Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the sentences of ( 35 ) would be marginal or outright unacceptable if to be were omitted is in itself a datum worth taking into account , along with the further fact that to be can also be inserted into the statement forms in ( 33 ) . |
| 2 | However , it became established at Woodford and through Warner 's generosity offshoots were distributed , as were many other rarities raised by him from seeds brought in from the Far East . |
| 3 | He sat down on the far side of the room and I caught only a brief view of him through the dancers , but it was undoubtedly Ralph Pike still at large . |
| 4 | That would be the sensible thing , to remove that gate down to the far end |
| 5 | On each trip I overheard snatches of the bar-room conversations and could hear the louder buzz of continuing upheaval along in the lounge , and I thought that after I 'd satisfied everyone in the dining room I might drift along to the far end with my disarming little tray . |
| 6 | Simpson raises his hands in the air , United have got Andy Melville and Steve Foster at the far post , Simpson still delays taking the kick , now it comes in , he knocks it in to the far post , looking for Paul , Paul heads it back over the top — and they 've scored . |
| 7 | After combining with Gary Millard at a short corner , May lifted a high cross over a crowded goalmouth and Steve Harris stormed in on the far post to hit a great first-time shot into the opposite corner . |
| 8 | It 's right down at the far south west . |
| 9 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 10 | Down at the far end of the valley , there was still snow on the upper slopes of the mountains ; they looked as if they 'd been sugar-dusted , with stone walls showing like fine , black veins above the treeline . |
| 11 | Down at the far end someone has fitted a neon sign , but the rest of the sites are anonymous in the night . |
| 12 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 13 | We 'll start down at the far end of what we call the lured mark and from there you 'll have to tack all the way up to this closest one , the windward mark . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're going to come in at the far end . ’ |
| 15 | Next moment the swirling fog in the alley was suddenly lit to a brilliant white by the head lamps of the car which came roaring in at the far end . |
| 16 | Micky Bennett 's free-kick was flicked on by Gary Blissett and Allon steered the ball in at the far post . |
| 17 | Who else but the irrepressible Cowan who knocked the ball in at the far post after an excellent build-up involving Gregg Davidson , Peter Murray , Russell and Sandy Fraser who supplied the final pass . |
| 18 | Anyway , it comprised of 4 or 5 short/quick one touch passes between Soton players — down the side to Batty , first time left foot cross — Deane rose and a superb little glancing header floated in at the far post … off the post . |
| 19 | As a thought struck him he dropped on to his hunkers again and whispered quickly , ‘ They could come in by the far gate and force their way into the back of the crees : they 're only planked . ’ |
| 20 | Rafiq followed him , and for a moment Robert thought he was going to hit him , but , instead , he ran across the road and over towards the far side of the Common . |
| 21 | She nodded her head at the cardiac monitor screen over against the far wall . |
| 22 | Over near the far wall stands an ancient McAlpine portacabin , stolen from some building site twenty years ago . |
| 23 | That was how she saw it and it added to her perturbation just as the sight of Tom leading hay over under the far wood gave her a quite unnecessary pang for she had never really loved him . |
| 24 | Though I must admit , we 'll be glad when it 's all over in the Far East and they can come back safe and sound . ’ |
| 25 | She was busy at the tap over in the far corner of the cemetery , filling the empty bottle she had brought with her from the house . |
| 26 | Over on the Far West Buttresses , Ian Lloyd-Jones and Clive Stephenson added Clog Dancing , E2 5a/b , 5c which takes a line left of Farfallino , and A Fistful Of Pockets , E3 5c , which follows the obvious weakness on the left-hand side of the buttress . |
| 27 | Alina was over on the far side of the room , sitting at her table with the lamp angled to spill across the pages of the scrapbook that lay open in front of her . |
| 28 | Now he sat out on the porch with his chair tilted back and his feet up on the rail , and he sipped at his beer as he watched the patterns of sunlight on the forest over on the far side of the track . |
| 29 | The alley 's dead end glowed red in the wash of its brake lights , long shadows being thrown by the garbage hoppers over on the far side , and the sound of the cab 's turning engine had a hard edge in the chill night air . |
| 30 | Quiss came back to the table by way of another small , though taller , table over on the far side of the room , where a few dirty cups and cracked glasses stood in a small tin basin under a dripping tap . |