Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] fill the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Doctrine must be seen for what it was — a very political document which had been hastily cobbled together to try to fill the power vacuum caused by the Suez fiasco . |
| 2 | You need enough soil to fill the frame . |
| 3 | The first player is only allowed to fill the spoon on three occasions . |
| 4 | New leaves will soon grow to fill the space . |
| 5 | I 'd just finished filling the hip flask when it went dark in the bar as a truck pulled up at the traffic lights outside . |
| 6 | Cabinet officers , dogged by side-issues of ‘ diversity ’ and ‘ balance ’ , are still struggling to fill the lower-level posts in their departments . |
| 7 | Where the UK limit is higher than the EC one , for instance in the case of a print valued at below £39,600 and above £11,900 ( respectively the UK and EC limits ) , the exporter still needs to fill the EC licence , but this will be granted quickly , provided that lawful provenance is proven . |
| 8 | Having massively increased in numbers and importance since 1939 , the armed services quickly came to fill the vacuum which existed in the political system as the United States strove to find its post-war role in world politics . |
| 9 | Now , instead of the bands gradually spreading to fill the gaps , there is a particular voltage at which the gaps are suddenly filled ( a type of change known as a ‘ crisis ’ ) . |
| 10 | The Shell complex was proof that it also expands to fill the space available for its proliferation . |
| 11 | This saves on training facilities and teacher trainers and also helps fill the gaps in the ranks of the existing teaching force . |
| 12 | Now let's be honest here put yourself in their situation , the obvious thing in the storm and th the water comes crashing over , well you do n't really want to fill the boat with water so you start bailing the water out , when you realize you 're not gon na be successful cos more is coming in than you can get out and the storm is not abating , you would naturally get agitated and if for nothing else , at least you can come and help us to bail out ! |
| 13 | We are now seeking to fill the following key positions within the Planning , Forecasting and Pricing departments : |
| 14 | Gases do not have their own shape but rather expand to fill the shapes of their containers uniformly . |
| 15 | Something inside her was singingly awake and Glyn could not even begin to fill the space . |
| 16 | But Molly knew he would say when they got home , ‘ For what I shelled out for the water we might as well have filled the loos up with Chianti . ’ |
| 17 | Paula began as they entered the living room and she placed the tray on the table , then began to fill the cups . |
| 18 | He then proceeded to fill the grounds of the new Purbeck House , and indeed most of Swanage , with discarded fragments form his London contracts . |
| 19 | The dancers and music then swell to fill the stage again , ultimately to depart all sorrow spent with the child-like figure lifted high in the hands of one man and carried away out of sight whilst another dancer kneels low in homage as the music resolves the picture into a great Amen . |
| 20 | He was reduced in some intangible way : maybe it was his youth ; perhaps his essence had not yet unfurled to fill the room the way Francis 's used to . |