Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was illogical to accept that an accord and satisfaction fell within s 286(5) but fell outside s 287(1) , which referred to where a company releases or writes off the whole or part of the debt . |
| 2 | His programme — a heady mix of big spending and big cutting — may not cure Brazil 's inflation-fevered economy , slay the recession or win back the faith of foreign creditors . |
| 3 | What is a humby An erection on public transport , an irritating noise whilst driving a car or humming up the vagina ? |
| 4 | Blessed with a good audience there 's always a danger of the comics running overtime , and it 's up to me to stretch or speed up the show should the need arise . |
| 5 | If the theatre is a long distance away from the ward , equipment may be taken from the ward on a post-operative tray or carried on the theatre trolley . |
| 6 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
| 7 | Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’ |
| 8 | With a brisk nod Polly relinquished the wheel and dived down the companionway . |
| 9 | I came round to her way of thinking and handed over the Visa card . |
| 10 | Fine to medium paintbrushes are useful for moving flowers and leaves around , and for brushing hairs and fluff off the design once you have finished it . |
| 11 | He threw down the knife , turned off the gas ring and stamped down the hall . |
| 12 | Instead of pulling over onto the hard shoulder , opening the car bonnet and putting more oil in the engine , you take a hammer and bash out the oil warning light . |
| 13 | I stagger to the bedroom and pull out the cover from beneath him . |
| 14 | She crossed the bedroom and picked up the cigar and put it back on the table . |
| 15 | A long and heart-felt kiss was interrupted by the phone and I hurried back into the bedroom and picked up the extension in time to hear Ed Grainger . |
| 16 | Initial priorities would be projects strengthening the infrastructure , privatization , reforming the financial sector , developing a productive and competitive private sector , restructuring industry , encouraging direct foreign investment and cleaning up the environment . |
| 17 | If possible , turn off the power at the switch and pull out the plug . |
| 18 | Still , it is an election year and the nominally apolitical Fed is expected to rally round the incumbent president and dole out the credit with a liberal hand . |
| 19 | She got in , checked that the newly cut key was in her purse and switched on the engine . |
| 20 | Use of PLATO has the disadvantage that special PLATO terminals have to be used for the instruction ; this means that users can not be taught in their own congressional offices and carry out the training as and when required . |
| 21 | A mob attacked Kano government offices and burnt down the state radio station . |
| 22 | Sometimes a single boulder bounds and clatters down the scree pile , echoing loudly , sometimes a larger mass breaks away , sometimes the scree itself shifts and readjusts itself in a prolonged rattling clatter — a noise rather like the sea swashing back over pebbles . |
| 23 | Griselda opened her eyes and licked up the tear . |
| 24 | We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’ |
| 25 | He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary . |
| 26 | I pushed the wrench down the side of Armstrong 's driving seat and wound up the engine . |
| 27 | At last the cabby climbed up to his seat and whipped up the horse . |
| 28 | Then you go over the seat and hang off the inside , but you still keep a lot of weight on that outside peg and you put on some more if the tyre starts really sliding . ’ |
| 29 | While the do-goody liberals and the big stick brigade waste their time accusing one another of misunderstanding the criminal mind and argue over the chicken and egg issue of crime and social conditions , the prisons are packed with people who are certainly being punished , but nothing much beyond that . |
| 30 | You read the reviews , make up your mind and stump up the cash . |