Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [adv] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I then subsequently asked for an iris to be put into the Dalek so that we could do a close up of the eye irising in and out to get the effect of its eye focussing on you . |
| 2 | Mr Crawford , plumber , had retreated embarrassed to his garage on discovering the identity of their guest , but children tumbled in and out to raid the fridge or show their mother some lurid trophy from the garden . |
| 3 | In the 1914 period the custom was to turn the aircraft upside down and then to load the wings with bags of sand or lead shot distributed so as to represent the various aerodynamic loads which occur under the worst conditions , such as pulling out of a dive . |
| 4 | So far , groups of crew have had an induction course and what is called ‘ a long sail ’ , when they spend several days acquainting themselves with the boat and gear , absorbing everything from how the cooker is switched on and how to flush the head to hoisting the mainsail and steering . |
| 5 | All the programmable units in the rack come with special presets unique to Utopia , and a preset chart helps identify exactly what is going on and how to set the levels . |
| 6 | the organ there was a you know where you put your pump belt , there was a long stout piece of wood and you had to keep pumping that up and down to put the wind into the organ , and there was a mirror above the organ and Mr the org the organist , who was a butcher in Street , he could look into that mirror and see whether you was pumping fast enough and he could signal to you and he used to warn you to er keep your eye on the mirror and if he , if he wanted more wind he used to be up up up oh or , but it was just a big long of wood and we used to pull it up and down , I was fairly tall for me height a age , but er we used to have to stand on a box to get it going first , but it , it was just like bellows for your fire you know , wind for that , and we used to pump the wind into the organ also the service . |
| 7 | They creaked awake and set to rousing the fire and cooking breakfast , the Hearthwares cursing the chill weight of their armour , hopping up and down to get the blood moving through their limbs . |
| 8 | It does not make for comfortable listening if one spends the First Act jumping up and down to raise the volume a notch , and the Third , mindful of the neighbours , turning it down again . |
| 9 | Place several drops of the rhodizonate solution on the wet surface of the section , tilting back and forth to spread the stain ; leave until plagioclase grains become pink , then rinse in water . |
| 10 | As the wine waiter trots back and forth to establish the status of the customer as connoisseur , so the band will be required to play the most tricky musical number — ‘ Maryland ’ for example — to prove the musical expertise of one or other of the revellers . |
| 11 | His engine was running and his windscreen wipers whipped back and forth to keep the glass clear of snow . |