Example sentences of "[adv prt] under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your stance must be long enough to dig in under a fierce attack . |
| 2 | It is a particularly potent device for signal analysis since it can perform a 1024 point FFT in under 700µs . |
| 3 | It seems no more than a charming anecdote , but when Professor Davie cites Bunting 's tale in Under Briggflatts , his history of British poetry since 1960 , he calls the incident ‘ challenging ’ . |
| 4 | Davie 's tribute applies still more precisely to his own writing in Under Briggflatts , a book whose perspicacity , range of learning and pitiless eye for cant can leave little doubt which modern critic most richly deserves comparison with Samuel Johnson . |
| 5 | Dylan Thomas immortalised such machinery in Draper Mog Edwards ' soliloquy in Under Milk Wood : I have come to take you away to my emporium on the hill , where the change hums on wires . |
| 6 | The lightly-padded bellows tongue and Cambrelle lining stopped any water seeping in under the laces . |
| 7 | ‘ And where do I fit in under the new organisation ? ’ |
| 8 | The odds are that you will have to dip into it , but if you do n't , and you come in under budget , everyone else will be enormously impressed by your professionalism . |
| 9 | Norman came in under the wild-card foreign invitee blanket with nary a victory to his name in the past year . |
| 10 | Handel wrote his Messiah in under a month and directed its premiere from the organ . |
| 11 | He scooped mud on to his forehead and cheeks and kept close in under the dripping leaf canopy cloaking the bank . |
| 12 | In 1905 , at age 48 , he walked 200 yards , ran 200 yards , cycled 200 yards , rowed 200 yards and swam 200 yards , all in under a total of eight minutes , and in 1903 he had swum five miles in the Thames ( two of them against the tide ) . |
| 13 | And when they could no longer do so , they were more likely to become independent lodgers than to move in under their own children 's roof . |
| 14 | She reached in under this , into the wooden box beneath it , prised up a hinged board and brought out a package , wrapped in fine white linen , tied with tape , about and about and about , like a mummy . |
| 15 | She jumped back with a startled squeak , but Bridhe laughed ; and then she saw the little girl who had slipped in under her arm to comfort the baby . |
| 16 | He is quick of hand , extremely wise in counsel , merciful to suppliants , and kind to those taken in under his protection . |
| 17 | There was a long silence and they lay absolutely still and grew cold together in the draught coming in under the closed door . |
| 18 | The questions themselves can then be fitted in under the topic headings decided upon . |
| 19 | A bee came buzzing in under the roof . |
| 20 | I was sat there minding my own business , when all of a sudden that side door opened and sunlight comes flooding in under my ass . ’ |
| 21 | Pumping the gas in under pressure produced a beverage almost equal to that of the best mineral springs . |
| 22 | Instantly they took advantage and leapt in under the hesitating staff but as they did so two other shafts struck in quick succession , Allen 's second and Marian 's first . |
| 23 | The rotor blades began their increasing chop as De Vere Green ran in under them and shook hands , just the once , with Lawton . |
| 24 | Harriet made a grunting sound that meant she 'd given in under protest and Jess did n't wait for any other sign . |
| 25 | Bollinger own just such a patch of phylloxera-free vines in Aÿ ; whereas its high walls might well repel a small army , it remains a mystery why the little bug has not simply walked in under the gate . |
| 26 | When we finished the tour , we ended up in the same place and he comes back to me with the most beautiful guitar I 've ever seen — handcrafted in under a month ! |
| 27 | What must it be like to have a substantial body of work behind you and yet have the creeping sense that you are being remembered only as a bore in Under the Volcano , as the inventor of a word about Greene , and as the friend of Lowry , of Orwell , of Patrick Hamilton ( himself , something of a forgotten figure ) ? |
| 28 | Jean Marc Lafond , younger brother of the French international , scored the first of two tries in the 53rd minute before Darren Grewcock stole in under the nose of Steve Bates to make it 31-8 . |
| 29 | Most of the houses down here were divided into.two flats , two front doors squeezed in under the tiny porch . |
| 30 | With the announcement that Michael Checkland is to step down early from his post as Director General of the BBC , it seems an appropriate time to compile a similar list of ‘ ins ’ and ‘ outs ’ relating to the new BBC regime which will come in under John Birt . |