Example sentences of "the [noun pl] and [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm quite hungry for some breakfast , ’ said Snodgrass , as they followed Caspar along the galleries and down the staircases and through huge , high-ceilinged chambers . |
| 2 | secondly , pursuing untrustworthy promoters or record companies , if necessary through the courts and on to the enforcement of judgements , deters other business people from trying to get rich at the expense of musicians . |
| 3 | Were it to do so , literally hundreds of thousands of people would tonight not be sitting at home frightened about whether they might be dragged into the courts and on to prison . |
| 4 | It is unhelpful if Ministers or others speaking on the right hon. Gentleman 's behalf suggest that internment will not be used or that it is not a viable and justifiable means of dealing with those whose training and speciality is keeping themselves out of the courts and out of the hands of those on whom we depend to impose justice for the deaths that have occurred in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | Alerted by a grapevine of unparalleled efficiency to the presence of honkies with money , hitherto undiscovered talents began swarming in from the ghettos and down from the hills , bearing tape-recordings , even guitars , for impromptu auditions . |
| 6 | Suddenly , guns were fired again , and a group of pirates ran from the woods and on to the stockade . |
| 7 | There was also a chance that plants might be stolen and Collinson reported in January 1751 , ‘ … to my great loss , some prying , knowing people looked into the cases and out of that numbered 2 took the three roots of Chamaerhododendron , honey laurel , root of silver-leaved arum and the Spirea alnifolio … |
| 8 | Oxford Practice Grammar contains over a hundred double-page units with the exercises facing the explanations so that students can glance across from the exercises to the rules and back . |
| 9 | ‘ Thompson at your service , ’ said the landlord coming to meet him with a welcoming smile which disappeared quickly as he saw Midnight — his glance sliding from the metal collar to the handcuffs and on to Jess 's flushed face . |
| 10 | Senna lost his front left wheel in the crash and both cars bounced over the kerbs and out of the race . |
| 11 | I hen , saying goodbye and wishing me well on my journey , she limped out of the house , down the steps and off down the drive . |
| 12 | He walked on past the house to the steps and down to the shore . |
| 13 | After all , up the lads and down the hatch . |
| 14 | But it did over the shops and over |
| 15 | If nothing is readily available you find yourself trying to thaw out the cheesecake from the bottom of the freezer ( nobody will miss it , will they ? ) , or working out how long it will take you to get to the shops and back with a bag-full of goodies . |
| 16 | He only goes to the shops and back on it . |
| 17 | She walked to the shops and back , sometimes walked through the back streets , once almost as far as Marcus 's flat ( but did not dare to go near it ) , avoiding the noisy King 's Road , and the embankment where Jack often walked with Alison , and as she knew , farther east where Ludens walked with Marcus . |
| 18 | He must have jogged to the shops and back , she deduced , keeping her brain detached as she stared at him . |
| 19 | Oil your hands a little more generously this time and slide them over the shoulders and up the back of the neck . |
| 20 | It had been rather an expensive one as he had gone for a fleecy-lined designer number with flashes of blue , to match his eyes , on the shoulders and down the legs . |
| 21 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 22 | She had decided it ought n't to be too difficult to slip into the stables and up the ladder first , but this time she did n't even reach the water pail . |
| 23 | The arm uncurled onto Richard 's chest and moved there over the nipples and down onto the tensing stomach . |
| 24 | He wheeled his horse , and roared his own knights round upon their bowmen ; and the loyal among the marksmen set up an answering howl , and fell out as best they could , leaping sidelong into the bushes and up the heathery slope , to stand clear of the slaughter and find a vantage-point again from which they could play their part . |
| 25 | Hats were flung into the air , the cheering reached higher and higher levels , and Dawn Run and Jonjo O'Neill were engulfed as they came back past the stands and up the walkway to the unsaddling enclosure in the parade ring . |
| 26 | Nanna wants to have all the er plants picked out of the greenhouse and erm have them all in the trays and up to us by the end of May before they go away on holiday . |
| 27 | On the one hand they must move along the lines and down the page ; on the other they must be still if you are to read a word . |
| 28 | The walls of Culwiniac Farm provided no real protection , being easily breached by the Argyll militia , after which ‘ Hangman ’ Hawley 's dragoons poured through the gaps and round behind the rebel right . |
| 29 | Gone are the ties round the feet and in comes a full , loosely fitting single-piece garment , pleated at the neck but still with the top-knot ; the face is completely exposed , showing the features in a peaceful attitude of repose , the limbs no longer with a stiff formality but a far more relaxed naturalism . |
| 30 | Martin was standing at the furthermost edge of the terrace , looking over the gardens and down to the sea . |