Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] and [vb base] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Draw a sketch of each and answer the following . |
| 2 | Either Choose one of these and tell the whole story of what happened — as if you were one of the people in the story . |
| 3 | Skilled negotiators avoid using irritators such as these and keep the emotional temperature down by sticking to the facts . |
| 4 | One of these days I 'll go out like this and scare the whole population , 'cos they 'll think I 'm in me bare pelt . ’ |
| 5 | His face was full technicolour with red and black the predominant hues , with stitches over one eye and underneath the other . |
| 6 | But that does n't mean we ca n't be true Christians in private and keep the Old Faith alive for the day when the Protestants see the error of their ways . " |
| 7 | Sandford pool was opened in 1935 and cost the then large sum of £16,000 . |
| 8 | Fold it in half and use the folded edge as the centre of the band . |
| 9 | It is a solemn experience to sit in 1970 and watch the British people , seventy years before , being taught to ‘ think Imperially ’ . |
| 10 | In this chapter we link the discussion of bureaucracy to the wider concern with formal organisations in general and examine the formal relations , structures and processes that exist within an organisation . |
| 11 | I puzzled out easily enough how to pull my needles to held and put the gold-coloured pieces over the needle butts and sinker posts in order to hold the needles still with the knitting pulled slightly forward , free of the bar . |
| 12 | The error was to project the growth trends of the world economy from 1870 to 1914 and see the political order as not much more than a reflex of these trends . |
| 13 | This affected only a few thousand people , however , and on June 9 there were protests over the restrictions by Israeli employers whose businesses were threatened , forcing the authorities to lower the age limit to 25 and drop the 10-employee rule . |
| 14 | Furthermore , the claim that ISAs serve to legitimate and maintain the delicate balance of power within a structured totality needs to be elaborated , and its limits explored . |
| 15 | He lit the photographs one by one and let the flimsy black rectangles of ash drop into the bin . |