Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't about to miss the parade , and went on to see the whole event , and photographed it — all the red flags , the guns , the cannons , the missiles , everything , including Black September Group marching . |
| 2 | Was n't that the time when the Bank of England stepped in to avoid the whole City suffering ? |
| 3 | But as she waited an obstinately persistent sound filled her head , drove itself from ear to ear , settled over her eyes and seeped through to fill the whole arena of her cranium . |
| 4 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 5 | Those aged 75 years and over use the whole gamut of health and personal social services more than do younger people , and both usage and need increase with age thereafter . |
| 6 | Some younger patients will need to develop this into a walk/jog sequence to get the heart rate up to the necessary level , and will ultimately take up jogging the whole distance . |
| 7 | The Wilson Committee was set up to investigate the whole question of the provision of funds for industry and trade . |
| 8 | The first two were closed already , but Boy looked in the windows anyway ; when he was out journeying the whole point was to stop and look at everything . |
| 9 | It is better to learn a small section thoroughly than to surface-read it and then have to go back to do the whole thing again . |
| 10 | I swooped it so that on each pass it caught the top of the dam wall with one corner , gradually producing a nick in the sand barrier which the water was able to flow through , quickly going on to overwhelm the whole dam and the sand-house village beneath . |
| 11 | They were about to arrest the whole band until I told them I was to blame . ’ |
| 12 | Alan Smith had just been appointed editor and was about to change the whole face of the paper , ditching those who revered Cilla as the greatest swinger on the block . |
| 13 | The report goes on to repudiate the whole idea of a ‘ no first use ’ pledge , which might enable ‘ the Soviets ’ to ‘ gain a unilateral conventional advantage ’ , would be ‘ unenforceable and unverifiable ’ , and could ‘ increase the chances of war and thus increase the chances of nuclear conflict ’ . |
| 14 | He put the phone down and turned round to see the whole family looking at him , open-mouthed . |