Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lookout comes through on the radio . |
| 2 | The road continues south , climbing over a rise with a good retrospective view of the full length of Kingsdale and then makes a long descent to Thornton in Lonsdale after a branch turns off to the right for the A65 at Westhouse . |
| 3 | The ‘ mouthpiece ’ and the ‘ horn ’ of the trumpet are both open , and a coil hangs down from the middle . |
| 4 | Where you have a group of people and a brick comes out of the group and lands on a policeman 's head , then it 's very difficult for the law to attach individual and specific guilt to a particular individual . |
| 5 | At each dip , a wave spreads out from the stick across the water . |
| 6 | ‘ They know that if they lose this one , then a gap opens up at the top . |
| 7 | A short distance up the road from the Hill Inn , a bridleway turns off to the right and , with Ingleborough looming directly in front , passes along an easy terrace to reach a gate in a cross-wall after half a mile . |
| 8 | At one point a child calls out in the background . |
| 9 | But the escarpments are fixed and here , where a stream tumbles down onto the plain , is the site of Claudia 's camp . |
| 10 | A stream comes down on the east side and disappears into a cave entrance admitting to a passage below the track where , on the west side , it is joined underground from an alternative pothole entrance . |
| 11 | On Saturdays , during July and August , a discotheque opens up in the evenings . |
| 12 | The slope of a hill stretches down to the playing fields . |
| 13 | And Hoddle 's Heroes … a town turns out for the big salute . |
| 14 | We go with him , and our sisters too , and sometimes a hare jumps out in front of us or a pheasant flies up from the ditch . |
| 15 | Once such a station runs out of the fuel supply at Ballymoney , it will want the lignite from the Ardboe/Moortown area to continue operating . |
| 16 | Of course , the mascara-heavy crowd do n't all appreciate being insulted , and during ‘ America Dream ’ a pint sails over into the singer 's face . |
| 17 | Of course , the mascara-heavy crowd do n't all appreciate being insulted , and during ‘ America Dream ’ a pint sails over into the singer 's face . |
| 18 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 19 | Hidden Pot is succeeded by Gale Garth Pot , and when a wall comes in on the left , a detour along its south side is recommended to the point where it turns northwards . |
| 20 | The group as a whole goes back to the Devonian ( ? |
| 21 | A complaint goes off to the powers . |
| 22 | Hang on a minute , I just wan want to work out what happens if a complaint comes in against the Gas board ? |
| 23 | If a claim comes in in the normal sequence of events and our adjudicating officers are asked to adjudicate , that is one matter . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , Fred , it looks like we 've got a slight delay as a pitbull strays on to the pitch ’ |
| 25 | Before a bushbaby sets out into the African night , it performs a strange ritual : it cups its hands and then urinates on them . |
| 26 | Not a month goes by without the journals being crammed full of fullerenes . |
| 27 | At intervals , a whistle rings out over the dark lake , giving the all-clear . |
| 28 | Hardly a page goes by without the hapless Francis noticing something which reminds him , improbably , of something else . |
| 29 | A man comes on to the terrace while I 'm eating breakfast . |
| 30 | A man comes out of the theatre and calls ‘ Taxi ! ’ to a car that is going by . |