Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | FARMERS on Tealham and Tadham moors on the Somerset Levels are rushing to drain their land in order to forestall a plan by the Nature Conservancy Council to declare the area a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its rare combination of waterfowl , meadow plants and aquatic flora and fauna , Tom King , secretary of state for the environment , has already granted the council 's request for an emergency order to stop deep drains being installed on 30 hectares belonging to one farmer . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , when a stag mates with a hind , he first scrapes a hole in the ground Then he gets her head and shoulders down the hole , leaving her rear end sticking up in the air so he can sort of get at her easier like . ’ |
| 3 | The Ayatollah was teaching in Qom when he was arrested in 1963 after condemning a raid on the college by the Shah 's security forces . |
| 4 | This quite different context allowed some observers of the city to communicate a view about the squalor of the Victorian legacy . |
| 5 | WE encounter a difficulty at the beginning of this part of the book by directing our attention to the solution of ‘ legal ’ problems . |
| 6 | But the actual experience of all mystics is strikingly similar : all encounter a reality in the depths of the self , which is , paradoxically , Other and irrevocably separate from us . |
| 7 | So I 've got a feeling you 're going to end up transcribing a lot of the north of the border stuff . |
| 8 | Sedgefield District Council recreation officer Phil Ball , one of the council 's successes , was last week regaling a committee on the benefits of exercise . |
| 9 | Pat Callaghan was just wide with his effort and Chris Copes was forced to kick clear as Steve Hudds beat a header off the line . |
| 10 | The suspension loved it ( clonks from the front notwithstanding ) , the body sills and sumpguard slithered over bits where tractor rutting had cut deep , the whip aerial beat a tattoo on the roof and road-biased Semperit tyres found grip . |
| 11 | He beat a tattoo with the door-knocker , and again its reverberations filled the whole world . |
| 12 | Women are up well before dawn and may have only five or six hours sleep a night in the effort to make ends meet . |
| 13 | But when the fire team are training or tackling a blaze within the perimeter he puts on a red fireman 's helmet as a member of their support system . |
| 14 | Meredith counted herself lucky to catch a space in the car park behind the supermarket as some other shopper pulled out . |
| 15 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 16 | Judy was throwing a ball to Mandy Maddison , who was learning to catch a ball with the left hand as part of her Keep Fit Challenge . |
| 17 | ‘ Off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah and off the coast of Muscat , too , the Slave of the Devil has been known to catch a boat by the middle , break it — break its back and pull it down and down until all is gone . |
| 18 | In the Firthview cafe , apparently the location of some awful and localised ground subsidence since it was named , because it would have to be at least a storey taller to catch a view of the water , I had a cup of coffee and a game of Space Invaders . |
| 19 | It was just ten minutes to nine , and Richard walked by on his way up to World 's End to catch a bus to the office . |
| 20 | I half-expected to catch a pulse in the throat , see the chest rise and fall and watch those long , white fingers creep towards me … |
| 21 | Ferry boats ply regularly between all the resorts on the lake , and it 's great fun to catch a ride on the old paddle steamer , the Franz-Josef . |
| 22 | I decided to watch the television in my room , or listen to the radio , and get to sleep early so I could be up just after dawn to catch a wasp for the Factory . |
| 23 | Four days after we had left the Daro he decided to push on ahead with Kassimi , on our two best mules , in order to catch a train from the Awash Station to Addis Ababa for medical treatment . |
| 24 | Bright new bonnets on show at the fair : Brett Fraser says that , for once , the London Motorfair is the place to catch a glimpse of the latest ideas from the world 's car makers |
| 25 | The waiting silence was broken by , ‘ I 'd say the train is leaving Carrick now , ’ and they all went to the fields behind the house to catch a glimpse of the train as it passed . |
| 26 | Les Hipkiss , a sprightly 62-year-old from Birmingham , queued for hours to catch a glimpse of the diminutive star . |
| 27 | Before going any farther , I suggest you go through the opening to the left of the Spanish Hall to catch a glimpse of the small garden called Na Baště , ‘ on the Bastion ’ , with its grand oval staircase leading to the entrance of the Spanish Hall and its neo-Classical pavilion by Plečnik 's follower , Rottmayer . |
| 28 | Children cram themselves into the doorway and cling to the window , like moths to light , hoping to catch a glimpse of the possessed dhāmi . |
| 29 | She waited breathlessly , pressed closely into a recess in the outer wall , straining her eyes to catch a glimpse of the men as they came within the orbit of the flambeau . |
| 30 | Local ranchers and townsfolk would gather about the set hoping to catch a glimpse of the stars . |