Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young may be carried on the snout of the mother if they are in distress ( or stillborn ) , a behaviour that is also sometimes extended to humans in distress . |
| 2 | But from then on the position declined rapidly and by 1951 UK exports were only double the West German level [ Milward , 1984 ] . |
| 3 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
| 4 | But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area |
| 5 | I also took on the position knowingly of the bad reputation in Scotland of Sports to the trade regarding hotel sales of your equipment , but was promised that this practice would be cut out . |
| 6 | With that he started putting on the shabby jacket he always kept hanging on the hook on the back door . |
| 7 | During the third round Sam drove the short par-4 10th green and his eagle putt hung on the lip for almost 25 seconds before dropping into the hole . |
| 8 | Pausing outside his living room door , he switched on the hall light and crouched down on his knees . |
| 9 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 10 | Alison found the key and opened the door , reaching inside to switch on the hall light . |
| 11 | It was easy enough to get the front door open one-handed , not so easy to switch on the hall light with no hands at all . |
| 12 | Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light . |
| 13 | Maybe the children could make a notice to hang on the hall doors — STRICTLY NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT TO THESEUS AND ADVISERS ( adapted as appropriate , and put up with staff agreement ) . |
| 14 | Leonora gave him a wavering smile as he switched on the hall light . |
| 15 | A group of Country Whigs certainly remained important " out-of-doors " , in carrying on the propaganda war against the Court . |
| 16 | Britain 's Roger Clark took on the blizzard conditions in the Lombard London-Sydney Marathon today to move into fourth place . |
| 17 | Ace switched on the spacewalk jets and launched herself through the widening yawn of the doors . |
| 18 | This official was furious when it appeared that Oslear had spoken to media men about his determination to back Palmer and Hampshire , as well as Lamb , the only England cricketer who has had the courage to take on the cricket establishment . |
| 19 | God sent the Spirit of Jesus to his followers in order to equip them to carry on the mission of his Son in the world . |
| 20 | The survey also contains information on the action employers take on the expiry of the time limit . |
| 21 | It seemed that everything in the championship really hung on the reliability of each driver 's car . |
| 22 | Pacare , originally meaning ‘ to appease ’ , took on the interpretation ‘ to pay ( a debt ) ’ . |
| 23 | The bronze was cast in standard ingots that were about 0.9 metres long with inward-curving sides that made them easier to carry on the shoulder , as shown on one of the contemporary Egyptian tomb paintings depicting Minoan emissaries . |
| 24 | Running a modern-day coaching inn became a fashionable activity after the painter John Fothergill took on the Spread Eagle at Thame in the 1920s and , later , the Three Swans at Market Harborough . |
| 25 | Harris , his coachman , was up on the driving box , while Lord John 's groom and valet were bringing on the saddle horses behind . |
| 26 | This has been graphically described as ‘ switching on the autopilot ’ ( Drasdo , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | Jenny dozed off and he switched on the autopilot . |
| 28 | He switched on the smile again . |
| 29 | Anything that would pay enough to live and allow him to remain on the headland to carry on the campaign . |
| 30 | Iris , who carried on the campaign started by her parents to clear Derek 's name , added : ‘ I wo n't give up now — no way . ’ |