Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As the waves or pulses pass down the fibre they mix with their delayed echoes .
2 Brown & Levinson point out the importance for social relationships of establishing common ground and agreeing on points of view , and illustrate the lengths to which speakers in different cultures will go to maintain an appearance of agreement , and they remark ‘ agreement may also be stressed by repeating part or all of what the preceding speaker has said ’ ( 1978:117 )
3 Even today , he is sure that subconsciously the experience continues to affect him , especially when storm , rain or trees trigger off the train of associations .
4 For single quotes or apostrophes leave out the Shift key .
5 Brother and sister walk down the gang-plank
6 Now Alex and Judy take up the story
7 When I do that , it 's like summat inside of me is pulled out and streaks back up the street , under all the lights , right round the corner to where I ca n't see .
8 He was watching Jack and Floss go down the ride towards the feeding-ground .
9 Keynesians and monetarists disagree over the shape and stability of the liquidity preference curve ( the demand for money curve ) .
10 Pauline and Pat climb out the window
11 Of the relatively small amount of CDs issued in other currencies , yen and ECU make up the bulk .
12 Seals and walrus live around the coasts , minke whales , belugas and other cetaceans are often seen , and of course there are the birds .
13 A Manor and Dukedog take over the train at Birmingham .
14 Unless the promoter of change has the power to reward the new form of behaviour and/or penalize persistence with the old form of behaviour , schemas are unlikely to change whatever managerial symbols and signals circulate around the organization .
15 A five-strong British team will contest the Commonwealth Tournament at Northumberland Golf Club from 6 — 8 June ; Great Britain and Ireland take on the Continent of Europe for the Vagliano Trophy at Nairn from 20 — 21 September , and the four Home countries will be among the line-up for the European Team Championship at Wentworth from 10 — 14 July .
16 Together Sinton and Hero take over the Limelight every Thursday and offer a platform to new bands .
17 The bag is difficult to get a hold on , but eventually he manages to secure a line to it and troops back up the road to the waiting vehicles .
18 Often current slang and colloquialisms make up the bulk of such people 's language .
19 Several details have been omitted and I shall say nothing about the way Venus and the Sun move around their orbits , except that the point O on Venus 's orbit always lies between the Earth ( E ) and the Sun ( S ) , that V moves around O , and O and S move around the Earth .
20 Dawn can be hectic during lambing ; the warmth of the day helps the new-born lamb survive its first few hours and staff work round the clock in case something goes wrong .
21 But that figure is dwarfed by the loss of the revenue and profits stream over the life of the field .
22 Situations which involve deeper water out of doors need very careful supervision , but a small group of children with an adult could visit a bridge to watch boats move underneath as cars and buses go over the top .
23 The northern tribes , Dan , Asher and Naphtali bring up the rear .
24 In the infrared there are two wavelengths , at 3 and 6 , with extremely high water absorption , coupled with good transmission through fibre optics , and FELs open up the possibility of using a tunable laser operating in a pulsed mode in these regions , thus minimising tissue damage .
25 But many disbelieving locals have stayed behind , even as technicians in plastic suits and respirators swarm over the town .
26 and this afternoon the Gloucester coach was weighing up his team 's next opponents … tomorrow at Kingsholm the cherry and whites take on the South African Barbarians … a team bristling with international talent … they were warming up on the playing fields at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse …
27 decisions and instructions flow down the organisation ;
28 And tomatoes take over the greenhouse once the bedding plants are out of the way , ’ Connie explained .
29 And friends sit around the fire ,
30 Snorts and guffaws bounce off the walls ( nothing so trillingly femme as a girlish giggle ) .
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