Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it crosses through the X and Y axes . |
| 2 | The professional assessment is that the Mitre ball is heavier when it flies through the air and therefore lends itself to greater accuracy . |
| 3 | FLURRY OF SLURRY : The liquid dung flies through the air as revenge-seeking Dave launches his attack |
| 4 | The traditional unit is a box that sits between the mains and the AC-in socket on your computer . |
| 5 | Between the depth and master volume is the manual switch for the chorus , while the ‘ effect on ’ light sits between the rate and depth pots . |
| 6 | A special toughened , smoked glass lid with a ‘ Shut-Off Valve ’ that immediately shuts off the gas when the lid is closed . |
| 7 | But it is clear enough to anyone dealing in checks who thinks about the matter that it is in the public interest to deny collection in those circumstances . |
| 8 | On a modern system this may have been replaced by a safety device called a residual current device ( RCD ) , which turns off the supply if it detects current leaking to earth , and so protects the system and its users against the twin risks of fire and electric shock . |
| 9 | Crilly turns off the telly and puts on a Billie Holiday record . |
| 10 | In fact it makes its point more powerfully if it is seen as prose but heard or read as poetry since the meditation then enacts for the reader that speech-become-song meditation-become-poem that Rolle talks of in The Fire of Love . |
| 11 | It took us two turns through the arch before she decided . |
| 12 | In this case one male drives off the others when the nest is completed . |
| 13 | Once they have finished they are joined by their tutor , who goes through the history and supervises their examination skills . |
| 14 | On a slow day , Quigley just goes through the newspapers and rambles on about whatever comes into his brain . |
| 15 | They follow him as he goes through the sky and when he leaves the sky they look for him all night . |
| 16 | ‘ We will continue our efforts to stop this unnecessary demolition — in Westminster as the Agriculture Bill goes through the Commons and in Brussels as the EC potato regime is progressed . |
| 17 | The cloud is like a magnet so the water goes through the cracks and goes up . |
| 18 | ( Robyn kicks off the duvet and gets out of bed . |
| 19 | It still sleeps with its mother in the rudimentary nest she builds for the night but practises building nests for itself . |
| 20 | ‘ Bowlers allus goes for the man as is buildin' a ninnins. 'E 's the one they fear . |
| 21 | The same goes for The Shamen as a whole . |
| 22 | Much the same goes for the prints and poems in the exhibition book . |
| 23 | ‘ John goes for the foliage and I buy flowers ’ said Claudia , who likes bargains and does n't mind a few surprises . |
| 24 | Far too often with a low cable break , the pilot goes for the airbrakes when there is a mile of field ahead and no hurry whatsoever . |
| 25 | Ask yourself again if there are any contact points between the hurts or wrongs of the past and your present difficulties . |
| 26 | And when at last it drifts through the window and fluffs all round his feet and legs , even then he does not let himself be disturbed . |
| 27 | From about June onward there are navigable waterways through the Barents , Kara and Bering seas and along much of the Siberian coast ( the ‘ northeast passage ’ ) , though heavy pack ice usually persists between the mainland and Severnaya Zemlya and off Wrangel Island . |
| 28 | Development from egg to L3 slows during the autumn and it is doubtful if many of the eggs deposited after September ever develop to L3 . |
| 29 | Common to these readings is the observation of fundamental connections and parallels between the merchant and the monk , not just as individuals but as representatives of late medieval culture in a very broad form : of economic and religious life . |
| 30 | The shot glances off the tree and hits A's gardener , B. Can B sue A ? ( ii ) Would your answer be different if the shot had been fired by A 's son , C ? |