Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts . |
| 2 | If Unisys Corp 's iAPX-86-with-everything Unix strategy succeeds in building a substantial customer base , particularly among the company 's long-standing mainframe customers , the strategists at AT&T Co , whose NCR Corp is galloping down the same track and has a more extensive Intel Corp-based product line , will have to start weighing up whether a bid for Unisys could be made to make sense : AT&T would likely want a recommended offer , coupled with arrangements for a management buyout of at least one of the conflicting mainframe lines . |
| 3 | His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared . |
| 4 | The next two areas in the list of uses-management and administration , and using office programs — come together in that both involve much the same hardware and software . |
| 5 | If the Minister is saying that the proposal is liable to bog down the entire system and cause administrative chaos , he may be right as regards some of the effects . |
| 6 | With the aim of keeping only the Imperial Tobacco and Imperial Foods divisions , Hanson within a short period of time sold Imperial 's hotels and restaurants interests to Trust House Forte ( £190 million ) , Golden Wonder Crisps to Dalgety ( £87 million ) and Courage to the Australian company Elders IXL ( £1.4 billion ) . |
| 7 | ( If the proverb is not understood first time , the PP writes down the key word and then repeats the whole proverb up-to-time . ) |
| 8 | He has just the one daughter and that girl has given him great cause for concern . |
| 9 | send off the completed form and affidavit , your marriage certificate and either the court fee or a completed form claiming exemption from the court fee ( this form comes with the application ) . |
| 10 | He moved aside the folded tephillim and uncovered five neatly-bound books . |
| 11 | But another thing is you see where Sandra lives , you saying that where she lives is apparently erm P C , now I do n't know him , but she does he lives up the same road and when people park did n't she tell you this when we were coming down ? |
| 12 | Arran himself had joined Beaton and the dowager at the end of 1544 , when they ‘ promised and made bond to the French ambassador , that the French king shall have the young queen , to marry where he list … and also that they shall at the spring of the year , send both the young queen and the old ( Mary of Guise ) into France ’ . |
| 13 | The government policy is to expand the total number of beds in the island to around 20,000 and to encourage this expansion to be outside Funchal , thereby opening up the wonderful countryside and expanding the economy of the many small villages . |
| 14 | Management must always consider both the short- term and longer-term consequences of their actions . |
| 15 | For example , we may wish to pass both the retail price and the discount percentage . |
| 16 | But as a manager he 's come up the hard way and is burning to make the point that little guys get no favours . |
| 17 | Gavin Tosh , of Fuel Contracts at Peel Park , visited both the Czech Republic and Slovakia recently to discuss the project with representatives of the nuclear industry in both countries . |
| 18 | Anabelle watched from under the gate while the boy snatched up the huge bowl and dashed into the house . |
| 19 | As silence fell , he snatched up the green telephone and stabbed out the number of the Internal Security department . |
| 20 | He made a dash for the table , snatched up the boiled egg and stuffed it into his pocket . |
| 21 | Then , in the very same breath , she snatched up the toppled coffee-cup and flung the lukewarm contents in his face . |
| 22 | Julie snatched up the heavy skillet and swung it with all her strength . |
| 23 | The Lords entered the fray in December with a strong preference for PR as a means of keeping both the Labour party and the Commons in check , so that in January 1918 there were disputes between the two houses as well as between and within the parties . |
| 24 | They have picked up the wrong book and are probably in the wrong bookstore . |
| 25 | Without another word , Bert Rafferty gently picked up the frightened child and made towards the cliff . |
| 26 | And if you were an important enough visitor , you were allowed to come up the privy stair and straight into the great chamber . |
| 27 | So our policies are designed to strengthen communities , tackle crime and poverty , build up the common wealth and improve the shared quality of life . |
| 28 | The wounded German Officer was carried up the grassy bank and placed against a tree . |
| 29 | For toning up the whole body and increasing your stamina , swimming and running are both excellent . |
| 30 | And would be more so when she could steel herself to pinch out the little chin and make it weak . |