Example sentences of "[to-vb] home the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His shot hits the corner flag , rebounds on to the crossbar and ‘ Twinky ’ is there to smash home the winner with his tummy . |
| 2 | Pat Nevin latches onto a miscued header to smash home the Tranmere winner and , inset , leaps sky high in celebration |
| 3 | The German propaganda machine — and Hitler himself in his speeches — continued , of course , to hammer home the theme that , in contrast to the First World War , Front and Heimat were indivisibly united , and the bonds between leadership and people unbreakable . |
| 4 | To hammer home the point , he denied his players from having a late Christmas dinner by taking them straight back to the club 's training ground . |
| 5 | According to Budhoo , IMF employees ‘ manipulated ’ a key indicator of Trinidad and Tobago 's ability to compete and export ( the labour cost index ) to hammer home the point that massive devaluation was needed if the country was not to head for mounting economic chaos ; the true figure he says , was far more encouraging . |
| 6 | It is a compelling night out and the stark bare set and the absence of even the sight or sound of a jailer serves to hammer home the isolation , the boredom and the feeling of helplessness . |
| 7 | The only rough treatment they got in the first half , worked in their favour , as Jim Magilton was hauled down , but up he bounced to hit home the penalty . |
| 8 | Rangers went ahead when a superb ball from John Brown allowed David Robertson to go down the line on the left , and McCoist was on the spot to whip home the cross . |
| 9 | As a first step you might refuse the plastic bags that are thrust upon you at the supermarket check-out and use boxes to carry home the food . |
| 10 | Mr Major believes any rebellion can be quelled by extending the debate on Scotland and continuing to drive home the message that devolution leading to independence would harm Scottish interests , reduce Scotland 's influence within the EC , and cause political uncertainty which would draw investment away south of the border and abroad . |
| 11 | So this year the drinks industry itself is joining forces with the Health Promotion Agency to drive home the message . |
| 12 | They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 13 | In order to drive home the point that the messianic Spirit , the Spirit of the days of salvation , was really available to all believers , the Spirit had first of all to inspire Peter with his vision of the unclean animals in the sheet which were intended for him to eat , and then to apply that vision to a Gentile officer whose men were at that very moment waiting in the courtyard for Peter to accompany them to Cornelius so that he might receive the good news of Jesus . |
| 14 | The DHAC had softened up the Unionists by publicising the housing situation in Derry and causing embarrassment for the Stormont government , but it was the Nationalists , as elected representatives , who were able to press home the advantage and force the concessions . |
| 15 | The Government 's Energy Review provided an opportunity to press home the demand that opencast coal mining be severely cut back . |
| 16 | After a long preliminary chat with the man from the LER , Chapman decided it was time to press home the point . |
| 17 | And yet he went to some lengths to press home the validity of this attitude . |
| 18 | They only managed to convert one of them , when Shaun Taylor found the time and space in a crowded penalty area to knock home the equaliser . |
| 19 | But he intends to ram home the message that the blame should be attached to Labour and the Scottish National Party . |
| 20 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke alerted Tory MPs to expect a public backlash when he went on TV to ram home the message that ‘ painful ’ spending decisions had to be accepted by the country . |
| 21 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke alerted Tory MPs to expect a public backlash when he went on TV to ram home the message that ‘ painful ’ spending decisions had to be accepted by the country . |
| 22 | Kelly who 's Australian was forced to return home the day after their wedding . |
| 23 | Where the choice is between a care order or allowing the child to return home the court is often required to balance the risk of physical harm if the child is returned against the equally damaging risk of emotional harm which separation may cause . |
| 24 | Wright conceded a corner after tipping over Johnson 's header and Wark rose unmarked to head home the equaliser . |
| 25 | The keeper fumbled and defender Nigel Quigley leapt in to head home the equaliser . |
| 26 | The keeper fumbled and defender Nigel Quigley leapt in to head home the equaliser . |
| 27 | In CITY OF JOY ( Cert 12 ; General ) , director Roland Joffe tries to bring home the pride and dignity of people existing in the meanest of mean streets . |
| 28 | Centrepiece of the Welsh Plant Breeding Station 's exhibit was an ingenious model to bring home the pollution timebomb ticking away in silage storage areas . |
| 29 | Everyone knows the Triangular Trade is guaranteed to bring home the gold . |
| 30 | Lowe was in Auckland promoting a video of his life and times — inevitably referring to him as a ‘ master coach ’ which is now becoming one of the more boring sporting clichés — and was asked what he thought of the All Blacks ' failure to bring home the Cup . |