Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen forgot herself so far as to sit down plump on the bed . |
| 2 | The fans would have come in handy during the humid weather over the last few days . |
| 3 | ‘ A taxi would have come in handy at the end of the night — the fields were a bit mucky . ’ |
| 4 | The only Italian she might have got an introduction to — and though elderly he might have had a son — had dropped down dead in the Vatican Square . |
| 5 | Still , as long as you 're not thinking about makin' me your fancy piece , I 'll do me best to stand up brave to the world . ’ |
| 6 | Both of the safari buses were booked up solid for the month after that . |
| 7 | In mid-leap I realised there was a fox curled up asleep under the bank . |
| 8 | So that we 're all caught up ready for the christmas rush . |
| 9 | For front projection , the projector is still threaded up reversing left and right , as in rear projection ( it is put in the ‘ wrong ’ way round in order to come out correct in the final composite ) ; but instead of being behind a translucent screen it s in front of , and to one side of , a glass beaded screen which reflects nearly 100 per cent of the light falling on it but on y in the direction from which it came Though the projector is at 90° to the camera-screen axis and its beam is therefore initially parallel to the plane of the screen , passing in front of the actors in the foreground this beam is deflected by a half-silvered mirror at an angle of 45° to the beam This semi-transparent mirror is coated at the front ( unlike normal mirrors , coated behind the glass ) with a very thin layer of aluminium — silver tarnishes too easily Alternatively , the layer of aluminium may be spattered on , so that tiny reflective spots of metal are interspersed with tiny transparent gaps So , although it reflects the beam , the camera can photograph both the action and the reflection from the screen through the mirror Though the mirror reflects the still or moving image from the projector on to the actors and any foreground props or sets as well as on to the screen , the level of illumination of the image is much less than that on the actors , so the camera records only that part of the image reflected from the screen . |
| 10 | In addition to the normal diversion of public utility services in Lasswade Road and Gilmerton Road involving the Water and Drainage Department , SSEB and British Telecom , a major diversion of overhead power lines was carried out prior to the start of the roadworks contract . |
| 11 | A bibliographical search was carried out previous to the award being granted in the period Jan/March 1989 . |
| 12 | Alternatively , the tests can be carried out free on the NHS , and although the NHS clinics and hospitals are unlikely to be able to provide an answer within one month , Mr Goswamy believes that , with proper organisation , a three month programme should be possible on the NHS . |
| 13 | Basically er the broad overall description would be to compensate for the conditions that the tenants had been living in prior to the move . |
| 14 | But when I got back to work the people that was in the observation post on the factory , they saw this aircraft , it came down low over the King George 's playing fields and they could see the markings on it and they 'd sounded the alarm but but course the aircraft went straight over . |
| 15 | Our newly expanded page area came in handy for the Financial Results Special — there are some big results to report . |
| 16 | The number of dead and injured was expected to rise as rescue teams reached more outlying regions cut off due to the widespread destruction of roads and bridges . |
| 17 | As the father of young children myself , I often wonder at the adult-oriented visual images , themes and preoccupations which seem to dominate so much of our children 's publishing , and the failure to recognise that today 's generations of youngsters have grown up conditioned by the immediate access and instant gratification provided by the likes of television and computer games . |
| 18 | ( I woke up chilly in the morning . ) |
| 19 | In fact Well there was Craighead was it was built up high on the hill side . |
| 20 | He thought he 'd got too much club for his second shot on the 17th , and he did n't hit it all that hard — a 5-iron — so he came up short of the green , after being in the left-hand semi-rough . |
| 21 | The TAGH solution ( 9 ml ) was made up fresh at the time of the experiment and infused by the tail vein from 20 ml hyperdermic syringes mounted in horizontal syringe pumps set to deliver 3 ml/h . |
| 22 | In the morning Kāli took the cattle out to graze , but after a couple of hours she came back soaked to the skin . |
| 23 | Caroline Stuart Taylor came back full of the joys of midwinter from her heliskiing trip to Gudauri |
| 24 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 25 | Blinded in one eye and losing blood rapidly from a punctured artery in her neck , she dropped back unnoticed by the others . |
| 26 | ‘ Darren 's had some luck because London have brought young players into the squad , and Chris Oti dropped out injured at the crucial moment before the first game of the season against the Midlands . |
| 27 | He hung in the air for a moment , then kicked again , tuck-rolled , and came out level with the combat-master 's waist . |
| 28 | The entire village closed down on the day of the funeral , and the trickle of early-season trippers found themselves looking around bemused at the drawn curtains in the houses and the handwritten notes in the shop windows before shrugging to themselves and passing on through . |
| 29 | By the half year , ten mills will have been closed — to put this into perspective , it is equivalent to the total number of mills operated by prior to the merger . |
| 30 | Squatting down naked by the calf they stroked it and ran their small fingers through its coat . |