Example sentences of "it [verb] under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dog landed awkwardly on its hindlegs , losing its balance , and he looked away sharply as it tumbled under the wheels . |
| 2 | It trades under the name English Estates . |
| 3 | Today , it trades under the name AEA Technology and in the remainder of this text it will be referred to as AEA . |
| 4 | It passed under the canal and ran parallel to the Haversham Bank and down to the river . |
| 5 | Cheered and keyed up in expectation of the pleasant story-book sight in prospect , her hot hand squeezing the scone in her pocket , she followed the path as it passed under the line of windows , before it skirted the domed conservatory where flowers were grown for the house : cactus , geraniums , gloxinia , palms , bird of paradise , passion-flower , maidenhair fern , all throve here in damp and forceful luxury . |
| 6 | It goes under the lovely title of paralinguistics |
| 7 | it goes under the nice little saying tell them what you 're going to tell them then tell them and then tell them what you 've told them . |
| 8 | down and there 's a path goes along and it comes , it goes under the road bridge and it comes out at the foot bridge and it runs next to it |
| 9 | Here was the Labour Party reverting to its old self , a better self , yes , than the monster it became under the demonic spell of Tony Benn ; here was a party responsive once more to its own people , the people it so shamefully betrayed at two successive general elections since 1979 , but a party — as somebody once said of the SDP - ‘ promising a better yesterday ’ . |
| 10 | Cut the rest of the bottle to such a height that it fits under the water in the tank in which it is going . |
| 11 | Barking ferociously , the big Great Dane rushed from the rear of the house , skidded around the corner and hurled herself at the gate with such force that it creaked under the impact . |
| 12 | Many believe that it lies under the church of San Vincenzo in Prato , even though there is no historical record of the church before the year 806 . |
| 13 | The sooty plume from its stack flattened as it grumbled under the bridge , and Mungo caught a last glimpse of the redskin , still absorbing scandal and sport . |
| 14 | Erm as it develops under the impact of the French revolution and Napoleonic rule and then later what nationalism came to be seen as it 's the basically the idea that erm that people of a common culture history and language should occupy perhaps that 's the wrong word . |
| 15 | The firm must not , however , in any written communication or agreement , seek to exclude or restrict any duty or liability to a customer which it has under the Act or under the regulatory system . |
| 16 | ‘ No , no , what they did was attach a slow fuse to the gunpowder and left it coiled under the bed . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll put this to bed where it lives under the mattress . |
| 18 | The government now denied that it was granted the terms it received under the Large Combustion Plant Directive on the basis that it would be fitting FGD so it could continue to burn high-sulphur coal . |
| 19 | It occurs under the following lowing conditions for two 's complement arithmetic , illustrated in Figure 2.5 . |
| 20 | just beyond , spanning a feeder of the Dee as it passes under the viaduct , is an ancient packhorse bridge , happily preserved but appearing incongruously insignificant below the mighty railway arches . |
| 21 | Occasionally it was found in the Rio Sarabia , as it passes under the road near the town , but this was very rare . |
| 22 | At the shaft head the tunnel is ten metres beneath the surface , although it immediately deepens by 67m as it passes under the gorge wall . |
| 23 | In the Ripon area weekend roadworks mean the Road will be closed as it passes under the A one bridge delays are likely as a result . |
| 24 | And finally in the Ripon area weekend roadworks mean the Road will be closed as it passes under the A one bridge and delays are likely . |
| 25 | Shortly afterwards it came under the aegis and support of the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries ( SCONUL ) and the scheme assumed the title of the SCONUL Tape-Slide Group . |
| 26 | The group 's concern with rocketry was hardly respectable in those days : its existence was tolerated mainly because it came under the wing of Theodore van Karman , one of the world 's greatest aerodynamicists . |
| 27 | Whilst these proposals were still before the King , the army marched on London and expelled the leading Presbyterians from the House of Commons so that it came under the control of the Independents . |
| 28 | In 1972 it failed to reach reserve price when it came under the hammer at auction . |
| 29 | ‘ I think Dieter 's been a bit naughty , ’ Husband puffed , ‘ but it was a direct follow-up to an incident abroad , so you might say it came under the doctrine of ‘ hot pursuit ’ . ’ |
| 30 | My hon. Friend was kind enough to tell me in answer to a question on the third problem , asking him whether he would make the east-west A427 a trunk road , that it came under the county council 's responsibility for bypasses . |