Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hugged the bundle more tightly to increase the warmth . |
| 2 | Recovery is simply a matter of relaxing the backward pressure on the stick and using the controls quite normally to bring the wings level and to ease out of the dive . |
| 3 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 4 | Then , late one afternoon when Chola had been ill for three consecutive days , Kalchu asked the dhāmi once again to call the god to the shrine on the roof of his own house . |
| 5 | The new public concern about the social impact of movies led the industry yet again to put its own house in order by establishing a new Production Code . |
| 6 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 7 | I think that you could do something in between here , but I do n't know the country well enough to say exactly that mix would be . |
| 8 | so I thought he , he 's changing things he 's saying well I do n't think this is suitable and I do n't think my way of tackling this is suitable because he 's used to dealing with different kids , although they 're a similar age , they 're not very motivated or mighty but they 're more motivated than these kids , but he says like he 'll turned back towards the black board and he 'll be writing and they 're shouting abuse at him , F ing and blinding and he says it makes me so angry because I do n't know the voices well enough to know who 's saying it |
| 9 | There 's a theory being nurtured in certain quarters that Microsoft Corp Windows NT is less a strategic product than it is a dike against Unix and that Microsoft is trying to freeze the marketplace long enough to bring on Cairo , the Taligent Inc/Sun Microsystems Inc Project Distributed Objects Everywhere-like object-oriented environment it 's working on . |
| 10 | It would not profit the children there greatly to learn the culture of those countries when in a few months they would have to go overseas . |
| 11 | I think that one just has the luck very occasionally to run through periods where one can be happy . |
| 12 | Above all he knew little more about Matthew Glynn than might reasonably appear in his obituary , but he needed to know the man well enough to see him going about his daily life against the background of his home and shop and in the context of his family , friends , and acquaintances . |
| 13 | An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway . |
| 14 | Overeating through boredom is a greater danger , so you should monitor the patient quite carefully to make sure he is not putting on excess weight . |
| 15 | After we 've made that hole in the top we 'll lift the fuselage high enough to drain most of the water from it . ’ |
| 16 | A few minutes ' facial sauna , however , is fine because it warms the skin just enough to facilitate absorption . |
| 17 | Would n't it be a greater waste of money though now having got the thing there though to shift it out the way completely Dorothy ? |
| 18 | She stares straight ahead , but she has opened the window just enough to eavesdrop on the interview taking place on the pavement outside , between Rainbow and the little dove . |
| 19 | She opened the curtains more widely to get light to see it . |
| 20 | But only if you know the market well enough to avoid the pitfalls . |
| 21 | At low altitudes , it is necessary not only to use the height most effectively to search , but also to retreat gradually to your position , off to one side of the landing area for a good base leg and an easy landing . |
| 22 | A Trades Union Congress study published today shows that it would cost the Government significantly more to implement its pit closure programme than it would to keep the mines open . |
| 23 | If they were made any thicker , they would grip the batteries too tightly to allow the springs to push them against the positive contact . |
| 24 | He told them both never to leave the house again , and stormed out of the room , slamming the door hard enough to break a chunk of plaster out of the wall . |
| 25 | There is certainly a case for enforcing the law more strongly to prevent under-age people buying such weapons . |
| 26 | ‘ We were literally giving the stuff away just to get people to use it , ’ said Mr Anderson . |
| 27 | While it may be difficult to keep them flat , examining peels unmounted has the advantage of being able to use oblique incident and transmitted light combinations to increase contrast , and for viewing the relief more effectively to gain a three-dimensional effect . |
| 28 | The procedure works by asking the child initially simply to imitate a single sound — for example , /suh/ . |
| 29 | France , in an early state of development , were unable to exert any degree of authority up front and had to spin the ball wide just to survive . |
| 30 | If IBM 's domestic operations have finally been pared down far enough to permit the company once again to grow and prosper , it should be able to export its success , ameliorating its problems in key foreign markets . |