Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | There was a very considerable consensus on the elements selected , and these choices , in the order in which they appear in the text , are given below along with the percentage ( rounded to the nearest integer ) of the informants who identified each one . |
2 | A diver had found it out at sea trapped beneath the underground storage container from a petrol station , the container having been ripped right out of the ground . |
3 | This is probably a result of inadequate treatment and is more common in those who have been treated late on in the infectious stage . |
4 | If you look at a dissection of the human arm you can see that the string-like tendons which attach to the fingers are joined further back in the arm , to the muscles . |
5 | Students of linguistics are taught early on about the importance of binary oppositions like this one , and are encouraged to look for two-term contrasts , x and not-x , in the linguistic data they analyse . |
6 | He noticed that the ink was blacker , showing how each word had been pressed hard on to the paper . |
7 | The restoration of this historic fighter has been completed right down to the last detail , it carries a complete set of camera ports , although the cameras have not been fitted . |
8 | She had been walking slowly back to the terrace doors with him jogging at her elbow . |
9 | They say who they want to send it to , add a few notes , send it off and are dropped straight back into the spreadsheet . ’ |
10 | To date it is a subtle but important change of mood that , with luck , will grow stronger over the winter — allowing spring to bring those green shoots of recovery that the Treasury and the Chancellor have been banging on about for the last two years . |
11 | Aspects of these measures are considered further on in the chapter . |
12 | When she had been strapped back on to the bed beside a tray of sinister-looking instruments in the medical centre , Benny had tensed her muscles as best she could , before the guards had fixed the buckles and left . |
13 | Animals in all stages of misery are turned out on to the streets , left in remote areas , even just left behind after the family holiday . |
14 | Wedges of oceanic crust are thrust up on to the overlying sediments of the subduction zone and uplift ensues ( Fig. 3.16 ) . |
15 | This happens because sodium ions ( Na+ ) are pumped actively out of the cell , while potassium ( K+ ) ions are pumped in until they are unevenly distributed between the two compartments . |
16 | These people will have been made worse off by the oil discovery which , on average , increased real output per capita , making many other people better off . |
17 | Charles had been moved early on by the plight of disadvantaged young people and much of his energy had gone into that . |
18 | well from the rough of off road racing we 're driving back on to the fairways for the start of our action round up this week … for a success story from the Broome Manor club at swindon … |
19 | erm Oh definitely yes , I mean when we 're trying to play passes over the top of their defence and they 're getting cut or they 're going straight through to the goalkeeper , it 's very frustrating for us , but really it 's just a case of plugging away and trying to get things to come right . |
20 | So you 're going straight on to the football are you ? |
21 | He 's off on one of his jaunts with Sexy Lexy , and then they 're going straight down to the country for the weekend . |
22 | The energy you 're pulling up out of the earth , out of the river , out of the air . ’ |
23 | Roadworks may affect your journey if you 're travelling through on to the 423 at Bunkers Hill , there 's lane restrictions there plus some temporary traffic lights in operation this evening . |
24 | And what they do , I 'm going to try and show you on this doll in a minute , the hips are abducted which means they 're brought right up against the chest and then they 're pulled round and they 're rotated in the socket and you feel and listen for a click |
25 | He had been accused early on in the play by Agydeus that he was too barbaric to offer Zenocrate any amorous discourse , yet he manages to produce a lovely speech for her where he talks about he stunning beauty and his love for her : ‘ Zenocrate , the loveliest maid alive … whose eyes are brighter than the lamps of heaven … that with thy looks canst clear the darkened sky ’ . |
26 | Many birds die and individuals are washed up on to the shore . |
27 | ‘ If so , perhaps you can tell me what has been going on up at the Hall that has made Miss Hatherby stop your lessons . ’ |
28 | They are heading directly back towards the hellish towers of Castle Drachenfels . |
29 | They are riding happily along on the roller-coaster of the business cycle . |
30 | Some are undoubtedly produced when ropy strands or shreds of sticky lava are flung up out of the vent , twisting and turning slightly in the air before falling back to earth ; these are known as rope or ribbon bombs , and they may be as much as one metre long . |