Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we get up , the weight of our bodies compresses these discs and squeezes out the extra fluid . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So Summerchild locks up his office and goes down the narrow staircase . |
| 5 | Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract . |
| 6 | Looking at those lists provides interesting reading and bears out the used-car trade 's view that having a lead-only car could prove to be a liability . |
| 7 | Sitting down together to work out what are reasonable contributions to the relationship on both sides satisfies the teenager 's sense of fairness and cuts out the constant nagging , pleading and resentment that so quickly sours the good relationship that parents and children need to enjoy together . |
| 8 | The insect jerks itself free and hangs on the empty pupa case , its body trembling . |
| 9 | Robyn opens a drawer in her desk and takes out the appropriate chit . |
| 10 | This type of noise is often from a diff and travels down the tubular propshaft to sound as if it comes from the gearbox and gets louder as the roadspeed increases . |
| 11 | The launcher shoots out the pilot kite , which opens , catches the wind , and pulls out the main kite . |
| 12 | It is from Hear The Children Calling and sums up the real reason for both Carrie and the other children 's doings , however murderous they may have seemed … |
| 13 | Oliver likes to pretend he knows what I do , and chucks out the odd word from time to time to sound authoritative . |
| 14 | It continues the work of the Bristol Language project , supervised by Dr Gordon Wells , and follows up the foreign language school-based progress of the children whose first language developmental data were gathered by the Bristol team in the early 1970s . |
| 15 | Child gets up at 5.30am every morning and switches on the electric fire and all the cooker rings . |