Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [prep] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the present , and perhaps for far into the future , the simple primary voting system rules . |
| 2 | It seems as though habitable mountains have grown up precipitously and cancerously from out of the ravaged landscape in defiance of gravity the leveller . |
| 3 | He found himself struggling on his back with the stifling presence of the flag wrapped round him like a shroud ; the strange thing was that as he weakly continued to struggle ( for the staff lay across his legs , pinning him down , and the lanyards had somehow trussed his elbows to his sides ) , he recognized the sensation immediately : this was a nightmare he had had on the night they had taken refuge in the Residency , and repeatedly since then throughout the siege ; when the Collector , cursing , had at last fought his way out of the flag , it was such a relief to escape from his nightmare that he felt he did not mind so much about the sepoys . |
| 4 | 23 Mountain Biking event organised by the North York Moors National Park , 10am to 1pm and 1.30pm to 4pm from the Moors Centre , Danby . |
| 5 | It has been suggested that starting in mid Devonian times and continuing on through the Carboniferous , a mid European ocean of uncertain width extended roughly along the line of the English Channel and then on eastwards into the European continent . |
| 6 | Well shipping Angus , so you know when the dredgers go on er er er creeping ahead , see we used to have er what we call the head wire there used to be a wire which was all stretched out say about half a mile and what you s and erm and all according what erm how much mud you were dredging for the depth of water and then my father would give the signal to say right , cos on the , on the head wire used to have a pull , we call the pulls and they were like er a jutted piece off the wheel and he 'd say five pulls ahead and we 'd say one two three four five right and we went ahead with it and then when we were dredging sidewards you see , used to sidewards , you never went ahead with it , not all the time you c you went sidewards across the river , and erm once you got ahead your side chains they moving up cos you got so far ahead th that the side chains were n't much good to you , so you had to then move your side chains so you got a little off the mud in an old boat and then re further up the river . |
| 7 | The ‘ Musical Gathering ’ in 1882 took place at 7am and again at 2.30pm on the cricket field . |