Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , the short lives of all those babies and children will have a great effect in bringing down the average figure as even the least mathematical of us will be able to understand . |
| 2 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
| 3 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 4 | The Bush administration sent contradictory signals about its intentions to continue its economic strategy of keeping down the federal deficit while awaiting recovery in 1992 . |
| 5 | I watched Pa mark the first blade with yellow chalk , pull down his welder 's mask , then winch up the grinding wheel till it just pinged against the right-hand end of the blades , throwing a couple of sparks . |
| 6 | Again the danger came down the left flank as Dow passed to Drew Waddell who touched down . |
| 7 | Never begin filling in the real form until you have practised at least once on a photocopy . |
| 8 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
| 9 | President Franois Mitterrand , answering viewers ' questions in a television appearance yesterday , warned against writing off the Socialist Party as dead and said the first aim must be to reunite it . |
| 10 | Yanto realised he might well have to make a special journey to pick up the old man if Julie happened to be out . |
| 11 | In any event oxygen-breathing organisms could soak up the excess gas as soon as it was produced . |
| 12 | The Offline Operator should then carry out the Offline Cycle as specified by LIFESPAN on the screen . |
| 13 | Well I was looking out the other side cos I was trying to work out where Glynis lived . |
| 14 | She crossed the stableyard and went into the house , hurrying down the long passage until she arrived , flushed high in expectation , at the service door to the dining room , where Maman and Dada and Aunt Tossie were eating breakfast . |
| 15 | agree to it being handed in the next day as opposed to the next lesson ? |
| 16 | her decorations , such as ‘ In the Land of Ecstasy ’ ( Leicester City Art Gallery ) or ‘ Invocation ’ ( private collection ) run along the same theme as ‘ The Zone of Love ’ and reiterate its gender associations . |
| 17 | TRAP TWO : Running up big bills on credit cards means you 'll have trouble paying off the full debt when the statement arives . |
| 18 | Er it is not asking the panel to n you know to draft a rite that would used and I , I would interpret this to mean that it 's asking the panel to look up the theological propriety if you like of such a rite and bring forward suggestions which would then be passed for implementation , if so decided , to the panel on worship . |
| 19 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 20 | Just as aware as Napoleon III that royal connections could be made to serve a diplomatic turn , Bismarck had used Princess Victoria , wife of the Crown Prince Frederick , as a means of sounding out the British government as to its possible reactions to Leopold 's candidature . |
| 21 | On reaching the face drop down to the toe of the rocks then climb steeply back up the other side until North West Gully is reached ( 15 minutes ) . |
| 22 | ‘ Tunney , ’ said a female voice , tiny but shouting , ‘ Tunney , pick up the damned phone if you 're there . |
| 23 | Pass on the windward side if you do n't want a hot bath , and you will reach an area of incredible beauty . |
| 24 | A similar tiny gesture takes on the same value when Alain rubs one foot up and down the other leg when the girls tickle him . |
| 25 | Midfielder Dino Baggio added a second from another corner just before half time and substitute Fabrizio Ravanelli killed off the Portuguese side when he hammered the third shortly after coming on midway through the second half . |
| 26 | Set up the logical name as follows : |
| 27 | But Haslam points out that the competitor who takes up the new technology when the patents expire does not suffer from this halo effect . |
| 28 | The minister , Mr Nicholas Ridley , had to leave out the expected bill because of the Government 's heavy legislative programme . |
| 29 | Time now to put out the stuff from the back of the shelves , holding back the normal fare until everyone is back on the treadmill again . |
| 30 | People with bright ideas must not only carry their opinions out of politics and into the research institutions , but must regularly move back the opposite way when the call comes . |