Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had long since given up reading the tabloids . |
| 2 | Drill and practice programs can fall prey to bad practice and school librarians should question the acquisition of such software for use in the methods which are probably more effectively carried out using the blackboardand the verbal question and answer routine . |
| 3 | So tearing off to find the sparrow . |
| 4 | I only drove over to do the shopping and to pick Christine up from School . |
| 5 | I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window . |
| 6 | One theory says biochemical mechanisms to control the regulation of growth of some part of the organisms , say hormones or fur , may themselves become fault , or the conveyed messages over aeons may change , or the genes may suddenly switch off to inhibit the growth of winter fur of an animal used to northern climes . |
| 7 | Palmer was looking to equal that — and perhaps go on to take the US PGA Championship too , the golden grand slam . |
| 8 | Certainly , an emergency on the first flight after a long lay off provides the potential for an incident . |
| 9 | Should a big enough gap open up at just the right time , then you will be able to stay on port and merely harden up to cross the line . |
| 10 | Knighton juggled a football in front of the Stretford End to advertise his designs on Manchester United ; last season Smart merely wandered out to draw the raffle before Hartlepool 's FA Cup tie with Bournemouth , but the adrenalin surged just the same . |
| 11 | Alternatively , there may be sufficient capital but too much of it is tied up in plant , buildings or slow moving or non-moving stock with not enough left over to pay the wages on Friday . |
| 12 | ‘ It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need and not what they want — but few know what they want , and very few what they need , ’ Reith had pronounced . |
| 13 | We had to get up and gingerly stamp around to recirculate the blood . |
| 14 | Williams is already booked in to face the Sunderland stewards to answer questions on time finding by two more youngsters in his care , Pond Skylark and Mailcom Lad . |
| 15 | Don Wakeford , the Holywood coach , is able to call on most of last year 's squad and although Ards should provide stiff opposition , Holywood should just edge through to meet the winners of the Carrick v Lisburn tie . |
| 16 | Thus while Out dramatizes the consequences of the principle of relativity for the observation of effects , Such turns instead to the exploration of the origins of identity in terms of contemporary theories of cosmic birth . |
| 17 | No no he just came up to collect the rent . |
| 18 | Andrew Jones and Chris Gill from Oxford are shortly to set off to see the pyramids . |
| 19 | However , as the United States began its ignominious withdrawal from South East Asia congress finally set about reclaiming the ground it had surrendered to the executive branch . |
| 20 | These northern immigrants soon set about reinventing the climate here , which is on the damp side , and investing it with therapeutic properties it hardly possesses . |
| 21 | But he , he said to the insurance people no I do n't want you just to keep on paying the bills . |
| 22 | Do n't worry , stay calm and just set out to enjoy the experience . |
| 23 | Dialectical Theology thus set out to reverse the approach , and in particular to emphasise , first , the ‘ Godness of God ’ ; second , the reality of the Word of God in Jesus Christ ; third , the impossibility of building theology itself on any other foundation . |
| 24 | Taking a packet of Strands from his pocket Michael gave one to Geoffrey and after offering the pack to James , who refused , laboriously set about lighting the cigarettes . |
| 25 | This enabled me to put in all the words I consider legal and thus go on to win the game . |
| 26 | This enabled me to put in all the words I consider legal and thus go on to win the game . |
| 27 | The meeting was mostly a ‘ Fun out of doors ’ one , so Jill soon went off to search the wood to complete her collection of ferns . |
| 28 | I was just reaching out to get the bottle — I keep them on that sideboard just behind me chair — when I heard this noise … . ’ |
| 29 | As well as the joking , we just went out to enjoy the practice . |
| 30 | Well I think we 'll just go back go the Manor ground and have a quick word with Nick Harris . |