Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | London , however , is pounded by commuter traffic and the only policy option which promises relief is determined action to exclude or price out the one-driver commuter car . |
| 2 | Cookery book instructions to " de-seed " tomatoes or squeeze out the watery parts before cooking are unrealistic ; the water content of tomatoes is 94 per cent and the sole effective way to get rid of it is by evaporation . |
| 3 | It is absolutely essential to ensure that , so long as the possibility of control or influence over the Russian republics remains , steps are taken to bring about a strategic arms reduction . |
| 4 | It is perfectly proper to raise aesthetic questions in courses in biological sciences or ( in courses on occupational therapy ) on the aesthetic quality of aids given to patients ; or to ask moral questions about work in nuclear physics or ( in legal studies ) about sentencing policy in the courts ; or to find out the historical development of any subject . |
| 5 | He worked with scarcely a break to search out a new passage in the files , or to pick up the half-smoked end of his last cigarette from the ashtray , stub it out , light a new one , and put it down in its place . |
| 6 | Once you have decided on the questions you want to ask , you should draw up a chart like A on which you can record customer 's responses quickly , simply by ticking or filling in the appropriate column . |
| 7 | This idyllic setting is just the place to relax , swim or snorkel around the unspoilt coral reefs , and to explore the beautiful , unspoiled countryside surrounding the volcanic mountains . |
| 8 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |
| 9 | Punch or draw out the resulting design . |
| 10 | We will erase or cross out the second word and substitute the word ‘ thou ’ . |
| 11 | He does n't run away , or hang out crosses or wreaths of parsley , or ring up the local press , he merely mentions it to his friends in passing , and gets on with his work . |
| 12 | There 's two ways of doing that , dial them on nine nine nine or ring up the local police control , which for this area is at Newark . |
| 13 | Edna often took Celia down there , carefully going first and waiting while the little girl slid or scrambled down the awkward parts of the cliff into her waiting arms . |
| 14 | Voltage and current signals can be used to pre-set speed or to call up the actual values for speed and torque , and the start/stop functions can be activated using the same method . |
| 15 | Where the last day for doing any act or taking a proceeding is a Sunday , Christmas Day , Good Friday or Monday or Tuesday in Easter week , or on a day on which the offices of the court are closed , the act or proceeding may be done or taken on the next day afterwards which is not one of the aforesaid days . |
| 16 | Examine the Minoan exhibits in the Archaeological Museum or wander round the ancient port . |
| 17 | When such MPs die or step down the resulting by-election often provides big shock waves . |
| 18 | There is not the faintest trace of float or wallow over the fastest crests or in the steepest dips ; the body just maintains constant ride height throughout giving a feeling of invincible security . |
| 19 | Because the picrite basalts show only a shallow correlation between Nd and Os isotope variation , the data neither require nor rule out the hyperbolic mixing curves ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 20 | When we get up , the weight of our bodies compresses these discs and squeezes out the extra fluid . |
| 21 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
| 22 | I saw the barrels begin to spin and that 's when I snatched up Barry and whipped out the trusty Smith and West Wittering . |
| 23 | The new law increases fines for shopworkers found guilty of selling cigarettes to children to £2,500 and tightens up the previous legislation in a number of other ways . |
| 24 | The big moment came : she opened her hand and laid down the burdened flower by Maman 's plate . |
| 25 | They file into the office and sit round the long oak table , slightly in awe of Vic , serious men in chain-store suits , with pens and pencils sticking out of their breast pockets . |
| 26 | The eternal westerly swell rolled lazily across our wake and wiped out the last trace of our intrusion . |
| 27 | Cut in a tee at this point , and connect up the new runs . |
| 28 | ‘ Your lot are slinging up tower-block hotels all round the coast and stamping out the olive groves . |
| 29 | Although there was a break in the snowfall , the wind still blew fiercely from the north , moaning round the house and whipping up the fallen snow so that it skimmed across the fields like fine powder , piling up in deep drifts where its progress was interrupted by hedgerows . |
| 30 | Then I returned to the tinker camp and sought out the same woman . |