Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulled hard on the wheel and took the left fork . |
| 2 | A young lad hopped from car to car taking their money , lights sparked and flashed above them and as the cars began to move Belinda 's laugh could be heard above the music while Rachel thought Danny would explode with pride as he took the wheel and manoeuvred the little car round the track . |
| 3 | Curtis settled himself behind the wheel and laid the empty can on the passenger seat . |
| 4 | Wycliffe tried to concentrate on the Wheel and to ignore the veritable forest of giant rock pinnacles with which they were surrounded . |
| 5 | Only thirty yards or so separated them , when Curtis saw the Prophet lift a hand from the steering wheel and knock the rear-view mirror out of alignment to avoid being blinded by the glare . |
| 6 | Activated lipocytes ( myofibroblasts ) are also the major source of the interstitial collagens ( type I and III ) which are produced in excess during liver fibrosis and cirrhosis and replace the normal basement membrane matrix . |
| 7 | Another consequence was that the TUC was forced to push through its reorganization and to form the General Council , an alternative to its Parliamentary Committee , as its executive body . |
| 8 | Members are all recognised by the Royal Yachting Association and use the latest technology combined with traditional skills to help students achieve their aim . |
| 9 | It would improve the housing stock and decrease the future need for renovation and repair . |
| 10 | His dying brain barely had time to process the fading image of his killer and recognise the black-clad form with the glowing eyes as the Prophet , before its circuits closed down permanently . |
| 11 | Norman said that his day-dream was ‘ to walk up to any computer , plug in the card and have the terminal look and act like the one at home . ’ |
| 12 | It is the process of trying to persuade by substituting power for reason — the power being the ability to walk away from the deal and leave the other person stranded , the power to give the other person less than required — and sometimes nothing . |
| 13 | If you 're seriously tempted by a ‘ never-to-be-repeated ’ offer , take the advice of the KSA and check the small print . |
| 14 | Encouraged by the finding of this tiny coin , I turned my attention to the second side of the pond and began the same operation along its full length . |
| 15 | But can the child transcend the blackness and wear the white mask with pride ? |
| 16 | It also acts as a " referee " of the group struggle : it holds the ring and secures the public interest by restoring the balance and moving in when one group goes too far , and it also protects the interests of the inactive and inarticulate . |
| 17 | The so-called Caudal Sympathetic Nervous System arises from the posterior compound ganglion of the ventral nerve-cord and supplies the reproductive system and posterior part of the gut ; it is , however , difficult to draw a clear distinction between such a system and the visceral branches of the peripheral nervous system considered below . |
| 18 | Todd believes such levels of expenditure were necessary last year ‘ to maintain our growth momentum and achieve the successful integration of ICL and Nokia Data product ranges ’ . |
| 19 | In line with the recent economic policies of the Mahathir government , the NDP pledged liberal incentives for foreign investment and stressed the vital role to be played by the private sector . |
| 20 | He also called upon Congress to approve specific tax reforms [ see below ] to encourage investment and to revive the ailing housing market . |
| 21 | An allegation of dishonesty , however small the amount , is never a minor matter for a defendant and choosing the appropriate venue for a criminal trial is not just a matter of considering whether the magistrates ' court has adequate sentencing powers . |
| 22 | → Fitting an undersaddle pickup and obtaining the correct string to string volume balance is always tricky . |
| 23 | With those I returned at speed to the boathouse and attacked the lower door , first hammering the toe of the tyre lever into a nonexistent crack between the wooden door frame and the surrounding brickwork at a level just below the keyhole , then bashing the far end of that iron , to put heavy leverage against the door frame , then wrenching out the lever and repeating the whole process above the lock , this time with fury . |
| 24 | After being stranded on 99 for 25 minutes , he finally lost both patience and nerve and became the fourth player in the match to be dismissed in sight of a century as he charged down the pitch . |
| 25 | Computers designed for scientific calculation , where it is valid to assume that the result of one operation may be an operand of the next have an accumulator and use the one-address format . |
| 26 | Gret , a Brueghel peasant in a breastplate filches food and cutlery and mutters the occasional curse . |
| 27 | It is a story about love and loss and marks the directional debut of writer Anthony Minghella . |
| 28 | An alternative way of stopping date and time values from changing if you have already made a lot of entries into a spreadsheet is to use the /Range , Value command and specifying the relevant range of cells when prompted ‘ Convert what ? and then pressing enter twice so that the same starting point is used for ‘ To where ? ’ . |
| 29 | The dollar strengthened as a result and had the temporary effect of relieving pressure on sterling against the mark . |
| 30 | Temper tantrums are the end result and represent the classic example of perpetuation of immaturity by a failure to stop the ‘ reward ’ of attention that maintains such behaviour . |