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

No	Sentence
1	At dinner the undergraduate in his second year got on well with the ex-prime minister , which is a mark up to both sides .
2	Ex-US Army paramedic Matthew Brafman , 33 , had ‘ a reasonable bedside manner ’ and got on well with the patients at the geriatric hospital where he worked .
3	He liked what he saw of the school and got on well with the Chairman of the Governors , a fellow classicist .
4	Both Rachel and Nina got on well with the men , who in turn liked and respected the nursing team , and usually there was an easy-going air of camaraderie in the centre .
5	And I enjoyed it , it was quite good , I got on well with the staff .
6	I got on well with the teachers there before I went to Bridge Road .
7	He trusts me , we got on well in the old days .
8	We got on well from the moment we met and we still see each other from time to time , and talk for hours about the good old days .
9	Lucker is having none of my gung-ho enthusiasm and drives on regardless to the end of the peninsula .
10	The broad gauge lived on only in the Paddington to Penzance expresses , corresponding goods trains and services on feeder lines .
11	Nisbet , with his first goal of the season , ultimately revived Rangers ' European ambitions and no matter how fortuitous his strike was , it may yet turn out to be of inestimable value to an Ibrox team who clung on bravely in the closing stages .
12	A few crofting families clung on there until the 19th century but the island is now uninhabited .
13	Mrs Roberts , indeed , who felt completely disoriented , clung on absurdly to the reality of Martin Parr .
14	We see action in one area not as self-contained or hermetically sealed , but as spilling over to affect and be affected by what goes on elsewhere under the same roof .
15	The emotional and mental link tying the child to its mother is usually very powerful , and goes on well after the physical birth itself .
16	‘ And I presume this sort of thing goes on all over the country ? ’
17	When Tom produced a half-firkin of ale , saved from his own wedding , it became apparent the celebration was going to carry on far into the night .
18	He was ‘ Lord Haw-Haw of Hamburg , in the darkest days of the war when Britain fought on alone against the might of the Fascist dictators . ’
19	His partners , brought to the sticking point , agreed , somewhat reproachfully , and passed on firmly to the question of who was going to take over which of Angela 's clients .
20	‘ What did he say ? ’ said Masklin , hanging on tightly to the sweater .
21	Eurotunnel appears to be hanging on only by the skin of its teeth .
22	I sit down here in the absolute silence with my reflection , in a sort of state of mystery .
23	When I switch on , I want you to go down the steps , sit down quietly on the floor by the end of the nozzle … and I want you to apologise .
24	He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet .
25	And so perhaps the time had come just to sit down somewhere on the ground and wait .
26	If it 's appropriate for him to sit down there with the project manager , then we have n't got a problem .
27	Now one of the most important things that we 've established erm is that er you need to sit down still with the secretary of the club and say right now you 've got this list of businesses tell me more about them .
28	Darren , 21 , said : ‘ The smoke was very dense , so I got down low on the floor and pushed the kitchen door open .
29	Calvin takes a look at Jerry , mumbles something inaudible and sits down heavily on the step with his back to all of us .
30	A collection of nondescript prints , for example , can be given a sense of unity if each is mounted with the same distinctive colour : camel or chrome yellow or red , whichever fits in best with the room , and then edged all in the same way with a thin strip of wood or chrome or brass .