Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb base] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did the fragrances of the essences cover up the putrid smells of gangrenous wounds , they also suppressed them by retarding putrefaction . |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the former grandeur of the Cathedral , Johnson wrote no more than a page on Elgin , concluding with an attractive clue to a traveller in his wake : ‘ In the chief street of Elgin , the houses jut over the lowest story , like the old buildings of timber in London , but with greater prominence : so that there is sometimes a walk for a considerable length under a cloister , or portico . ’ |
| 3 | All the leaves that fall into the pond congregate around the loosened wire for me to collect up in a simple once daily netting session . |
| 4 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 5 | Swales , the target for much of the fans anger over the past few weeks , is likely to resist Lee 's offer . |
| 6 | As all the voices hammer out the same syllables together , the accentuation is at its sharpest ( Example 64 , overleaf ) . |
| 7 | I kept on down to the river and stood for a while to watch the coal-barges slide along the black , shiny water . |
| 8 | At first the belts slip round the flat pulleys — they 're meant to — but as soon as I squirt the gum they grab and the shafts pick up speed real fast , and the spokes on the pulleys blur and disappear . |
| 9 | The headlights pick up the shiny worn sleepers . |
| 10 | Establish the Barril Measure over the whole Island of Islay . " |
| 11 | Not only that , but continuous 124 mph winds surging around the planet whip up the ochre soil high into the atmosphere , turning the sky pink , virtually obscuring the already wan sunlight . |
| 12 | Watching the traffic and the rain swallow up the departing taxi , the Captain wondered how the man stayed so thin if he ate that way every day . |
| 13 | The patron let out the long slow whistle of a kettle coming to the boil . |
| 14 | Active code page not available from CON device as long as you have a standard UK keyboard , with the pounds sign over the 3 key , then ‘ Current Keyboard code : UK ’ is what you are looking for . |
| 15 | This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything . |
| 16 | Canvassers who normally get the forms back after a maximum of four visits to any household are now having to return seven or more times before the people hand back the completed form . |
| 17 | Make sure the brushes go back the right way up — match them with the side you have not yet removed . |
| 18 | The covenants set out the formal obligations of both landlord and tenant . |
| 19 | ( The matches go down the 19th but are then declared tied if square after that ) . |
| 20 | Is not that what we would have expected when the Government take on the 16 to 18-year-olds and perpetuate the myth that that age group is in full-time employment , in full-time training or in full-time education ? |
| 21 | He said nothing to his wife , but at the next new moon got into his boat and let the wind carry him eastwards until he reached the windswept isle of Bujan , where the grass grows green and the grapes hang on the wild vines . |
| 22 | And it is my responsibility to make sure the players concentrate over the entire 90 minutes and are not looking towards the next match . |
| 23 | The additions bump up the mandatory and discretionary access controls , give each piece of data held a security level label and implement the sophisticated system auditing capabilities that the certification requires . |
| 24 | The additions bump up the mandatory and discretionary access controls , give each piece of data held a security level label and implement the sophisticated system auditing capabilities that the certification requires . |
| 25 | The Founders put up the required £5,000. making a total of £39,650 — enough to match GLEB and trigger the promised grant . |
| 26 | We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe , and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June , 1613 . |
| 27 | The fleas ' eggs are laid in the nest and once hatched the fleas feed off the young rabbits . |
| 28 | The forests tumble down the mist-shrouded valleys right to the water 's edge . |
| 29 | On the earlier electronics , you ca n't use the double-length switch on the 580 and modular electronics , the knitting sequence is the same as when it is not in use . |
| 30 | Further to the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , and given the obvious confusion among Ministers about the implications of their electoral promises for the future level of value added tax , can the Leader of the House conjure up the actual figure for value added tax when his Government came to office in June 1979 , and the level now as they go out of office ? |