Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] and [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 With a gallant wave of one hand he invited Melissa to sit down and with the other placed a small pile of well-thumbed paperbacks on a table in front of her .
2 the basic day to day problems that we want to concentrate on and on the challenges it faces .
3 They , too , need to know without delay where they stand so that they can prepare to work in and with the new structures and make their own bids for funds .
4 Having returned to China to work in and among the numerous but fragmented Vietnamese independence factions , Ho 's position as an acknowledged communist in what was an essentially anti-communist Kuomintang was always precarious and for whatever reason he was imprisoned ( in conditions of great hardship ) it seems likely that he had been close to the point of death before he was released thirteen months later : Chen suggests because of communist sympathisers in the local Kuomintang hierarchy .
5 New copper washers under the dome fixing nuts appears to have cured them but a new ‘ 0 ’ ring on the breather seat still allows the oil to pass through and over the engine .
6 Then erm , of course there were people who lectured on er gate courses on elementary German , there was a friend of Doctor , who used to go out and , to units and erm give lessons in German and erm there were , there was a unit of Polish erm soldiers stationed , they had an armoured train , believe it or not , which was erm parked at Saxmundham and erm every so often , particularly at night , they used to trample up and down the line .
7 She did n't say anything , she just gestured me to come up and into the studio and what was worst , I was red , and she was not .
8 He usually stood on a little platform raised high enough to enable him to see over and past the cabins when the boat was moving .
9 The amendment by an expatriate Scot , George Cunningham ( Labour , Islington ) , by ensuring that a 40 per cent vote of the electorate ( not simply of those voting ) would have to be achieved for a devolution bill to go through and for a repeal order not to be tabled , made devolution , at least for Wales , virtually an impossibility .
10 A hole is then cut in the lid large enough for the powerhead intake to go through and into the pipe .
11 When you have tired of building sand castles and the donkeys are having a break , there are plenty of interesting places to visit in and around the town .
12 Ali is so large I have to stand on my toes to reach over and across the huge expanse of his back to slip the tie under his collar .
13 The infection thread continues to grow through and between the host plant 's root cells so that the bacteria in the infection thread are isolated and eventually released into the nodule cells .
14 I mean , erm she actually then chooses to walk up and down the third storey erm couple of pages later , Jane , when she wants a bit of solitude .
15 He played the tin whistle for a living , you ken , he used to play up and down the streets in and and .
16 Roll it out on a board , dusted with a little icing sugar , to a rough triangle large enough to wrap around and over the top of the cake .
17 We moved houses twelve months ago and I 'm still shocked that there are far more things to do around and in a spanking brand new house than an old one .
18 The pilot would then be required to taxi round and round the launcher , gradually increasing speed .
19 He 'd have paid a small army of little boys a penny or two a day to run up and down the hill with buckets of the stuff . ’
20 Then Douglas sent his thousand horsemen to ride round and round the perimeter of the castle , on its slight mound , shouting .
21 You can use your included Canal Bus Pass to hop on and off the Rembrandt cruise .
22 Bolton refused to lie down and in the last kick of normal time a shot from Philliskirk cannoned off the crossbar .
23 The sky never seemed to wake up and about the middle of the day it darkened .
24 By some freak of the acoustics his name seemed to echo round and round the chamber .
25 There are no steps to get on and off the ‘ Mildred Stocks ’ ; wheelchairs can be wheeled straight on board on a special ramp and people with sticks or walking aids will have no problems .
26 Example 2:13 Right to display advertisement permitted by regulations The right to display in and on the demised property any advertisement permitted to be displayed without the express consent of the local planning authority by virtue of the Town and Country Planning ( Control of Advertisements ) Regulations 1992 or any modification or replacement thereof Example 2:14 Right to display advertisement in prescribed form The right to display on the front door of the demised property a name plate not exceeding in area and advertising the business carried on in the demised property and to display the name or style of that business on the name board situated in the entrance hall of the building of which the demised property forms part with letters provided by the landlord
27 His career as a musician failed to take off and in a fit of depression one night he got drunk before he was due to on stage at a trawlermen 's club in Hull .
28 I did a length just to loosen up and by the end of it I was desperate for a cigarette .
29 Burrow systems can be very complicated and some rabbits may never be cornered since they are able to move round and round the burrow systems — staying ahead of the ferret all the time and without the slightest inclination or pressure to leave the burrow .
30 Sutter took the kick himself and Adrian Knup rose unchallenged to head down and past the stranded Goram .
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