Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Friends and relatives tell me I should have stopped by now , and I know I do n't want to carry on through the toddler years .
2 The raising of money for the Building Fund went on through the war years and many heroic efforts were made .
3 A fierce battle is now on for the constituent firms across Europe , the Pacific basin and Canada .
4 One of the worst incidents involved the shooting on March 11 of 19 Hindu engineers at a textile factory in Harkishanpura which had defied orders by Sikh militants to close down during the state elections in February [ see p. 38762 ] .
5 The draught coming in through the ventilation ducts made it tremble continuously .
6 He did n't mind losing his board and slogging in through the breaking waves .
7 They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors .
8 When two police cars raced in through the school gates she hid behind a wall .
9 He went in through the school gates when he were five
10 Tig was standing by the gate to the enclosure , staring in through the earth walls , his dream-filled mind on other things than the old shaman .
11 Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows .
12 A soft light was flooding in through the tower windows .
13 Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets .
14 Smith 's early demise opened the door for the much-anticipated return of David Gower , who had flown down for the Wimbledon men 's final in something other than a Tiger Moth the day before .
15 All you have to do is look down for the B numbers , now
16 Stephenson also sends Durham Edition down for the Food Brokers Ferrero Rocher Handicap Chase but due to defections the weights go up 14lb and he is topweight with 11st 10lb .
17 Stephenson also sends Durham Edition down for the Food Brokers Ferrero Rocher Handicap Chase but due to defections the weights go up 14lb and he is topweight with 11st 10lb .
18 I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation .
19 You write to an imaginary friend , you 're inviting him down for the summer holidays and you say all that , all about the sort of things that you 're planning to do with them , make it up
20 Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months .
21 Solicitors ( subject to very limited exceptions ) alone have the right to brief counsel , who will be called in as the occasion demands to give specialist advice , to draft documents or to act as advocate in the higher courts .
22 Air pumped in as the warning sirens died away .
23 The congealing blood from the severed arteries of the snow-soaked head drenching the carpet and seeping down between the floor boards .
24 There is no substitute for actually practising a bargaining activity and role playing is a useful method used in off the job courses .
25 This and other theatres elsewhere were at their peak when the gentry came in for the Quarter Sessions ; for wives and marriageable daughters , there were the balls and concerts of the Assembly Rooms specially built at the back of the George Hotel .
26 A hunting shark closing in for the kill homes in on the body electricity given off by its victim .
27 ‘ It 's my dream to get a goal at the Bridge , to knock one in for the home fans , ’ he said .
28 That 's why Chris came in for the baby clothes . ’
29 And by the way , I have an appointment in the city around eleven , so I may not be back to stand in for the dinner breaks .
30 And , imagine all that loose change brought in for the gambling machines bouncing high like metal sparks .
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