Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried not to even consider the soft swell of his expressive mouth , and gabbled on to break the tense atmosphere . |
| 2 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 3 | They know she can be relied on to make the big day for her clients sparkle with the perfect glittering accessory . |
| 4 | Valeriy Kulishov goes on to describe the legal vacuum in which Russia currently finds itself . |
| 5 | Simonds goes on to describe the general layout in some detail , including ‘ a long stable , well lighted ( by windows and oil lamps ) and ventilated . |
| 6 | When Lok acquires this tool , he goes on to compare the new people to things he is familiar with , noting their menace , power , and sheer attractiveness by comparing them to a famished wolf , the waterfall , honey and Oa . |
| 7 | He goes on to connect the semantic change with ‘ the general tendency of the Enlightenment not to accept any authority and to decide everything before the judgement seat of reason ’ ( p. 241 ) . |
| 8 | The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations . |
| 9 | The report goes on to repudiate the whole idea of a ‘ no first use ’ pledge , which might enable ‘ the Soviets ’ to ‘ gain a unilateral conventional advantage ’ , would be ‘ unenforceable and unverifiable ’ , and could ‘ increase the chances of war and thus increase the chances of nuclear conflict ’ . |
| 10 | Strephon goes on to recount the various features which once inspired his love , but now leave him cold : |
| 11 | From Drumlone Cross , the trail goes on to join the main Lisnaskea-Newtonbutler Road . |
| 12 | He goes on to explore the dynamic nature of excellence and to suggest that quality is really about training and unlocking the potential of the workforce . |
| 13 | Because then the P P G seven then goes on to make the implicit point about other things that in the countryside such as the small villages and towns and other development opportunities , do occur which provide the rural diversification and employment development that is that is required by the P P G. |
| 14 | Detailing the design features that gave the Connie its unique shape the film goes on to show the various changes and marks of the Connie that enabled it to become a flying legend in civil and military use . |
| 15 | Tim , from Darlington , a member of the five-piece band The Scarecrows , has high hopes of becoming a professional footballer but his future may be decided if the band goes on to win the national final in London . |
| 16 | The chemistry behind the formation of zeolites is still not clearly understood as Barrer shows , but he goes on to elucidate the physical processes of nucleation and crystal growth . |
| 17 | Todorov then goes on to establish the primary categories of his narrative grammar , and they are proper noun , adjective and verb . |
| 18 | The southern equatorial current is diverted south , past the Solomon Islands , and goes on to bathe the Great Barrier Reef — and , indeed , much of the Australian coastline down past Sydney — in the tropical water of the east Australian current . |
| 19 | It 's as lazy as a cat in hot weather , with the lyric amounting to a mere two verses before the vocals just sit down to let the languid groove take over . |
| 20 | Until well into the 1970s , the almost universal conventional wisdom — except perhaps in the United States — was that the government should stand ready to act as a deus ex machina , stepping in to save the capitalist system from its inherent defects of inequality in the distribution of the wealth it created , of unbalanced investment that created private affluence and public squalor , and or vulnerability to cyclical downturn , slump and unemployment ( for example , Shonfield , 1965 ; Galbraith , 1956 ) . |
| 21 | Proposals are that a union vote should be broken down to reflect the divergent views in a union 's membership and apportioned accordingly . |
| 22 | Instead of ignoring the Alamo and its small garrison , and pressing on to fight the main Texan army , Santa Anna decided to take the Alamo by storm . |
| 23 | It is so easy to do , but if you leave a tin of polish and the duster on the stairs say , while you go up and then have to dash down to answer the front door bell , you can easily slip on them . |
| 24 | It was also to be a welcoming home for John and Angela , who had come down to watch the final round and were staying at the Bell Hotel . |
| 25 | She had to squat down to dodge the ancient fly-paper dangling from the light-flex , but it was better than Babs seeing her in her vest and school knickers , or anyone else for that matter ; Babs insisted on keeping the dressing-room door open . |
| 26 | He was unfastening the waist of his trousers now , having kicked shoes and socks under a chair , and in helpless fury she bent down to snatch the damp towel from the floor , wrenching it round herself and jumping down from the bed , glaring at him so ferociously that he suddenly burst out laughing . |
| 27 | Bragg bent down to lift the slight body . |
| 28 | This creative period was followed by an exploitive period in which many theoretical physicists moved in to apply the new mechanics to a host of significant problems . |
| 29 | Rex waded in to hold the struggling arms apart . |
| 30 | But as she waited an obstinately persistent sound filled her head , drove itself from ear to ear , settled over her eyes and seeped through to fill the whole arena of her cranium . |