Example sentences of "jump [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well this guy 's jumped off the second board and done a belly flop |
| 2 | By the time they had got to their feet the gunman had jumped through the open passenger door and the wheels shrieked in protest as the car sped away from the hotel . |
| 3 | He turned an enquiring gaze upon her as she marched towards the house , but before following her he held out his hands to Millie as she went to jump off the last step , saying now in a low tone , ‘ It looks a good enough day ’ — he pointed to the back of the cart — ‘ what 's up ? ’ |
| 4 | Over the same period , Isabella Kacprzak , at Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 , will be presenting three artists each showing a work from an earlier period and filling one room : ‘ Trittbrett ’ ( Running-board ) by Jurgen Drescher , an 8-metre long sculpture which , in the truest sense of the word , makes it impossible to jump aboard the moving train ; the abstract stereometric forms of rusted metal by Miroslaw Balka , and finally a folding screen with glass artefacts by Asta Groting . |
| 5 | I do n't want to jump into the first movie that 's offered to me . |
| 6 | So anyway I said , oh well get some change and I was on the point of sa I said to Margaret shall we jump in the ruddy car and we 'll get back . |
| 7 | ‘ Because everybody goes and jumps in the river is no reason why we have to go and jump in the same river . ’ |
| 8 | His 22-year-old step grandchild Madjit was forced to jump from the first floor with his pyjamas ablaze . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll have to jump from the first floor , ’ said Cardiff . |
| 10 | He had been beaten , threatened with knee-capping , burned on the neck with a cigarette and invited to jump from the open door of the speeding vehicle during the journey to the quarry at Furnace on Loch Fyne . |
| 11 | He says they ought to jump in the nearest river ! |
| 12 | We reached the landing field towards dusk , landed , fitted on our parachutes and decided to jump in the failing light . |
| 13 | The Baron 's brows drew together , but he did n't jump to the immediate conclusion she 'd feared . |
| 14 | Of course , they 'd immediately jump to the wrong conclusion and think I was talking about a girlfriend , and I 'd get some almighty teasing , but the joke was on them ! |
| 15 | I would have expected Esquire to be a little more imaginative than to jump on the anti-Essex bandwagon and to realize that you do n't have to be brainless to live in Braintree . |
| 16 | Trends have since changed , however , and Mudhoney have forced themselves to jump on the major label bandwagon , if only to survive . |
| 17 | Are we to jump to the unlikely conclusion that John 's heart has at last been melted by the love of a good woman ? |
| 18 | Everyone knew she and Ryan had been living together , and it was easy to jump to the wrong conclusions . |
| 19 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 20 | He began to run and jump across the white rocks , exhilarated by the emptiness all round . |
| 21 | Avoid trying to jump white water , aiming instead to jump at the steepest part of the wave which is normally the part about to break , the critical section . |
| 22 | Without half a bottle of red wine inside me I might have slipped on the slimy breakwater , but I jump onto the stony beach and chase her along the shore . |
| 23 | Jump the gap and make your way down the steps and platforms to another ladder , pick up another crate to your left and climb down the ladder , kill the workman and run right ( out of the building ) , get on the lift and jump into the little room ( this contains a couple of records ) , get the crate and climb up the ladder to kill the last workman , get on the lift to your left and go to the top , jump onto the platform , and the next , and the next , until you reach the furthest one where there 's an extra life . |
| 24 | So I run several yards to my left , step on to a two-foot metal platform , straddle the barrier , and jump down the other side . |
| 25 | She went hop , skip , and jump down the hilly street and through the shop door . |
| 26 | Fall down and go right on the dodgems , go up and right through the wall , go down and collect the scroll , go up and push the crate right off the platform , fall down and push the crate left off the platform , fall down and push the crate right off the platform , push it left off the next platform , then right and left twice , jump on the big wheel on your right , jump off and at the bottom of the screen go right , collect the arrow , go left and up , go right and climb up on the platforms , go left and collect the star , fly right , up and right , push the crate right off the platform , push it left onto the button , go left , down and collect the star . |
| 27 | She says when other people see a badly behaved child they jump to the wrong conclusions . |
| 28 | Spray it and jump to the next ledge and grab the extra life . |
| 29 | But Defries had already jumped into the shrinking gap . |
| 30 | Unless membership jumps before the next election , which must be held within a year , there seems little chance that candidates deemed vote-worthy will be rewarded with campaign funds . |