Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , ethnographers tend rather to play down the question of whether their particular group is typical of others , but the reader must recognize that the choice of group is a kind of sampling , and the question of representativeness must arise . |
| 2 | One of their employees , a store manager , failed properly to carry out the system with the result that Radiant washing powder was advertised in the window at 2s. 11d. when in fact the only packets available in the shop were 3s. 11d. ( section 11(d) the Trade Descriptions Act which made this an offence has since been repealed and replaced by Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , see paragraph 16–28 below ) . |
| 3 | After which , his empty sledge on his back , he would walk and clamber slowly back up the steepness to enter once more into the dripping slate shaft and repeat the exhausting process . |
| 4 | They tackled like demons and when they were able to run the ball back at the Londoners their refusal to capitulate eventually wore down the opposition . |
| 5 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
| 6 | Space is limited so fill in the coupon on page 188 ( before May 11 ) to book a place at the most entertaining and educational event of the year — or risk being Green with envy ! |
| 7 | Unfortunately , they were soon moved to different duties , but before doing so they were able to train a third person , a Sergeant , who has since carried on the work . |
| 8 | If the patient has successfully carried out the task that was agreed he should now be helped to plan what to do before the next session . |
| 9 | Ken Robinson , too , has successfully taken on the role of one-man interpreter , friend , challenger , articulator and spokesman not only for drama but for the arts in education generally ( 1980 and 1982 ) . |
| 10 | They very kindly drop in shade cards and patterns for her and Mrs Critten has only to pick up the telephone and they are there to help . |
| 11 | Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ . |
| 12 | Q : Have you ever considered just hanging up the business ? |
| 13 | Objectivity of the scientific and economic ilk has progressively driven out the Utopianism which had previously permeated science and technology . |
| 14 | She retched and failed , squeezed , tried again , tried desperately to choke out the stodge that blocked her . |
| 15 | THE BRITISH government 's decision to pour taxpayers ' money into a new factory to make video tape for the Japanese firm , Hitachi , has finally killed off the idea of putting a tax on the tape . |
| 16 | When Weissbräu has finally mopped up the market for popular , easily-drinkable wheat beers , it will be glad to have such tasty , characterful brews as a specialist line . |
| 17 | After months of pursuing its quarry , it looks like IXI Ltd has finally nailed down the OEM agreement with DEC for its X.desktop manager that has been long in the making . |
| 18 | The Magyars were a nomad people of the steppes , claiming kinship with those Huns who briefly occupied the Danubian basin in the fifth century and who helped finally to bring down the edifice of Roman power in the West . |
| 19 | safety candle , but it was very pretty , it 's from Marks & Spencers and she said er your candle has , has just give up the rights of last night . |
| 20 | Jacques Poos , the foreign minister of Luxembourg ( which has just taken over the Community 's rotating presidency ) , expressed the hope that he would be authorised to visit Baghdad on its behalf . |
| 21 | Samantha Ward Tadman , 10 , of Rhyl , has just taken up the cello , and after only a few months , the prize-winning pianist has passed her first cello exam Picture : PHIL MICHEU |
| 22 | It is typical of British tennis that Annabel Croft , who had not played a serious match for five years , should celebrate a light-hearted comeback by beating one of our brightest prospects who has just taken up the game professionally . |
| 23 | Pa has just pulled up the sleeves of his jacket and taken the Monster from Ma . |
| 24 | He has already ruled out the forcing of a by-election by the elevation of a senior Tory MP to the Lords . |
| 25 | As Fisher ( 1990 ) has already pointed out the community care reforms are being designed as if everyone who is to receive services feels equally happy about that fact , and can express a reliable opinion about their own need for care , and the success of the service in meeting their needs . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , a second pressure pad has already taken up the tension for the next length of rods . |
| 27 | The New Zealanders continue to strive for new Everests in rugby achievement and their coach , Alex Wyllie , has already thrown down the gauntlet by stating : ‘ If we lose a single game we will consider the tour a failure . ’ |
| 28 | Rushdie has anyway turned down the offer , since , as he says ‘ it 's my job to produce the stuff , not to review it ’ . |
| 29 | In 30 years no band has ever come out the system alive . |
| 30 | Sue says she 's beaten all the players above her in the world rankings and will have to work harder to make up the difference . |