Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] the bottom " in BNC.

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1 In any case , if there was an innocent explanation of the existence of the photograph , why had it been hidden at the bottom of the drawer ?
2 A case , or carton , something like that , had been placed at the bottom .
3 Also , many names are painted on the bottom of the routes — ecologically unsound , but convenient !
4 A few small green leaves are scattered about the bottom of the cupboard …
5 As sediments settle out of the top freshwater now , they are caught by the bottom 's incoming salt now and returned for deposition at the mouths of the tributaries .
6 Your maggots or casters are moved along the bottom by the current until , meeting the gradual rise of the riverbed , they stop .
7 In Somerset ‘ the tops of trees and houses only appeared … as if , at the beginning of the world , townes had been built in the bottom of the sea ’ .
8 On the spine , these bindings are positioned at the bottom of the sawcuts and do not have any protrusions ; but , on the cross-spars , an extra triangular form extension ( it is n't critical though appointed shape is best ) for the bow tensioner has to be made .
9 A well-chosen statue as a focal point in the middle of the bed and a brick " mowing edge " has been incorporated at the bottom of the wall to make grass cutting and edging a far easier proposition .
10 Fractions of increasing molar mass are collected from the bottom of the column .
11 ( In a galvanised tank , both pipes are connected to the bottom , the flow continuing up inside the tank to discharge near the top . )
12 So look , they 're squashed at the bottom .
13 As Eversley ( 1989 ) has recently shown , while only 2 per cent of Roman catholics hold managerial and professional positions compared with 4 per cent of protestants , they are over-represented in the bottom third of the Northern class structure , but generally within the framework of a traditional dual protestant — catholic labour market .
14 The great majority of the group have long stalks , which are anchored to the bottom .
15 The Dons are anchored at the bottom of the Premier League after crashing to defeat in all three opening matches .
16 The Dons are anchored at the bottom of the Premier League after crashing to defeat in all three opening matches .
17 Two such structures are shown at the bottom of the page .
18 Eight practice trials ( one for each question-answer combination ) were given before the experiment proper , and the stimuli and questions for these are shown at the bottom of the second page of the aforementioned question sheet .
19 Formulae , such as ‘ 2 + 2 = 6 ’ , are displayed at the bottom of the screen .
20 Now ‘ Fifty Years Ago ’ has been relegated to the bottom of this page !
21 It was belatedly discovered at Lemnos that the transport ships had been incorrectly loaded so that crucial material , required immediately on landing , had been packed at the bottom of the holds .
22 Gripper strips are nailed to the bottom of each riser and the back of each tread ( or you can get right-angled metal stair grippers which simply fit into the angle between each tread and riser ) .
23 Women in particular are concentrated at the bottom of their occupational hierarchy of the least rewarding jobs .
24 Two geo ( artificial ) textiles are laid into the bottom of the trench which is then covered with four to six inches of angular cobbles which are laid in by hand so they knit together : A two inch layer of fine gravel is then spread on top .
25 But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges .
26 A strip of felt should be placed beneath the bottom or sole piece and the floor .
27 For hanging ties and belts , you can buy specialist racks or rails to attach to the wall or the back of the wardrobe doors , shoe racks can be placed in the bottom of the wardrobe and , if the exteriors of the doors are not mirrored , you might want to fit mirrors to the inside .
28 The piece to cover the Fluval 3 need only be drilled at the bottom , ten quarter inch holes being sufficient , but ten at the top and bottom of the piece for the Fluval 2 .
29 The formation of the double stranded oligonucleotide in the competition of the single stranded probes by the complementary strand can be seen at the bottom of Figure 2B and is clearly demonstrated in Figure 3 ( lanes 9-12 ) ( no extract or poly ( d ( I-C ) is added , only competitor oligonucleotides ) .
30 The dial is in a slightly difficult position to read , and the required letter should be positioned at the bottom of the trigger , which was n't immediately obvious .
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