Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black Forest food is good and ideal for those burdened with a healthy appetite , in fact it 's so good the French often nip over the border to enjoy the local delicacies . |
| 2 | It 's what they put down the lavatory to disinfect the pan only they give it another name . ’ |
| 3 | Ease off the bank to stop the turn when the stop-watch shows the required number of seconds of turn . |
| 4 | Snip off the end to leave a very small hole . |
| 5 | Jump the gap and make your way down the steps and platforms to another ladder , pick up another crate to your left and climb down the ladder , kill the workman and run right ( out of the building ) , get on the lift and jump into the little room ( this contains a couple of records ) , get the crate and climb up the ladder to kill the last workman , get on the lift to your left and go to the top , jump onto the platform , and the next , and the next , until you reach the furthest one where there 's an extra life . |
| 6 | Potential buyers , who have a pre-sale preview of all stock on offer , then watch the screen on sale day and pick up the phone to make a bid . |
| 7 | When will the right hon. Gentleman summon up the courage to make a decision on the applications ? |
| 8 | After a few reasonable take-offs and landings , said those dreaded words feared by all trainee pilots , ‘ Do you think you can manage on your own for one circuit ? ’ , and promptly got out of the plane , leaving me to do the usual pre take-off checks , taxi to the beginning of the runway and nervously accelerate down the runway to do a fair take-off . |
| 9 | The standard practice is to unseal the bag , roll down the polythene to form a collar and then leave the bagged fish floating on your pond for 20–30 minutes to equalise water temperatures . |
| 10 | When you lift the wheelchair into the car , you should fold it so that it is sideways in front of you , with the handles to one side and clipped up ; then lean over the chair to grasp the cross-bar under the seat ; lift the chair up , step back with one leg , lever the wheelchair towards you , over your thighs , and then slide it into the boot , wheels first . |
| 11 | I did though on one occasion not long ago , pluck up the courage to attempt the required sort of reply . |
| 12 | Roll out the pastry to line an 8 ’ ( 20cm ) fluted flan tin . |
| 13 | Clean up the area to gauge the extent of the cut and , if necessary , draw the edges together with a steristrip closure ( a small strip of tape designed to stick firmly onto skin ) . |
| 14 | Fix around the postbox to form a ‘ collar ’ , and score lightly with the back of a knife . |
| 15 | Remove the pins and iron again on the wrong side , then tack round the perimeter to secure the ribbon ends . |
| 16 | Fold over the bacon to cover the top . |
| 17 | These cell divisions simply divide up the egg to give a population of smaller cells that form the early embryo and are thus different from the cell division associated with cell growth and multiplication . |
| 18 | Pull up the lining to fit the size of the outer curtain and insert the curtain hooks , first into the lining tape then into the standard tape on the curtains to hang them on a conventional track . |
| 19 | Pull up the tape to fit the track ; tie the cords neatly and insert curtain hooks . |
| 20 | Using a round-ended knife , stir in the milk to make a soft but no sticky dough . |
| 21 | Gradually stir in the milk to make a batter . |