Example sentences of "[noun] or [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 | Plenty of praise should be given when the dog responds , although there is no point in scolding it if it fails to do anything more than run or sniff around the garden . |
| 8 | The House of Lords felt there was no justification for assessing one trustee , namely the resident trustee , as , for instance , he had no right or control over the income . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that most applicants are anxious to secure a job or move up the career ladder , the process is really two-way . |
| 10 | In woodlands they can swing from tree to tree or scramble over the treetops to drop to the forest floor below . |
| 11 | They either hover above the Equator or pass over the poles . |
| 12 | Under existing arrangements for weather satellites , the US , USSR , Japan and Western Europe operate weather craft that either hover above the Equator or pass over the poles . |
| 13 | To lubricate the drill , first build a small ring of putty or plasticine around the mark for the hole . |
| 14 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 15 | Whether you wish to stay with one particular authority or move around the country working for different types of authorities , the prospects for promotion are excellent . |
| 16 | Direct capitalist control or influence over the communication of ideas ( mass media , publishing , universities ) , and capitalist influence over the state , both structure ‘ debates ’ in liberal democracies . |
| 17 | 3 Draw up the paper or foil around the fillets , then fold and crimp edges to seal . |
| 18 | The Suffolk 's head is big with a broad forehead , and often with a star on it or a shim or blaze down the face ; the neck deep in the collar and tapering to a graceful setting of the head ; the shoulders long and muscular and thrown well back at the withers . |
| 19 | ‘ We are very worried someone is going to fall down the cliff or slip off the ship and break something . |
| 20 | To build these clever applications , you just select from menus or fill in the blanks on forms . |
| 21 | They live hand to mouth and get no pension or help off the state . |
| 22 | If I 've got to turn out drawers or turn out the airing cupboard or get the kitchen tidy , it 's a relaxation for me and I like it , or just going through some interior decoration books or moving the furniture round — I 'm a great mover of furniture . |
| 23 | After such rows , her mother would sometimes stay in her room for days on end or trail round the house like a blind stranger , oblivious to Katherine 's existence . |
| 24 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
| 25 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
| 26 | Add the position of his feet being wide apart and he is unable to get out of the way or play down the line . |
| 27 | You open the papers or switch on the radio or television and find out . |
| 28 | It may then penetrate the side of a tank or fly over the top . |
| 29 | If there is no gatevalve in this supply , the cold water cistern will have to be drained : turn off the supply or tie up the ballvalve ( so that there is still a supply to the kitchen tap ) and open the upstairs cold water taps . |
| 30 | The equal opportunities legislation of the 1970s was and is important , but was regarded by most members of the teaching profession as a positive rather than constraining factor and had no influence over the locus of power or control over the curriculum . |