Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of their employees , a store manager , failed properly to carry out the system with the result that Radiant washing powder was advertised in the window at 2s. 11d. when in fact the only packets available in the shop were 3s. 11d. ( section 11(d) the Trade Descriptions Act which made this an offence has since been repealed and replaced by Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , see paragraph 16–28 below ) . |
| 2 | Christina kneeled down to pick up the handle of a cup . |
| 3 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
| 4 | Just as I was about ashore , I bent down to pick up the ball , getting a wet sleeve in the process . |
| 5 | He bent down to pick up the photograph which was what had fallen . |
| 6 | I turned the boat into the first drift and bent down to pick up the rods . |
| 7 | ‘ Thanks , Mister Tom , ’ and he bent down to pick up the book with the marmalade cat in it . |
| 8 | He had n't , after all , promised not to look up the name and home number of the divisional security officer , and one small stain would n't really count and might not even show . |
| 9 | She retched and failed , squeezed , tried again , tried desperately to choke out the stodge that blocked her . |
| 10 | The Magyars were a nomad people of the steppes , claiming kinship with those Huns who briefly occupied the Danubian basin in the fifth century and who helped finally to bring down the edifice of Roman power in the West . |
| 11 | And above the flames of burning houses rose up to drown out the moonlight and rush hot air into their streaming faces . |
| 12 | She tried repeatedly to bring up the subject of her rapidly-disintegrating marriage . |
| 13 | Those paralysed by panic , or who tried insanely to drag out the guns , were drowned . |
| 14 | He tried unsuccessfully to sniff back the tears as he watched Yanto race back towards the docks . |
| 15 | We moved fast back up the stairs , along the passage and back down into the lobby of the Regal Arms , trying not to run . |
| 16 | The RCM tried hard to play down the issue , arguing that all those working for refugees would achieve most if they cooperated . |
| 17 | ‘ I tried agonizingly to work out the details privately but I was left with no alternative . ’ |
| 18 | Joe Maitland used ter go ter the fights , an' apparently 'e was the one who tipped the police off . ’ |
| 19 | As Chola was kneading the dough , they hovered over it in hissing black droves , and she stopped occasionally to pick out the ones she accidentally squashed , like currants . |
| 20 | The sixth came after young Sarah Wade sneaked in to take on the Stockton defence in style . |
| 21 | That means you 'd better sort out the hams and cheeses , Bella . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I think I 'd better wash up the breakfast things , if you do n't mind . |
| 23 | I suppose I 'd better put up the notice . ’ |
| 24 | We recognize a sign as a set of letters on a page , or an intelligible series of sounds , or an iconic device , and in the same perception we grasp what it stands for : signifier and signified together make up the sign . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes the house gets on top of her , ’ Mrs Hellyer explained when she dropped in to see how the girls were managing . |
| 26 | Maxwell 's good judgement came in taking over the BPCC printing business and transforming it into a global communications empire . |
| 27 | When Semple departed , Dalton Trumbo came in to build up the Dega character in line with the buddy-buddy movie trend . |
| 28 | I wondered where you 'd got , we did ring one night couple of weeks ago but we did n't get an answer and I said well I did n't know whether you 'd perhaps popped up the club . |
| 29 | I remember one morning some friends of mine were fast asleep on the beach when a tractor drove along to rake up the sand . |
| 30 | And she 'd away back up the way to bed again . |