Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case the experience of being wrenched out of the familiar instigates an identity crisis which results in a series of ‘ rebirths ’ as the protagonist grapples with the problem of selfhood and strives to construct some form of coherent identity out of the scraps of other peoples ' languages which penetrate his or her consciousness . |
| 2 | As the residents bring out their used syringes and collect new ones , a neighbour of sorts , a working-class black man who lives in an apartment across the street , brings a bundle of used clothing on to the wasteland . |
| 3 | I saw that there was not even a ripple of low pressure off to the east , which was the reassurance I wanted , for a depression to the east could swiftly twist itself into a full-blooded storm . |
| 4 | Now as he comes in front of that lorry back onto the carriageway , if the one that was over taking suddenly decides to pull back in his mate having flashed him , the value of a nearside mirror ? |
| 5 | ‘ The question is , should we , for the good of the diocese , for the good indeed of the Church , keep knowledge of that problem out of the hands of the police or , at least , the press ? ’ |
| 6 | At such times as it was expedient to run water from the Grand Union Canal into the Grand Junction Canal the passing of that water down from the top to the bottom pond , that is a fall of 56 feet and at the rate of say 2 locks per hour , would represent a gross force of 32 h.p. and this force could be utilized by means of a turbine or otherwise for providing power to work the lift . |
| 7 | Well they used to cut a bit of that H-bone on with the topside , that weighed with it . |
| 8 | Fingers of light poke about in the back of the hall , casting Spiritualized 's five members ( plus Will Gregory on sax ) as shadow puppets in an incredibly static play . |
| 9 | Immediately a little beam of light shot out of the barrel of the gun , aimed at the target . |
| 10 | I pull my little piece of four-by-two-inch rag out of the barrel of the Smith & Wesson , hold the pistol up to the overhead fluorescent , and squint inside . |
| 11 | As they reached the centre of the lion enclosure , a large cage on wheels was ahead of them , and a young woman with a pitchfork was shovelling carcasses of raw meat out through the bars while adult male lions , lionesses and their cubs crowded round . |
| 12 | The Skeleton rips a chunk of raw flesh out of the character ( normal damage , +3 ) and then sits on the floor and begins to bite and tear at its ‘ meal ’ . |
| 13 | A recent article on this theme brought both censors and defenders of free expression out of the woodwork and into the correspondence columns of the Library Association record . |
| 14 | Early one morning they tied their stripy woven bags of Tibetan salt on to the yaks and left for the south . |
| 15 | As he bent tenderly over it to examine the flattened tyres , a hand stuck a length of rubber piping out of the wash-room window and directed a jet of water down his neck . |
| 16 | Putting a length of rubber tubing on to the attachment , she turned a bottle upside-down to allow the liquid to flow . |
| 17 | He had to prepare them for the study of Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ) , Middle English ( that is , the language and literature of England from about 1200 until 1450 , including Chaucer ) and all the remaining periods of English literature up to the Victorian period . |
| 18 | Thus , unlike social class , social network does not require us to project at the initial stage a fully-fledged theory of social structure on to the linguistic data . |
| 19 | The only area an exile hopes to cultivate is what the Americans call ‘ the chicken and peas circuit ’ — those endless dinners , lunches and buffet suppers by which the Conservative Party binds its supporters in a form of social cement out in the sticks . |
| 20 | I think a large diamond pin of some kind up near the collar , and those glittery sort of earrings , and perhaps several bracelets to flash when she moves the muff . ’ |
| 21 | Such had been the history of this camp up to the time I arrived there . |
| 22 | " I 'd better ask Cowslip what we 're supposed to do about taking some of this stuff back to the warren . " |
| 23 | At to page nineteen my Lord of the transcript passage that begins my reading of this judgment down to the bottom of that paragraph at letter G , so from B to G on page nineteen my Lord |
| 24 | and my Lord er the appeal to the court of appeal er which is at erm tab five was exclusively on the issue of whether Lord Justice and the divisional court were correct in the ruling they have docted for the interim , er and the court of appeal judgement , the main judgement is given by Lord Justice er reviewed with and the erm the heart of Lord Justice judgement on this issue is to be found at page nineteen my Lord of the transcript passage that begins my reading of this judgment down to the bottom of that paragraph at letter G , so from B to G on page nineteen . |
| 25 | I thought of this killer out on the empty , wild moor , and I felt more and more uncomfortable about my surroundings . |
| 26 | To take any form of cultural production out of the market , by new patronal or public funding , is a very deliberate decision , with its own , sometimes isolating and conserving , effects . |
| 27 | Geographical proximity meant that these relations have continued to be of crucial importance through into the post-1945 period . |
| 28 | Stepping forward to get a firmer grip , I trod on the rake whose handle leapt up , giving me a nasty crack on the brow and a making me stagger , knocking a bottle of systemic insecticide on to the floor , where it shattered and spread a nauseating puddle at my feet . |
| 29 | So far we 've seen the highlights of Central News up to the end of nineteen eighty-eight when the programme was broadcast from Birmingham . |
| 30 | Together , the three of them removed the boards which formed the trough and the natron ran off in a tide of white powder on to the floor . |