered by that document . |
| 10 | The Second World War was to bring about an intensification of the disillusionment with national and international politics that led Nasser to seek an alternative through the organisation if the Free Officer corps and the carrying out of the successful coup d'etat . |
| 11 | Since he could not afford to keep her and the boy out of his meagre earnings he drifted away , leaving her to claim supplementary benefit again a few weeks later . |
| 12 | He went to bed late and rose early , and the space in between was lively with frequent , prolonged and energetic sex . |
| 13 | Souness was still grumbling about the decisions that went against his team — the penalty that gave Coventry their first goal , the free-kick that led to their second , an offside flag that never came for the third and the sending off of Jamie Redknapp . |
| 14 | And lay off were the tunnel was going to go and the road up to the hill and lay off the power station and |
| 15 | The afternoon will be free in Berlin and departure will be in the evening for the night journey on the motorway to Ostend and the ferry back to Dover . |
| 16 | Departure from Berlin will be late evening for the night journey on the motorway to Ostend and the ferry back to Dover . |
| 17 | ‘ I remember the winter of 1962–3 when Feethams was frozen over from Boxing Day until March and the pile up of fixtures was horrendous . |
| 18 | In the old town by the harbour you find Piazza III Novembre , dominated by the 13th century Apponale Tower , and the cable-car up to the round Venetian watchtower which offers wonderful views . |
| 19 | Patrick had briefed him on the reasons for their sudden turnaround in Bucharest and the dash back to the Channel . |
| 20 | They put the bowl in the ale and the stem through between the bars — perhaps Snaith invented drinking straws . |
| 21 | The problem , in terms of the present discussion , is to explain how the evolution of the id and the ego up to the point at which hunting began could have resulted in its success and could have brought about the adaptive advance represented by self-reproducing hunting bands . |
| 22 | The chaos happened after workmen resurfaced a mile and a half stretch of the motorway north of junction 16 between Watford Gap and the turn off for the M-45 . |
| 23 | His yard , where the horses were stabled , went behind the houses and the pub through to Garden Cottages . |
| 24 | He had had a long day at the hospital and the drive down from London had not been easy . |
| 25 | Jack did n't even bother to practise but headed for his car and the drive back to his Wiltshire home . |
| 26 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 27 | Er Madam Speaker , I I agree with er the honourable gentleman that it 's extremely important that the various agencies do play a part in working together to ensure effective action with minimum bureaucracy and I know that the honourable gentleman has been anxious to ensure that that happens in his own constituency and his own area where he is dealing with the problems of high unemployment er and the fall out from the closures of pits in his area and if the honourable gentleman has any specific er er measures which he would like us to look at then I 'd be very happy to consider those . |
| 28 | In Hyderabad up to 80 people were killed by mounted police on May 26 while protesting against a lengthy period of uninterrupted curfew and the cutting off of water and electricity . |
| 29 | And a moderate approach to alcohol and the cutting out of smoking would save needless deaths and improve the quality of people 's lives . |
| 30 | Heavy rainfall and the leaching out of iron salts may result in the formation of iron pans and podsolised soils ; these are poorly drained and may lead to the formation of upland bogs and blanket peat . |