Example sentences of "[prep] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing who we are as humans has been one of the great vexed questions , searched after and written about down the centuries . |
| 2 | That is a record to be proud of and to build on in the future . |
| 3 | After a moment , she seemed to find what she was looking for and stepped up to the door . |
| 4 | And in fact the there , most of the traffic calming is actually being paid for and carried out by the developer for that scheme . |
| 5 | ( c ) No partner should carry on any business which competes with the firm or from which he derives benefit at the expense of the firm Section 30 of the Partnership Act provides as follows : If a partner , without the consent of the other partners , carries on any business of the same nature as and competing with that of the firm , he must account for and pay over to the firm all profits made by him in that business . |
| 6 | From the free-kick , Anderton 's shot squeezed through a wall which resembled a collander , hit Deane on the way through and rolled in by the near post . |
| 7 | The first seven miles of this journey are extremely arduous : there is no path and progress is a struggle through tussocky grass , tough heather and naked peat hags , keeping to the clifftops where possible but often unavoidably descending into and scrambling out of the coves and gullies that break the ramparts , as well as fording the streams entering the sea from the moorlands of the interior . |
| 8 | The away end bogs , according to who was forced to abandon half-times plans for a piss , are Heysel revisited — one narrow tunnel going into and coming out of the place was crammed with hundreds of fans all going in and out at the same time , plus a few old bills looking on saying helpfully ‘ I should n't do that if I were you . |
| 9 | However , competitive pressures can still be generated by another feature of the industry mentioned before — the relative ease of entry into and exit out of the big league . |
| 10 | These views concern the fact that the singular particular things which we can point to and pick out with the words ‘ this ’ and ‘ that ’ , and to which we often give names , such as ‘ James ’ or ‘ John ’ , are not thought of as being merely particular . |
| 11 | Back along with the back to what you would call the sea crossing er to and get on to the Rousay pier then and get a dinghy or something and row across to Wyre . |
| 12 | The most dangerous moment of a policeman 's life is the time between getting his coat on and getting out of the station . |
| 13 | Ginny put the kettle on and went back to the car for her bag , which Ralph had left on the back seat — not so much from laziness but because he was not in the habit of thinking of others . |
| 14 | The workhouse master reported that Connolly then put his boots on and went off to the police station to make a complaint of assault . |
| 15 | They had the latches closed , the headsets on and plugged in at the console . |
| 16 | After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper . |
| 17 | He did n't answer , just switched the engine on and backed out of the car space . |
| 18 | He banged his hat on and stumped off through the courtyard , muttering , ‘ I 'll give her testify … ’ |
| 19 | So I get up and pull my dressing-gown on and head down to the cold , dusty lobby where the phone is . |
| 20 | confirmed that what was envisaged was , as identified but not without some reservations , a restructuring of the profession with future practitioners gaining their experience among and coming up from the ranks of the newly created cadre of internal auditors . |
| 21 | Rodney James Chapman , a director of the company , asked an industrial tribunal to lift the prohibition notice , but the tribunal upheld it except for a small area where the quarry might be worked but only under a safety system agreed by and worked out with the Inspectorate . |