Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Participants in a five-year effort by the Carnegie Corporation to bring science and government closer together believe that they have improved that relationship somewhat and hold out the promise of even greater success . |
| 2 | Heat the apricot jam gently and brush over the cake . |
| 3 | He parked himself in the seat opposite and picked up the menu . |
| 4 | Whisk the dressing ingredients together and pour over the salad immediately before serving . |
| 5 | Mix mayonnaise and yoghurt together and pour over the salad , stir carefully until coated . |
| 6 | In a food processor , process the topping ingredient together and sprinkle over the dish . |
| 7 | One of the humans reached down gingerly and picked up the box , lifting it up in the air as though Masklin was something very rare and delicate . |
| 8 | De Raimes shrugged carelessly and picked up the lid of a warming dish , inspecting the food beneath it . |
| 9 | Caroline swung away and stared out the windscreen . |
| 10 | Charlie felt more and more out of control until suddenly Rose stopped , pulled herself away and stared down the front of her dress . |
| 11 | As I turned away and headed back the way I had come I passed two dead cows lying on the grass , large shrapnel wounds on their bodies . |
| 12 | A second explosion , and vast shards of the cliff lazily peeled away and tumbled down the slope . |
| 13 | The number of days lost through strikes is lower than at any time since 1979 , and people ought to know that Labour policies would sweep all that away and bring back the sort of industrial anarchy that existed in 1978-79 . |
| 14 | As Henry turned away and walked down the room Reginald bellowed with laughter ; and when his brother reached the door he shouted , ‘ Happy Christmas ! |
| 15 | Corbett turned away and picked up the goblet , tasting the full red flavour of Bordeaux . |
| 16 | Between because before they got he went away and measured up the body and he also had sometime then you see he would have to go and put the body in the coffin . |
| 17 | He threw it away and pulled out the Bible , which he had stuffed superstitiously into his shirt to protect his ribs … |
| 18 | You may not wish to write them all but imagine them nevertheless and draft out the pattern of the story . |
| 19 | He stumped savagely downstairs and picked up the receiver . |
| 20 | This was n't really happening , it was a dream , a nightmare , and she 'd wake up soon and turn off the alarm and get ready for work . |
| 21 | He added , ‘ The jackals will come tonight and lick up the blood . ’ |
| 22 | The car was not ready by that date , so the defendant bought another car elsewhere and claimed back the price he had paid for the chassis . |
| 23 | This could either involve removing it altogether and blocking up the space with bricks and mortar , or simply locking it and putting furniture against it on both sides . |
| 24 | It 's difficult to get at the timbers once you 've insulated , so get the job done properly and carry out the treatment before insulating the loft . |
| 25 | Turn right and walk over the common beside the river . |
| 26 | Go down , catch the swing and go up on the lift , go left and collect the shield , go right and up when you reach the right-hand wall , go left and fly up the pipe , go right and fall down the gap , then go left and collect the weight and throw it onto the button to your right , go up on the lift , right , up and left on the lift , fly up past the spikes and collect a weight , fall down and go right under the spikes , throw the weight on the button , go up on the lift , up , go left when you can and fall down to collect the weight . |
| 27 | Push the crate left onto the button , stand on the conveyor belt , duck and go left , jump up two platforms and crawl right , through the wall , collect the speaker , go back out of the cave and jump up , go right at the top and fall down the hole , go right and jump over the crate and push it left onto the button , go up on the lift , then right , jump onto the crate on the top platform and push it right , then left onto the button . |
| 28 | I turn right and stroll down the pavement . |
| 29 | The corset buyer got to her feet grimly and picked up the glass of drinking water in front of her . |
| 30 | However , Cézanne very often goes further and tilts up the top of an object even more towards the picture plane , so that it appears sometimes as if seen almost from directly above , while continuing to show the rest of the object from a more normal , slightly lower point of view . |