Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks just like smalltown America — the kind of place where you could set Twin Peaks or Back To The Future 4 — but it 's bigger . |
| 2 | It looks just like smalltown America — the kind of place where you could set Twin Peaks or Back To The Future 4 — but it 's bigger . |
| 3 | Sweeping up from the adventurers ' blind side ( either a ridge line above their heads or out of the mist ) comes a ragged flock of Carrion , one of these undead birds for every two adventurers ( but at least three in any event ) . |
| 4 | Ruth had been to the shops or round at the flat of some girl child never previously mentioned . |
| 5 | Goes in at one of his ears and out at the other . |
| 6 | Through the Sound of Grunay , ever threading through a procession of rock islets and on to the northernmost island of Unst , where we tied up for the night at the little pier in Baltasound . |
| 7 | Afterwards , the actor was swept from the courtroom and along the corridors , closely pursued by screaming fans and on to the court steps , where he said in a prepared statement : ‘ This has not been a case about homosexuality and I resent any suggestion that it was . |
| 8 | The gang rivalries of the street were kept within bounds and out of the world of adult entertainment . |
| 9 | Senna lost his front left wheel in the crash and both cars bounced over the kerbs and out of the race . |
| 10 | A fast trip through central London whisked them past the main tourist attractions and out to the suburbs to the International Training College where they were to stay . |
| 11 | The arm uncurled onto Richard 's chest and moved there over the nipples and down onto the tensing stomach . |
| 12 | One takes me along St Mary 's Villas and Barrowclough Road , past the old municipal baths and the new DIY and wholesale paint centre ; while the other means cutting down Lennox Gardens , taking that street whose name I always forget into Rumsey Road , then past the row of shops and back into the High Street . |
| 13 | She clung to the front of her costume , gritting her teeth as he widened the circle of massage , smoothing the cream over her shoulders and down towards the small of her back . |
| 14 | He walked on past the house to the steps and down to the shore . |
| 15 | I hen , saying goodbye and wishing me well on my journey , she limped out of the house , down the steps and off down the drive . |
| 16 | The girl slipped away , not to the bushes but out through the curled iron gates to the earth lane that bordered the river . |
| 17 | Virgin took its tone from Richard 's unkempt appearance , his apparent indifference to material luxuries , the fact that his money went not towards Savile Row suits or extravagant limousines but back into the company . |
| 18 | Dentdale is superb walking country : the high ridge walks along Rise Hill and Barbon Fell are amongst the best in the Dales , while lower down , the Dales Way long-distance path follows the river for much of its length into Sedbergh , and some of the wooded gills like Flinter Gill , which arc a typical feature of Dentdale , have footpaths along them leading on to the fells or on to the old packhorse routes . |
| 19 | More probable is a trade sale to existing mining companies or back to the generating companies , which is quite a common practice in the rest of the world . |
| 20 | The City Waites provocatively flout the ‘ usual ’ conventions of an early music concert as the audience are whisked forward from the Court of Henry VIII to the bawdy ballads of a Drury Lane coffee house , through the idealistic love songs of the 13th-century troubadours and on to the Renaissance . |
| 21 | Yeah , but I wan na buy , it 's the same size as your bedroom up to the wardrobes and up to the door . |
| 22 | Whereas fairly large areas in the Yorkshire Dales and up to the Scottish Borders were not heavily forested , the Teesdale region had this peculiar sugar limestone , creating a very thin , calcium-rich soil which never produced dense grass cover . |
| 23 | Martin was standing at the furthermost edge of the terrace , looking over the gardens and down to the sea . |
| 24 | With a muttered curse Fen was on his feet and out of the cabin . |
| 25 | ‘ Farquhar ! ’ he gasped , and was borne off his feet and down into the water by the force of the attack . |
| 26 | She must get him on to his feet and down from the high moor before the impending storm . |
| 27 | The walls of Culwiniac Farm provided no real protection , being easily breached by the Argyll militia , after which ‘ Hangman ’ Hawley 's dragoons poured through the gaps and round behind the rebel right . |
| 28 | They then fought their way past the Dark Elf patrols and back to the Inner Sea . |
| 29 | At the first change over it 's off with the shoes and on with the safety helmet . |
| 30 | It was a very long journey right across the Atlas mountains and down to the edge of the desert . |