Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's snuff out the shod people and welcome the long shadows . |
| 2 | Instead of having the children go through the small group work suggested above , the teacher remains in role as the Pied Piper and the children are asked to elect two or three representatives who will seek out the Pied Piper and try to bargain with him/her . |
| 3 | Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . |
| 4 | At this point we 're only bringing in the Cherokee and the Viper , but ultimately we 'll bring in the Grand Cherokee and the minivan [ MPV ] , although we wo n't do those until we have right-hand drive versions , which may come before the next generation models . |
| 5 | Whenever universities hand out degrees on the basis of who will bring in the best publicity and therefore the biggest cheques , they dishonour their own honours system . |
| 6 | They will give in the confident expectation that their gift will be well received . |
| 7 | LABOUR MP Dennis Skinner believes three things will bring down the Royal Family and turn Britain into a republic — tax , television and history . |
| 8 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
| 9 | Politicians are n't going to stick their necks out to help break up the various logjams unless we 're shouting and yelling at them from the bank — for the most part to encourage them , but also to warn them of dire consequences to come if they get out of the hot water before the job is done . |
| 10 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 11 | After years of regular waxing , the hair follicles may give up the unequal struggle and not grow back . |
| 12 | For all their talk about the wisdom of the marketplace , the Thatcher government could not give up the paternalistic idea that they had to regulate the independent television companies , with the continuation of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the guise of an Independent Television Commission . |
| 13 | In any event oxygen-breathing organisms could soak up the excess gas as soon as it was produced . |
| 14 | If these enhancements and/or modifications are recognized to be universally applicable , will carry out the necessary work and will bear the cost of this . |
| 15 | The Offline Operator should then carry out the Offline Cycle as specified by LIFESPAN on the screen . |
| 16 | Very often one individual with only a small time commitment can carry out the initial investigation and appraisal aspects of a project , but once the scheme is under way the resource level may have to be increased in order to cater for the client 's time-scale . |
| 17 | This is an over-simple account , but it does bring out the essential point that , at some stage , substances have to be transported across a membrane against a concentration gradient . |
| 18 | Work out what you want to know , write down the approximate question you think will bring out the right answer and then in a third column put a percentage to represent how much the answer equates with what you would like to hear . |
| 19 | It must for example , ensure an independent judiciary , provide health and education services , basic infrastructure and maintenance and it must bring about the economic environment that allows the private sector to create jobs and growth . |
| 20 | Then , when you return to your own room , you can look up the relevant pages and study them in the light of the explanations you have had . |
| 21 | However , Wanderers are true amateurs on the field and will no doubt battle until they give up , so let's hope Athletico can keep up the good work and send them home with three lost points and the Samaritans ’ telephone number . |
| 22 | The men would run up the outside staircases and make straight for that . |
| 23 | You can work out the final design and then work backwards to how it must be knitted , usually in slip , one colour at a time , to achieve the design . |
| 24 | Only in her anger could she drown out the dark shadow that pity and guilt had cast over her . |
| 25 | In fact , analysis of the interview material did not mark out the Irish women as particularly different from their British-born counterparts on any dimension of attitudes or behaviour . |
| 26 | Choose phones which have generously sized earmuffs as they will keep out the direct sound and allow you to concentrate on the audio signal itself . |
| 27 | Delegated legislation is used mainly to add detail to primary legislation which may lay down the general principles although matters of considerable importance are sometimes dealt with in this way . |
| 28 | Information should flow up the overseas subsidiaries and to the parent ; decisions would be decentralised . |
| 29 | Alternatively , you could step up the exotic look and imitate the Maquis . |
| 30 | People with bright ideas must not only carry their opinions out of politics and into the research institutions , but must regularly move back the opposite way when the call comes . |