Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Times I 've , I 've sat up at the window trying to wa watch her coming round two o'clock in the morning hoping that he 's fallen asleep down in the armchair .
2 We made that up for the boys , but if you prefer … ’ neighed Mr Crumwallis , congratulating himself on insisting on something that at least looked a bit special .
3 But while South Africa cruised home with a day to spare to go 1-0 up in the four-match series , it was more of a struggle than they expected after India began the fourth day at 71-6 , just eight runs ahead .
4 The deal , as it stands , does not include a development agreement , but Fusco does n't rule that out for the future : Sumitomo is a MIPS RISC licencee .
5 Ooh squeeze that in at the bottom there .
6 Other MPs , however , paid warm tribute to Mr Kinnock 's achievement in bringing Labour back from the point of near-extinction .
7 And you 've got to try and relate this back to the areas as we have now as we now understand them .
8 ‘ We are just building this up at the moment , ’ Gerwyn explains , ‘ so we sell locally to shops .
9 I passed this on to the assembled crowd — Lisabeth in her dressing-gown constituted a crowd by herself — and held up my hands to silence the chorus of ‘ what'll-we-do-now ? ’
10 You may be wondering if you will have enough willpower to see this through for the whole 28 days .
11 On March 29 the Cabinet approved the suspension of municipal and provincial councils , announcing that the measure would affect 397 out of the country 's 1,541 municipalities , and 14 of its 48 provinces .
12 You can guarantee that over during the five ten fifteen years ten thousand ozone molecules are going to be taken up discarded and left .
13 And perhaps I can tie that in with the , the comment from Mr about people from having loved ones in I am bound to say that this has n't been a major feature of our er er
14 I found that out in the pleasure garden .
15 It will audit 175 out of The Times top 1,000 companies and 67 out of The Times top 500 financial companies .
16 Diane , send this down to the labs .
17 Diane , send this down to the labs .
18 They amazed us by leaping high out of the water and somersaulting two or three times before nosing beneath it again without missing a beat .
19 Changing a magazine in mid-air was a major act of skill and daring , which involved climbing half out of the cockpit while flying the plane with one 's knees clamped on the joystick ; all the time with the enemy possibly circling for the kill .
20 Re-fix the plastic rose direct on to the exposed timber noggin below the plaster .
21 She tells me that ‘ the mother is just going through the process of grieving for the child she has n't had ’ ( the child is already eight months old ) : the health visitor 's instruction in the art of creating unpersons has been exemplary , and no doubt she is keen to pass this on to the mother .
22 ‘ And I take it you want me to pass this on to the investigating team ? ’
23 About forty helium balloons that materialised from nowhere with this American girl have been wound hard up into the window , and judder maniacally together in the wind .
24 I would like to end with a plea to all those out there of similar mind to keep alive the trivial names , the odd stories , the quirky characters and the strange anecdotes , and to pass these on to the next generation with a simple message .
25 Joe 's task was to write these out in the forged handwriting of the deceased .
26 Then glue these on to the bookmark .
27 Far too many still favour the shock tactics of getting those who are no longer deemed useful out of the door as fast as possible — and good riddance .
28 Firstly , State pensions are keeping well up with the cost of living .
29 The results of the simultaneous state and local elections in the neighbouring state of Hidalgo were not due for official release until Dec. 2 , but preliminary results indicated that the PRI had won 81 out of the 84 municipalities .
30 Obviously a longer , longer lead in on that , erm , and , and the county would , clearly need to put some funding into the development to ensure that those er , those satellite businesses operate , and only when you fund those out of the rural economic development 's initiative , but it seems to me to be important that we should ensure that businesses operating in the rural parts of the county have equal access to the facilities of business link and business advice .
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