Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snip off the end to leave a very small hole . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When will the right hon. Gentleman summon up the courage to make a decision on the applications ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Fix around the postbox to form a ‘ collar ’ , and score lightly with the back of a knife . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Using a round-ended knife , stir in the milk to make a soft but no sticky dough . |
| 9 | Gradually stir in the milk to make a batter . |