Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Wedges of oceanic crust are thrust up on to the overlying sediments of the subduction zone and uplift ensues ( Fig. 3.16 ) . |
| 4 | Many birds die and individuals are washed up on to the shore . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Our piloting suggests that there is very little information here which could not be filled in out of the heads of appropriate teachers on these courses , so filling in the questionnaire should not cost a great deal of time for each person . |
| 7 | That 's where the blood leads by , okay , on that side of the heart the left hand side of the heart it 's being pumped and therefore the muscle is a bigger muscle , that 's doing the contracting , the blood push out and it relaxes back again and that allows the blood to be sucked back down into the heart , okay , and the next time it 's shh , that goes out and then it relaxes down again and the blood sucks back down into the heart , okay so that 's what it does , all the muscle can do is that , muscle can only retract and then it relaxes , contract and then it relaxes , that 's what the heart 's doing all the time , how many beats a minute ? |
| 8 | More and more of us are letting the conservatory fill up with pots , urns and tubs in winter , keeping the plants safe from the cold until May , when they can be rolled out on to the terrace , wheeled on to the patio or carried to the paved squares on the lawn where they will put on a show all summer long . |
| 9 | When records are being updated during the run , and so have to be written back on to the device after they have been read into main storage , this method involves no loss of time . |
| 10 | The conclusions will be fed back in to the teamwork scheme . |
| 11 | These rotary mowers ride on a cushion of air when in use and can be hung up out of the way afterwards . |
| 12 | The dismissals were announced the day after Girija Prasad Koirala , the general secretary of the Nepali Congress Party , had delivered a message to the King warning him that unless substantial powers were quickly turned over to the new government , crowds would be called back on to the streets of Kathmandu . |
| 13 | Do n't let the body and legs pull the club , but instead try to make the club get there first on the right path and the body be pulled on through into the finish . |
| 14 | The two men had smiled and laughed and let themselves be led out on to the lake . |
| 15 | If he swam the river , he would have to make his way upstream well beyond the yacht and within sight of the bridge or be swept back down by the current . |
| 16 | But just when it seemed the writing was about to be put back up on the wall , Kendall found an unlikely saviour . |
| 17 | That , given the potential for trouble when hundreds of disgruntled drinkers are thrown out on to the street at the same time , was surely the prudent tactic . |
| 18 | When these weapons are taken out on to the streets , it can lead to a change in the spiritual climate , of which more later . |
| 19 | The electrons are deflected down on to the specimen by a pair of adjustable magnets attached to a movable carriage on the top of the specimen chamber . |
| 20 | The wounded who seemed to have a chance of recovery were left on the jeeps and were sped off down through the village to the dressing stations on the other side of the River Orne . |
| 21 | Robbie was n't normally of a nervous disposition , but one did hear such horrific stories of lone women being attacked in out of the way spots . |
| 22 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that we returned with an impression of economic chaos — and the impression that , although aid from this country and others is welcomed , it is feared that too much is being siphoned off on to the black market ? |
| 23 | As it happened , the entire episode was resolved after The Smiths decided to repoen communications with the label and a somewhat confused Easterhouse were invited back on to the Scottish tour . |
| 24 | Three were dragged back on to the train and taken by the scruff of the neck from station to police car . |
| 25 | Three were dragged back on to the train and taken by the scruff of the neck from station to police car . |
| 26 | The former Benson gate guard Spitfire PR.XIX PM651 will return to St Athan and be placed in storage along with the remaining Spitfires that were brought in out of the cold some time ago . |
| 27 | Eventually we were taken up out of the cells and charged . |
| 28 | He had remembered having seen , that first day , some goats grazing further on down the river bank , had made some inquiries and discovered that they were taken down on to the river bed every morning by a boy who acted as herd . |
| 29 | In female flowers , the flies are wedged in tightly , the thorax pollen being rubbed off on to the stigma . |
| 30 | Easter Day 1945 found him in the darkness of a cattle truck in a German railway tunnel ; there was a true resurrection moment when prisoners were allowed out in to the sunshine and flowers of the railway cutting . |