Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This comes with one or more switches on the same ‘ plate ’ , operating different lights . |
| 2 | You bolt on the tail and wings you 've been towing behind on a trailer , flip a couple of switches on the dashboard , and then find a strip of flat land to take off from . |
| 3 | Ace , Defries and Johannsen could only watch as , almost in slow motion , Daak thrust out a fist to support his weight — and pushed down half the switches on the control panel . |
| 4 | Cut the crap — he 's doing a handrail down a flight of steps , that 's all . |
| 5 | Diana enjoyed herself enormously at the birthday party not least because it brought her sister down a peg or two . |
| 6 | It was high time someone took his young sister down a peg . |
| 7 | He soon became a familiar hazard with his dog Kim , ‘ the village terror ’ , and his car in which he would career at fully twenty miles an hour down the narrow lanes . |
| 8 | And an hour down the golf range . |
| 9 | ‘ Greed , cynicism , the rotters and the agents have spoiled it , ’ McIlvanney reflects bitterly , ‘ the rotters ’ being the trade term for journalists trained to sniff out sensation or scandal , or failing that , to drop a cheque down a hole and see who bites . |
| 10 | That narrows the field down a bit , if it 's correct . |
| 11 | I might have to cut the cleaners ' hours down a bit , ’ says Chris . |
| 12 | A steep scramble down an ivy-covered slope leads one into a place of great natural beauty alive with the earth spirit force . |
| 13 | It entails beating up some chicken eggs , putting them into a syringe and squirting the uncooked scramble down the bird 's throat . |
| 14 | Edwards , 29 , endured eight marathons in 11 days over Christmas , ran several without sleep and regarded a broken bone in his foot , sustained in a stumble down an Alpine pass , as an occupational hazard to be ignored . |
| 15 | Nor have there been any informal jolly gatherings when the daily toil of pressing the flesh is over : Mr Kinnock wandering back among the press party , glass of whisky in hand , letting his ( metaphorical ) hair down a little , tipping us just the hint of a wink that this is all just a great game . |
| 16 | The boys were back in town to finish off their latest album of dinkety-bonk and decided to let their hair down a bit after a little light refreshment in the bar . |
| 17 | What we are talking about is moving the responsibility down a stage so that there is a system in place that recognises individual club players and helps them when they move up . |
| 18 | Variable wing geometry would cut the dangers down a little … but there are still CATs up there which could tear anything like a conventional aircraft apart . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Let's stroll a bit down the Boulevard de Waterloo , ’ Marler suggested . |
| 20 | That will bring the eventual budget down a fine tune particularly with regard to er recommendations of the housing committee with regard er to the erm which clearly there will be some people . |
| 21 | You approach the park down a long avenue , past lawns carefully tended and set in a girdle of trees . |
| 22 | The crowd that he 'd pulled was n't much , but it slowed Gary down a little . |
| 23 | He flicked a switch on a console and said . |
| 24 | Better , fit a true mains switch ( e.g. a cord switch on the primary side of the transformer ) and hope that people will use it instead of the on-off switch on the radio . |
| 25 | Although Decimax 's current ad shows these switches to be of the keypad variety , our unit used membrane types ; each push of the switch on the plus or minus end gives a corresponding level change ( indicated by the LEDs ) on that particular frequency . |
| 26 | The tool can only be turned on by pushing a lock-off switch on the rear handle with the thumb , whilst depressing the two triggers on the front and rear handles . |
| 27 | Once , not long ago , an old film called National Velvet had been on television and when the young Elizabeth Taylor appeared on the screen he had at once been sharply reminded of Mary — and had exited , not with the escape key but with the switch on the set . |
| 28 | Tucked under the grill is the hotplate light , operated by a switch on the grill canopy , which ensures that your grill and hotplate are always clearly illuminated . |
| 29 | Press the switch on the fascia and it lights up a new world of controlled cooking . |
| 30 | Flicking the switch on the TV is one thing , but such reactions are more serious when it comes to real life situations . |