Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , the molecules involved are so small — remember all those New Testaments fitting on a pin 's head — that they are under constant assault from the ordinary jostling of molecules that goes on due to heat . |
| 2 | She sits down flat and firmly on the pin placed purposely for her displeasure on the bench in the wooded glade . |
| 3 | PowerGen turns down cut price coal offer |
| 4 | Cold inhibits or prevents plant growth and slows down chemical processes in soils , prolonging the period of maturation . |
| 5 | Especially management goes down ill or something . |
| 6 | the sun goes down red and resentful |
| 7 | But when it comes to the ecstatically energised and demonstrative music , he either plays safe with tempi and tones down orchestral brilliance or , more alarmingly , decides to add a wealth of extra cymbal ( suspended and clashed ) , presumably in the misguided notion that more emphasis is required . |
| 8 | As noted above , one course finishes in early 1985 . |
| 9 | ‘ Write it down in your notebook : loony Left teacher shouts down Prime Minister , ’ he advised me . |
| 10 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 11 | The UK Parliament is certainly not widely regarded as being at all competent in the scrutiny which it exercises over public spending , and few people are under the illusion that it is difficult for government departments to deceive MPs and Select Committees about necessary levels of expenditure and unnecessary levels of waste . |
| 12 | Typing in overtype mode writes over existing text , deleting it in the process . |
| 13 | Clwyd factory beats off foreign rivals to expansion package |
| 14 | Geac maintains very conservative accounting standards and often writes off soft or non-cash assets when it buys a company to bring the acquisition 's books in line , he added . |
| 15 | ‘ It strips off old wallpaper so that new paper can be hung . |
| 16 | If the curve is steep the implication is that an increase in government spending increases income , which increases the transactions demand for money , which increases interest rates , which chokes off private investment . |
| 17 | ‘ Whoa ! ’ is constructed slyly , so from the outside it looks like it was made by tramps in their lunch hour , but in reality it is a nifto exercise in song-building that starts off quiet and nervous and by the end is running about the room shouting and pouring lager into flowerpots . |
| 18 | So a black eye starts off red , and it starts off red because of the blood leaked into the skin . |
| 19 | So a black eye starts off red , and it starts off red because of the blood leaked into the skin . |
| 20 | 7. aria lived just up Eastern Avenue — let's face it , half the world lives up Eastern Avenue — in Redbridge , in one of those huge roadside vicarage-like houses which has had to be turned into a rest home for the elderly because no one else could afford to pay the rates . |
| 21 | Er she 's always and jigging about you know but when she plays very still and she hits the ball stands up quick , watches where it goes , she 'll go like this , this up jump |
| 22 | Mike Shell and Tony Sawbridge found Kathleen Turner ( HVS ) on the Outer St James Stone , and in Short Story Zawn , In One Bound E2 5c , starts up Big Shiner then traverses right onto the face left of Tall Story . |
| 23 | 3 After a few minutes , the mind can not cope with the speed , and one partner usually finishes up tangled in a knot . |
| 24 | ‘ See you , ’ I say and escape to City Road , where an off-licencee is opening and looks up surprised to see an office yuppie ( his definition ) among the line of winoes so early in the morning-o ! |
| 25 | But Graham knows his dilemma lies up front with his side 's lack of goals . |
| 26 | Caldicot tees up municipal crown |
| 27 | Caldicot tees up municipal crown |
| 28 | Raider holds up sub-post office |
| 29 | He 's famous he 's got a wife he 's normally on the news he 's posh and he dresses up smart he writes he writes papers out . |
| 30 | He 's famous he 's got a wife he 's normally on the news he 's posh and he dresses up smart he writes he writes papers out . |