Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cab came from a Massey-Ferguson 1200 and cost £600 , and a solid steel radiator surround from the same model was turned upside down and fitted to the new tractor . |
| 2 | You must then perform a small conjuring trick — holding all the layers of the picture firmly together , turn the frame and picture upside down and place on the table , then fix on the hardboard back . |
| 3 | Er they have well just the same as er some of these weight reducers. they 'll take the weight down but look at the side effects . |
| 4 | ‘ I backed the car out and drove past the police station . |
| 5 | The improved colt quickened well to take it up over two furlongs out and went to the line clear of the dead-heaters Steinbeck and Wilde Rufo , with the latter subsequently disqualified when jockey Richard Quinn weighed in 6lb light . |
| 6 | But perhaps it is best to take a few steps back and begin with the preliminary question : why an exhibition of the nude ? |
| 7 | I said , and I pushed the instrument back and paid for the rest . |
| 8 | A dangerous sparkle of anticipation in her eyes , Maria drew her shoulders back and walked across the room with her host at her side . |
| 9 | Karen rinsed her mouth out and spat in the sink . |
| 10 | She began to turn the pictures round and flap at the mantelpiece with a duster . |
| 11 | Er I 'm not s erm er it does n't include jobs that we 've done the design work on and sent to the areas for building . |
| 12 | Turn the frond over and look at the underside . |
| 13 | She pulled Fergus 's shoes off and nodded to the door . |
| 14 | She invites me into the living room , pours me a coffee , sits down beside me , slips her shoes off and groans about the working day she has just been through . |
| 15 | He told Stephanie to put her feet up and went into the kitchen for solitude , where he began purposefully on the dishes . |
| 16 | I polished off the lager , put my feet up and waited for the editorial meeting . |
| 17 | He could evangelise us disguised as a doctor who wants us to rest our bodies , an environmentalist who wants us to slow down , or as a psychiatrist telling us we will be less neurotic if we put our feet up and listen to the bird song for one day a week . |
| 18 | I could also pick his feet out and deal with the foot-rot which was starting to set in . |
| 19 | Solve the following equations setting your work out as shown in the last example : unc This is a useful way of checking your answers , Simply substitute your answer for the letter in the question and both sides of the equation should be equal , Use this method to check your answers . |
| 20 | I immediately chopped both engines , pulled the mixtures back and turned off the magnetos and master . |
| 21 | If you are closer , then your foot curls around and strikes with the knee still part-flexed . |
| 22 | Willie sleepily pulled his jersey and shirt off and slid to the edge of the armchair . |
| 23 | Pull the wing skin off and replace with the new . |
| 24 | Poor little Willie was fairly screaming the place down and banging on the barred window that separated him so carefully from the world . |
| 25 | and erm whatever you may need a stock and that and put sliced potatoes in it and some carrots and then on the top I 've put sliced potatoes and left them on top of the casserole , well later on when I came home I just took the lid off and stuck in the top of the oven instead |
| 26 | By the time Amiss had sorted Glastonbury out and returned to the dining-room Mauleverer was well into his ‘ Is-the-haddock-finnan ’ routine with a bewildered Vietnamese whom Gooseneck had omitted to brief . |
| 27 | Adam put the phone down and went to the front door . |
| 28 | Folly put the phone down and sat on the bed , looking round the poky little hotel room that was all she could afford while she searched for more permanent accommodation . |
| 29 | Kelly put the phone down and skipped around the room . |
| 30 | ‘ When it comes to business I think it is important to get your head down and deal with the accountants and lawyers , ’ she says . |