Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When trading in or throwing away an old " fridge " try to make sure that it is not going to be just broken up without the CFC gas being properly collected first . |
| 2 | In Shepherd 's Bush , where he grew up , he and his family suffered an incident in which the police , who had surrounded the house in order to arrest Christie 's brother ( on a charge which never came to court ) then burst in and carried out the violent , unprovoked arrest of Christie and his father . |
| 3 | The other thing is my contribution to the new album is limited , Jake had most of the songs finished before I arrived and all I did was go in and lay down the bass tracks . |
| 4 | there may be an expectation that we should , we should be absorbing increase in and getting roughly the same amount of money , but . |
| 5 | Just fill in and send off the Free Trial Card . |
| 6 | Mihal beat away the burning logs with his club while Martin rushed in and picked up the old man . |
| 7 | Some children broke in and trampled down the surviving patch of ramsons . |
| 8 | Dot looked down and saw only the tussocky grass and a flat square stone . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , well , ’ she said , bending down and picking up the little frog , ‘ what have we here then ? ’ |
| 10 | Turn the lights down and gather round a roaring log fire , or log-effect on the electric heater if you 're in a smokeless zone . |
| 11 | ( You may need to sand down and revarnish once every three or four years . ) |
| 12 | Dickinson got down and held back the prickly branches while Killion blundered out , his lips triphammering away at the opening consonants of all the swear-words he knew . |
| 13 | I mean I 've known lorries to go down and get out the human manure |
| 14 | Turn seed-heads upside down and tap out the tiny seeds on to white paper , so they are clearly visible . |
| 15 | With a groan that seemed to come from the bottom of the earth , Luke reached down and tore away the lacy silk that covered her . |
| 16 | He went down and picked up the dangling receiver . |
| 17 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
| 18 | Wednesday must have wished he had , the way Atkinson chested down and volleyed home a 20th-minute clearance , then spun brilliantly on a Neal Cox through ball to score a second after 67 . |
| 19 | Being a regular to the attractions of the Continent and its sunnier climes , I started by skimming through and picking out a few of the relatively recent crags that I have visited , such as Ceuse & Oppede le Vieux : they are in — fine . |
| 20 | Impetus and the driving weight told , and the wedge , only a little misshapen now , crashed through and bore down the few extra yards upon the waiting English . |
| 21 | However , Ell moved quickly over and picked up the raw meat . |
| 22 | Smoothing down her skirt as she seated herself , she reached over and started up the secondary computer . |
| 23 | yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred |
| 24 | As the population grew land rents soared , multiplying sixfold between Emancipation and the turn of the century , thereby enabling the nobility to cream off and fritter away a huge surplus from peasant labour . |
| 25 | She tore the tissue paper off and held up a little polythene envelope , with two silver fist-in-a-bag ear-rings inside . |
| 26 | Well , we did n't have much luck out in the open because the rabbits saw or heard or smelt us coming a mile off and bolted down the nearest hole , even though we were mute and trying to stay down wind ( the wind kept switching direction in little gusts ) . |
| 27 | Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait . |
| 28 | Mad Eric has personalised his scum top by wearing the collar standing up and ironing down the front corners to make it look like a cravat — he now looks like Victorian Dad out of Viz. Berk . |
| 29 | Which Nick 's chewed up and spat out a Hula Hoop with water added . |
| 30 | Forsooth , my lord , quoth 1 , your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters , now , I hear say , be become so great devourers and so wild , that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves . |