Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The directors could apprentice or hire out the children and other inmates , and the industrious poor could be rewarded out of any profits from their work , although no part of the money could be spent on liquor . |
| 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 | After sewing the neck shape I either overlock the shoulders or pick up the stitches on a darning needle using the same colour yarn . |
| 4 | A quiet little fishing village on the northern-most tip of the island , where you can sample the day' catch in traditional-style restaurants or browse around the shops and bars . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I stagger to the bedroom and pull out the cover from beneath him . |
| 11 | If possible , turn off the power at the switch and pull out the plug . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The NP would retain its earlier proposals for a transitional government with a two-chamber parliament [ see p. 38798 ] , but would propose an executive council to replace the state president and carry out the functions of the head of state and head of government . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Menzies struggled to stop the racing of his mind and sort out the options coolly . |
| 19 | You read the reviews , make up your mind and stump up the cash . |
| 20 | Apart from deep psychiatry and hypnosis which can sometimes disclose these events and thus heal them , the only way to overcome these fears is to expand the adult part of our mind and tune out the child and the parent as much as we can . |
| 21 | On hearing the Cherokee 's electric fuel pump still operating the instructor asked the Cherokee pilot to return to his aircraft and turn off the fuel cock and battery master switch . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 23 | Almost all of these are now covered in a spurious black patina ( plate 8.3 ) ; indeed one can go through the sculpture galleries of the Greek and Roman Department and pick out the Payne Knight pieces from a distance , before checking against the registration number which invariably begins with 1824 . |
| 24 | When approached by a possible killer they hide their real heads and raise up the tips of their tails . |
| 25 | When , in 1124 , the Emperor Henry V planned an invasion , Louis summoned his nobles to Rheims to debate tactics and draw up the battle-lines . |
| 26 | Make the vanilla sauce : place the vanilla pod in a saucepan and pour over the milk . |
| 27 | So look to the future and suss out the science of beauty . |
| 28 | To match the pattern , turn in the side of one width of fabric and line up the pattern with the width to which it will be joined . |
| 29 | ‘ Now work out the profit I made on each of the five cars and add up the total . |
| 30 | Head down to the local travel agent and check out the availability of sun-drenched spring breaks at resorts catering to families with small children ; |