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

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1 But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below .
2 Mrs Stych clutched her groceries more tightly to her bosom and tried to heave her high heels out of the roots of the Frizzell grass .
3 Anyway , to Mickey the East was where his Uncle Dick and Aunt Mavis live at High Burnton out towards the coast . ’
4 VHS hi-fi stereo sound , unlike VHS mono , is encoded at high speed along with the picture signals in the same way as Video 8 hi-fi , and hence has the same high standard of audio quality .
5 Possibly , too , the building trade was invaded by a new class of speculator who made conditions even worse than they need have been by extracting high profits out of the unprecedented demand for cheap houses .
6 The other factor as well was the high turn out in the election .
7 Chesterton at high school up at the swimming baths he 's classed , it 's nearly up to temperature
8 Students with severe and profound disabilities and learning difficulties are entitled to attend high school up to the early twenties in the USA .
9 This week , they play three nights at London 's Town & Country Club , which is n't bad , but it 's a high step down from the dizzy heights of packing out Wembley for several shows on the trot as they did five years ago when they were one of the biggest bands in Europe .
10 But if you look at the next one you see the arches er all the the other arches are have been raised about er a metre , and that was done deliberately to get the extra height on the outside wall so that they could put erm a er er higher roof in for the the knave and for the the aisle so that they could ge make it a bigger space .
11 They can always pass the higher costs on to the consumer .
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