Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether your hair has been chemically treated or not , you should take extra rich products to put back the moisture removed by the sun , sea and chlorine . |
| 2 | Whether specific plans to follow up the lesson have been made . |
| 3 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 4 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 5 | Then the runners arrive and the sustained technical difficulty takes over the interest . |
| 6 | Selecting the right personnel to carry out the PR function . |
| 7 | In consequence there are no autumn colours to be viewed in surroundings that look as though there should be — no golds and flaming reds to set off the whites , blues and blacks of snow , water and rock . |
| 8 | A mottle-faced man with slicked-down hair slid back the glass panel and looked out at him enquiringly . |
| 9 | 1/On the left is a working sketch sorting out the composition . |
| 10 | But as soon as the animal sits down , a photoelectric cell switches on the air stream , so stopping the pig from getting cold . |
| 11 | Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness . |
| 12 | Last week the President instructed the Department of Commerce to seek firm proposals from private industry to take over the government 's remote-sensing satellites . |
| 13 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 14 | Forgive my curiosity to see her : I prodded the ball of workers with a long stick , in a vain attempt to flush out the queen . |
| 15 | All this was particularly noticeable in the summer of 1992 when billions of pounds ( some say as much as £20 billion ) of foreign reserves ( £7.2 billion of which had been especially borrowed for the purpose ) were spent by the Bank of England in a vain attempt to prop up the exchange value of sterling . |
| 16 | People close their windows at night in a vain attempt to shut out the sound of sirens and gunfire . |
| 17 | Turning the machine over reveals the high and low speed switch on the top . |
| 18 | MR SMITH savaged the Tories for wasting £1 billion in their failed bid to prop up the pound on Black Wednesday . |
| 19 | Main picture : The uncluttered bedroom sums up the atmosphere of the house |
| 20 | ‘ Enemy , ’ he amended , his thinned mouth biting out the word . |
| 21 | Once an integrated representation of the clause as a unit is created , the specific words making up the clause can be discarded from memory to make way for the words of the next clause . |
| 22 | The cost was indeed so great that there were not even enough rich and unsuitable candidates to buy up the nominations . |
| 23 | The snakes and the tardy remedy make up the entirety of God 's response . |
| 24 | Mr Patten played Cinderella last night and cancelled a private engagement to carry on the polishing while Margaret went to the Blue Ball . |
| 25 | Some water companies might let you have a meter in kit form , but you will have to ask locally , because most prefer a professional contractor to carry out the installation in case of possible back-siphonage or other problems . , . |
| 26 | Mr Lamont 's squandering of £1 billion in his vain bid to prop up the pound has not helped . |
| 27 | At the same time , he was totally loyal to Franco and unlikely to seek Allied aid to bring back the monarchy . |
| 28 | Eachuinn Odhar closed his watery eyes to shut out the din , smiling dimly . |
| 29 | A moaning wind frisks down the coast , kicking up a roaming layer of top-sand in its wake . |
| 30 | Maxham 's pale-blue eyes glanced down the hall to the kitchen . |