Example sentences of "[prep] the front " in BNC.

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1 But the hazard warnings , rear fog lights and rear screen demister are an arm 's length away , obscured by the steering wheel , while the switch for the front fogs is hidden above my right knee .
2 They included a differential lock for the front wheels , and a power lift to raise the plough and rotors at the headland .
3 He secured two admission tickets but when he arrived he found they were only good for the front doors where ‘ already hundreds were waiting ’ .
4 Then he noticed an open gate and beyond it a side door which he approached ; here he was told that his tickets were only good for the front door while the side doors were reserved for members .
5 His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ .
6 Most likely to irk the feminists is ‘ F O long blonde hair , ’ referring to women attractive enough for the front office .
7 Outside , the world was waiting for Mr Major 's victory oration and shortly after 1.00 he made for the front door .
8 Some versions substituted for the front pair a .5 Browning heavy machine gun , and some jeeps had a single Vickers fitted in such a way that the driver could operate it .
9 Mansell had taken pole — a record 14th in a season — but Senna 's stunning lap , good enough for the front row , while perhaps having more to do with the driver than the car , revealed that McLaren was closer than usual this year to Williams .
10 I crept downstairs and was outside and successfully making for the front gate when Ted sprinted around the side of the house and grabbed me .
11 Furthermore , those species that accidentally forged some connecting suspension for the front legs independent of the skull would be among the first to walk , otherwise the head would have to turn constantly from side to side as it did so .
12 I can understand the designers ' reasoning , in that the knobs for the front pickup are to the front , and so on , but consciously or subconsciously , guitarists work from the selector switch , and my feeling is that that should point towards the pickup controls currently in use .
13 ‘ Johnny rang me and he said my photograph was awfully good and could he use it for the front cover of Backward Glances , ’ Mr Winner tells me .
14 I find it easier to use the front ( pointed ) end of the iron for the front panel and the heel of the iron for the back .
15 Evelyn was heading down the hall for the front door .
16 Nothing unusual or difficult here , except for the angled mortises for the front stanchions ( and later for the handlebar ) and the lashed joints .
17 I did n't really imagine he 'd chosen the paint for the front door on that basis , but I liked the door being that colour , though it hurt stupidly by making me remember a lot of things .
18 He got to his feet and pulled on his jacket , heading for the front door .
19 The two women jumped out and sprinted for the front door of the cottage , Donna struggling with the key .
20 More complicated was the situation at Queen 's , where designs for the front quad were prepared by Hawksmoor , but the scheme executed by Townesend ( 1710–21 ) appears to have been almost entirely the joint work of himself and Clarke ; while for the new building at Magdalen , the original design by Edward Holdsworth [ q.v. ] was revised by Townesend in 1731 under Clarke 's direction .
21 She started as though to make for the front door , but Mr Hunter held up a hand to stop her .
22 That is unlike the Opposition , who have at least three conflicting policies — one for the Front Bench , a second for Back-Bench CND Members and , most disgraceful of all , a third for the electorate in Barrow .
23 Although he grew beautiful flowers for competition in his tiny greenhouse on the allotment , he was content for the front garden to consist of a small shaved lawn and empty flower bed with two statutory rose bushes and a border of tedious alyssum .
24 Besides Djohar and Taki , the six other candidates were : ( i ) Prince Said Ali Kemal , a former ambassador , the grandson of the last Sultan of the islands and founder of the Chuma ( Islands ' Friendship and Unity ) Party ; ( ii ) Mohamed Ali Mroudjae , a former Prime Minister , of the Parti comorien pour la démocratie et le progrès ; ( iii ) Mohammed Hassan Ali , a former Vice-President , now leader of the Moheli National Front ; ( iv ) Abbas Djoussouf , representing the Mouvement démocratique populaire ; ( v ) Mohammed Ali Mbalya of the Parti socialiste des Comores ; and ( vi ) Moustapha Said Cheikh , a Marxist standing for the Front démocratique , who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for his part in an attempted coup in 1985 , but who had been released from prison following Abdallah 's death .
25 She rose gracefully to her feet and made for the front door , with Melissa following .
26 With white fondant , cut out tiny circles for the front headlights and fix on .
27 Cover the cake with the appropriate pieces of fondant — for the front side with the holes , gently press on before neatly cutting around the holes and removing the pieces of surplus fondant .
28 Yes I think it 's fair to say at the moment that , that , that is being looked at Mr Trotter , together with er the broader range of issues on the er the operating concept er for E F two thousand but it is of course standard practice to buy not just the number you need for the front line but to buy sufficient aircraft to keep that front line in field for about twenty five , thirty years , whatever the life of the aircraft happens to be , taking account of er attrition , taking account of training requirements and engineering needs and support needs and all that kind of thing and all that work er is , has been done , is being done at the moment and er final figures will be put to that in in due course .
29 Then she was bounding out of the room , heading for the front door and rushing outside into the garden .
30 Shiona parked at the front , instead of at the side of the house where everyone normally parked their cars , and , pushing back her hair , headed for the front door .
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