Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He prowls about the place , you know , on his own , and dreams of springing a dazzling surprise on the archaeological world some day . |
| 2 | Dorothy L. Sayers was writing her series of radio plays about the life of Christ called Man Born to Be King . |
| 3 | I say , ‘ A Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta … ’ and with that he drops his book and stomps off the tee . |
| 4 | Computer Horizons Corp 's largest shareholder , CGI Informatique SA , itself under agreed offer from IBM Corp , is seeking to persuade other shareholders to overturn corporate policies that it thinks deter potential acquisition offers for the Mountain Lakes , New Jersey company . |
| 5 | The same applies to poor Mr Peter Brooke 's weekend remarks about the possibility of talking to Sinn Fein , if and when the IRA renounces the armed struggle . |
| 6 | I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks about the work of the Select Committee on European legislation made during the debate on 21 November . |
| 7 | FLURRY OF SLURRY : The liquid dung flies through the air as revenge-seeking Dave launches his attack |
| 8 | He flies through the air with the greatest of ease , that daring young man is his … top secret experimental jet fighter ? |
| 9 | Subject : He flies through the air with greatest of ease |
| 10 | Subject : Re : He flies through the air with greatest of ease |
| 11 | The professional assessment is that the Mitre ball is heavier when it flies through the air and therefore lends itself to greater accuracy . |
| 12 | As she flies through the dark , or gallops on the horse of night , she is using different skills from those of our daytime world . |
| 13 | The traditional unit is a box that sits between the mains and the AC-in socket on your computer . |
| 14 | Between the depth and master volume is the manual switch for the chorus , while the ‘ effect on ’ light sits between the rate and depth pots . |
| 15 | Sliding the on/off plate back to on triggers the heating element and also shuts off the water inlet , preventing drips . |
| 16 | A special toughened , smoked glass lid with a ‘ Shut-Off Valve ’ that immediately shuts off the gas when the lid is closed . |
| 17 | Well this this of course erm shuts off the freezer that thing . |
| 18 | This action brings pin 3 of IC2 down to near zero and shuts off the drive to the switching transistor TR1 . |
| 19 | In addition , a cylinder thermostat can be strapped to the cylinder either to turn the boiler off or to operate a valve which shuts off the flow from the boiler to the cylinder when the stored water is hot enough . |
| 20 | A wall — also red-ochre — shuts off the view , and is topped only by a violet and yellow-ochre hill . |
| 21 | I take Eubank to win in four if he goes about the task like a true champion . |
| 22 | The head who goes about the job with tremendous enthusiasm and courtesy is likely to generate these attributes in other members of staff . |
| 23 | It is unfortunate , therefore , that doubts about the extent to which its character has changed should occur just as Germany has chosen to abandon one of its strongest symbols of guilt , its constitutional right to asylum . |
| 24 | When the distribution of revenue is seen to be equitable , one would expect to see this intransigence diminish and with it doubts about the commitment of the UK to the EC . |
| 25 | Once doubts about the feasibility of such a system finally caused it to be shelved indefinitely , the government sought other ways of extending parental choice , once it had introduced reforms to school government to increase opportunities for parental involvement at school level ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 26 | The thermostat , which fits between the element loops , is usually sold separately — so make sure you have got one . |
| 27 | You know , the one who feeds to routine , sleeps through the night at a fortnight old , gains weight at the average rate and does n't get a spotty face the day before he 's due to have his photo taken . |
| 28 | His intention is the cuddly fish that feeds on acorns and sleeps through the winter when nobody wants to go outside and look in their fishpond anyway . ’ |
| 29 | 7.1 Each of the Parties agrees during the term of this Agreement not to participate in any project which competes with the Project or which is designed to fulfil the same or similar objects . |
| 30 | Even his fond parents do n't call him that when he rampages through the flat creating mayhem , and Joyce was recently heard to declare that she 'd rather do Rob 's tax returns than look after the baby . |