Example sentences of "[coord] under it " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other side of the perimeter fence there are groups of soaked souls attempting to climb over or under it . |
| 2 | an accent mark which is set separately from the main character and is then placed either over or under it . |
| 3 | I know there 's a motorway running down the middle but you ca n't over or under it , for thirty miles there , so if you 've got to get across there , you have to do this , come all out , you know , and that is an hour 's run . |
| 4 | Down it or under it |
| 5 | It 'll either go round it or under it wo n't it ? |
| 6 | you can either go round it or , or under it |
| 7 | Across the street , beyond a wide stretch of frost-laced gravel , there was a huge triumphal arch on which were four horses driven by a goddess of peace , over whom , in turn , hung two flags , both enormous as if vying with each other and both striped red , orange and black , the far one with those stripes alone , but the near one bearing the wreath , hammer and dividers of the German Democratic Republic , and under it all , cutting the avenue in half , halting it with the abruptness of Finis at the end of a book , and behind a fragile metal fence , snow on its top giving it an odd , festive look , there was a drab grey wall made of concrete blocks . |
| 8 | Have you remarked , where a fast-flowing stream comes to a little fall , how the racing water becomes glassy smooth and under it the long fine threads of the water-weed are drawn along in its still-seeming race , trembling a little , but stretched out in the flow ? |
| 9 | Then sliding reluctantly over the ocean came a thunderous grey cloud , and under it was the crumpled , dark green lozenge of sulky Dominica . |
| 10 | Leaning her bike against the gate , she hopped up and over , then raced to the bridge and under it , and stood in the middle of the road holding both hands out and shouting to the van to stop . |
| 11 | ‘ A small cromlech was discovered by some miners about the year 1837 near the Cheesewring in a barrow or cairn and under it was found a bell-shaped gold cup with a sphere or sceptre . |
| 12 | Above the sink was a mirror composed of glass tiles stuck to the wall , and under it a simple glass shelf . |
| 13 | The hotel was a shell , the roof having collapsed completely , but a few yards of the verandah ceiling remained intact and under it I spent the most wretched night of my life , standing in a dry corner , listening to the drenching rain and howling wind and breathing in the acrid fumes of the recent fire . |
| 14 | At the far end of the hall there was a marble fireplace , and under it was a large pot of dying Bowers and a very beautiful rocking horse . |
| 15 | The concentration and centralisation of capitals ( growth and merging respectively ) lead to a ‘ constant decrease in the number of capitalist magnates ’ and increasingly the ‘ monopoly of capital becomes a fetter upon the mode of production , which has flourished alongside and under it ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 16 | The goddess wears her aegis symmetrically over both shoulders , and under it not himation and chiton but a peplos , in a different form from the archaic ( fig. 39 ) . |
| 17 | GUIL takes a third coin , spins , it , catches it in his right hand , turns it over on to his left wrist , lobs it in the air , catches it with his left hand , raises his left leg , throws the coin up and under it , catches it and turns it over on to the top of his head , where it sits . |
| 18 | Their skins were the colour of walnut husks , and under it muscles bulged like sacks of melons . |
| 19 | There must be one flag , the Union Jack , but under it equality of races [ i.e. British and Boer ] and languages … but not before a loyal majority is assured ’ ; or again , ‘ if ten years hence there are three men of British race to two of Dutch , the country will be safe and prosperous ; if there are three of Dutch to two of British , we shall have perpetual difficulty ’ . |