Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prolonged frost will drive these birds on to the sea , but many return inland immediately there is a thaw . |
| 2 | One by one , he put the drowsy birds on to the top perch . |
| 3 | When she returned to the kitchen , she found Beth sprinkling a shovelful of coals on to the fire . |
| 4 | And putting coals on at the far end . |
| 5 | Therefore , in order to get his legislative requests on to the statute-book , the President has to rely much more on ad hoc coalitions in support of each specific measure . |
| 6 | Henry unscrewed the top of the brass cylinder and shook out a bundle of sticks on to the table . |
| 7 | The girl let go of my hand and moved away into the gloom behind me , where she must have put the screwed-up five-pound notes on to the chest of drawers with the magazines , the small framed photograph , the towel , the box of paper tissues , the jar of Vaseline , the baby 's dummy and all the other odds and ends spilled over the varnished oak top . |
| 8 | Swivelling round in his chair , he dropped a pile of X-rays and accompanying notes on to the desk beside him . |
| 9 | I would suggest using paper , as this is the easiest option to apply , and there is a vast range of colours , and even textures , if you wish to extend your design skills on to the back of the picture as well ! |
| 10 | Thank goodness I had my knickers on at the time ! |
| 11 | The " Copydesk " facility allows the user to input text in various forms on to the screen and thus create a true newspaper page . |
| 12 | Evidently deciding that prudery was the better part of valour , I hotfooted it down to the bedroom again in time to witness half the ceiling crashing in flames on to the bed I had been sleeping in moments before . |
| 13 | The hall in which the manservant greeted them was theatrically lit from the Regency gothic windows of stained glass which threw the early evening sun in coloured patterns on to the black and white marbled floor . |
| 14 | Secure the red numbers on to the side panels with royal icing , and then fix the lifebelts on to the boat in the same way , three on each side and two on the deck . |
| 15 | The establishment of English Heritage opened up the possibility of a second refuge for endangered houses , capable — at least in theory — of taking houses on without the massive endowments required by the National Trust . |
| 16 | Melinda waded out after me and we climbed up one of the mooring ropes on to the deck . |
| 17 | At the same time pipe ropes on to the lifebelts and for the anchor . |
| 18 | They imbibed of necessity the belief in order and stability and , inevitably and as was intended , projected the same values on to the street people . |
| 19 | From the tablet a graphics program is called which allows the operator to insert chosen values on to the displayed graph axis . |
| 20 | This momentum throughout the industry was difficult to halt and later in the 1970s with the second oil shock and over capacity of 40 per cent , an added pressure element came from a weak US dollar which allowed relatively cheap American products on to the market on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 21 | Using a brush and appropriate food colourings , paint signs on to the map — including ‘ X ’ marks the spot . |
| 22 | You can then press a few sprays from the top of the stem or , alternatively , press the entire empty stem , encouraging it to bend in a pleasing curve , and then re-assemble the bells on to the stem when you come to use it in a design . |
| 23 | Reproachfully , Rosa dipped into the deep pot of olives and served a scoop of the waxy jade pebbles on to a dish and set it near Tommaso . |
| 24 | But until the inquiry decides , it 's hats on for the ramblers . |
| 25 | The proposals include : setting up a system of area judicial debt recovery tribunals by upgrading the debt recovery function of County Courts to the level of District Registries of the High Court ; putting County Court bailiffs on to a results-based salary similar to that of High Court bailiffs ; and putting a £500 ceiling on County Court bad debt claims , with larger claims going to the High Court where better results can be achieved . |
| 26 | The crew of the Mystic 60 Elysia included in their pre-race manoeuvres an attempt to catapult water bombs on to the warship committee boat . |
| 27 | The determination to move the party 's and public 's attention from internal splits on to the current political agenda was demonstrated in speeches last night by Mr Chalmers and a former SNP leader , Gordon Wilson , targeting the constitutional question . |
| 28 | But surgeons at Frenchay Hospital , Bristol , were able to graft his corneas on to the eyes of another youngster who had been going blind . |
| 29 | It was noted that linking with the Roman Catholic Education Commission had causes problems of communication since the latter was mainly concerned with schools , and that it was to be hoped that putting the promotion of house groups on to the agenda of the Bishops ' Conference would prove more fruitful . |
| 30 | Dropping a handful of loose coins on to the table , he set the empty glass down and rose to his feet . |