Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adv] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contacts down in New Orleans at the Unix International annual members meeting , where reporters are barred , called in last week as we went to press to say that nothing substantive had happened yet that would move the industry further down the unity path . |
| 2 | The old order may not have changed at the front but there are encouraging signs for the future further down the field . |
| 3 | Straightening her legs out , she leaned forward to pull the zip halfway up the duvet-like sleeping-bag which , she realised belatedly , was actually two bags opened flat and zipped together . |
| 4 | or they can but a tiny amount , it 's this sort of dogma , this blind faith , has put commonsense right out of the window completely out the window |
| 5 | They came in illegally low after bombing practice on the range just down the firth , blasting over the island so suddenly that I jumped while in the delicate manoeuvre of teasing a wasp into a jar from the old tree stump near the ruined sheep-pen at the north end of the island . |
| 6 | One more adventurous boy decided to explore the overgrown slope behind the hut and he was pushing his way through the undergrowth when he caught sight of a figure approaching the hut further down the slope ; the boy was close enough to see that the figure was that of a tramp wearing tattered clothing and crowned with a battered trilby hat . |
| 7 | Cursing again , he began reversing the machine back up the farm track towards the hollow where the helicopter and its pilot waited . |
| 8 | Then , ‘ Mind , ’ Bella said as Marie , sweating and out of breath , struggled to shove the wheelchair back up the hill from the prom , ‘ mind , these chips are swimming in vinegar . |
| 9 | If that was the mood in the early days of the siege later on the F B I knew that Koresh 's attitude may have changed . |
| 10 | Although much work remains to be carried out on the coach , including repairs to windows and roof , restoration of interior compartments and finally repainting in L & SWR salmon pink and brown livery , it is hoped to complete the restoration within a year where the LSWR carriage will join the TVR coach and the two GWR coaches to form a very unique vintage train and to move the Gwili further up the valley . |
| 11 | I WISH to set the record straight on the issue of the works and health committee 's decision to introduce a ‘ Caring Contractor ’ scheme for Darlington . |
| 12 | Wolves had gone into the match halfway down the table and seven points adrift from the top six . |
| 13 | This can have the effect of moving the blockage further down the burrow , or it may result in one or more rabbits deciding to make a bolt for it . |
| 14 | If this gas if this gas dissolves too quickly it 'll suck the water back up the tube and into this flask . |
| 15 | Feet slithered in the mud halfway down the bank . |
| 16 | United looked like traffic controllers , directing the flow straight down the arterial routes towards Swindon 's goal . |
| 17 | Then , taking two mugs from the cupboard , she spooned sugar into hers and carried the lot carefully up the ladder . |
| 18 | Dating has obviously become extremely inaccurate by this level compared with the precision higher up the stratigraphical column , but presumed late Precambrian glacial deposits extend from the west of Ireland up through the Highlands of Scotland and then up through Norway to Varangerfjord near its northernmost tip . |
| 19 | ‘ I am so glad you are here , ’ he kept repeating as he led the way briskly up the staircase . |
| 20 | Keegan 's proposed Merseyside take-over was backed by Republic of Ireland midfielder Kevin Sheedy , whose 60th-minute goal sent Newcastle 's 8,000 travelling army celebrating all the way back up the A1 . |
| 21 | I ran all the way back up the slope and into the lighted lounge . |
| 22 | And then they have to carry them all the way back up the hill ! |
| 23 | 0 Tap Enter several times to move the division mark out of the way further down the screen . |
| 24 | first , if you find a goal difficult to achieve , you might bypass it , put the goal later on the list . |
| 25 | It was Mama , though , who wore it in the painting halfway up the great staircase — so that all who passed by could see it and admire . |
| 26 | To avoid their notice , and give them time to get clear of the folded valley before he ventured it , he turned on a contour course towards Ruthyn , and kept in the fringes of the forest , watching the glint of steel come and go on the track lower down the slope , drawing steadily nearer to him , but some half-mile below . |
| 27 | The walls were lined with old fights posters and photographs of boxers in stiff , ferocious poses , and it had a musty , faded feel to it , contrasting with the bright cleanliness of the gym just up the hall . |
| 28 | This may increase the size and value of the market higher up the scale . |
| 29 | He had been on board the Santa Maria some two hours or more working out with the Argentine naval lieutenant and the tug 's engineers just what was required to get the tow safely down the short cut into the Beagle Channel and thence to Ushuaia . |
| 30 | Between Newbury and Reading a middle-aged man had pressed his knee against hers , and she had had to change compartments , doing her best to look unconcerned about it , as if she often heaved her suitcase down from the rack halfway between stations to try the view farther down the train . |