Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take my jacket off again and sit down to look through the War files … |
| 2 | Go right and push the crate onto the button , go up on the lift and to the left , push the crate off the edge of the platform , go up on the lift and right , climb up six platforms and push the crate left , fall left and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , jump onto the ledges on the wall and go up , go right , up , left , up , push the crate right , fall down , push the crate right into the button , go right and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , drop down to the stationary lift , go left then up , push the crate down , right , right , left , right and right onto the button . |
| 3 | Go right and push the crate onto the button , go up on the lift and to the left , push the crate off the edge of the platform , go up on the lift and right , climb up six platforms and push the crate left , fall left and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , jump onto the ledges on the wall and go up , go right , up , left , up , push the crate right , fall down , push the crate right into the button , go right and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , drop down to the stationary lift , go left then up , push the crate down , right , right , left , right and right onto the button . |
| 4 | At the top of the shaft , push the crate right onto the switch , go right and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , push the next crate right onto the button , then go along the next conveyor belt . |
| 5 | Chesapeake Bay blue crabs , among nature 's hardiest creatures , have been observed dancing with death along the bottom ; they hover just above the anoxic zone , dart down to forage along the bottom , then come up for ‘ air ’ to the oxygenated mid-depths . |
| 6 | Occasionally the police drop by to complain about the noise , but they do so only after midnight , and they fail to notice the incessant smell of dope , sharp as burning leaves . |
| 7 | Or they 'll wait until I 'm half-way through a sentence , and get up to go to the loo . |
| 8 | And er when you get up to speak at the conference , you have to give your name and the reason why you 're there . |
| 9 | But he opposed any suggestion that representatives of the environmental movement might sit on the technical committees set up to decide on the safety of any release of genetically manipulated organisms into the environment . |
| 10 | He was at the conference , and a lot of the book , if you read the book , is concerned with what actually happened at the conference , and basically , the basic problem with the , the book tries to look at , and this is where we , we get back to question of the childhood days . |
| 11 | Then , there was nothing else to be done except get back to work in the cutting room at Paramount where he was working around the clock on The Two Jakes , for which the world of movie entertainment was waiting with bated breath ; because even though all of the above makes fascinating reading for everyone intrigued by Hollywood 's pop royalty , especially one so colourful and mercurial as Nicholson , it is the mere trivia , the overcoat of gloss and glitz , that hides the real Jack Nicholson … |
| 12 | I 'm absolutely delighted that we achieved what we set out to do at the beginning of the week , which was to ensure that the Ryder Cup stayed on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 13 | Why , I 'm going to do what I set out to do at the start — I 'm going to make sure that bastard marries you ! ’ |
| 14 | I hope they do what they set out to do for the sake of the people of West Belfast . |
| 15 | He gave out that he would hold a great meeting and that at that meeting he would give a present to every animal and bird , to make each one different from the rest And all the creatures set out to go to the meeting-place . |
| 16 | Before I go on to talk about the diet and overweight issue let us first consider the other factors that can cause heart disease . |
| 17 | You have already defined what the worry is , so go on to look at the cause , list different possibilities for dealing with the cause and then decide on the action which seems most likely to be effective . |
| 18 | Petruchio 's servants , speaking prose among themselves , go up to verse for the entry of their master returning with his bride ( Taming of the Shrew , IV.i.120 ) , as do Valentine and Viola on the entry of their master , Orsino ( Twelfth Night , I.iv.9 ) . |
| 19 | I drank to the Conon Corbetts , glad , as st Augustine wrote , that ‘ men go out to wonder at the Mountain Heights . ’ |
| 20 | We go out to win on the night , we 're playing tomorrow |
| 21 | Most of our lodgers go out to work during the day , but Miss Hoffmann is not in good health . |
| 22 | If you go back to work before the end of 28 weeks and are then absent again , Statutory Sick Pay will be payable for each period of absence until your 28 weeks ' entitlement has been exhausted , provided you have not been back at work for more than 8 weeks . |
| 23 | The housewife has to get the washing there in the first place , she has to unload it , sort it , sit and watch it wash and dry ( or dash out to shop in the interim ) and then pack it all up again . |
| 24 | This means that not only can aspiring professionals come back to play in the Home Internationals afterwards , even if they have been successful , but also that they are in a position to change their minds if successful . |
| 25 | At the end of the day it is good to be able to think that as you step back to look at the work — especially if you remember to get down from the ladder first . |