Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These lay down the marvellously patterned and polished surface characteristic of cowries . |
| 2 | I was astonished when we began walking down the now weed-strewn path to feel a familiar feeling of fear and expectation . |
| 3 | Petion moved down the sparsely decorated hall to keep an eye out for anyone approaching . |
| 4 | This changes , subtly , the colours and tones down the most garish of shades . |
| 5 | There are many repeating features in this book , and one such is Dickens ' amazing ability to conjure up the most absurd but believable characters . |
| 6 | Dr Neil sat her down in a chair opposite to his , and drew out the permanently set-up board on which she had frequently seen him working out problems . |
| 7 | erm you know kind of er call that a first draft and then sort , you know , sort of try and sort of go through the books again and stick a few references in to back up the points you 've made so you can see it relates to other people 's evidence erm trying to go through it again and knock out the well you know what I mean kind of statements and , and , you know , you can gradually sort of make the er grad you know sort of but again it 's , it 's , it 's one of these processes that I find , you know , you need to go through again and again and again to sort of get it er get it together erm so erm |
| 8 | But even this admiration can be a form of ageism if , by singling out the truly remarkable , we minimise the more mundane but no less significant achievements of so many very old people . |
| 9 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |
| 10 | Although this was an extremely delicate operation for Nizan to perform , given that in 1934 he had carried out the rather complex act of ideological rehabilitation designed to demonstrate that Gide 's intellectual itinerary was such as to lead him inevitably to a commitment to communism , he none the less succeeded in combining professional respect for Gide 's qualities as a writer with penetrating criticism of what he considered to be Gide 's superficial analysis and hasty dismissal of the Soviet state . |
| 11 | Here is carried out the most theoretical physics of any in Britain . |
| 12 | Last week the first practical steps towards such a union were taken when leaders of the RPR , UDF and UDC met and agreed to form a tactical group to work out the most effective means of opposing the government . |
| 13 | He was just saying : Tweed is somewhere ahead of us but in this fog — Then he let out the most chilling yell — Ahhhhhhh — and the link went blank . ’ |
| 14 | The jammers , at a cost of $3.5 million per plane , are designed to identify radars , single out the most dangerous ones and then transmit electronic signals to deceive or interfere with the radars of the hostile air defence weapons . |
| 15 | The three winners ' works will be hung on the apparently dreary corridors of the BBC Television Centre . |
| 16 | ‘ This first phase of our Skerneside Revival will carry on the very important initiative of the Railside Revival . ’ |
| 17 | A man stood between these with the barrow behind him , and came down the almost precipitous slopes with the momentum of a quarter of a ton of stone lifting him off his feet for yards at a time , the exertions of keeping the load under control leaving him breathless and throbbing . |
| 18 | There 's nothing around the sides of the stage except cold brick walls and if you put anything there you cut down the already poor sight lines even more . |
| 19 | The Volvo estate accelerated down the straight through the forest towards Port Ann . |
| 20 | It enabled the committed to track down the less committed , and to identify ‘ the enemy ’ . |
| 21 | Nor have official bodies been able to ward off the most sinister threat . |
| 22 | If programmes aiming to pick up directly beamed contact' messages from other worlds are starved of funding , what possibility is there of anyone picking up the incredibly faint traces of extraterrestrial radio leakage ? |
| 23 | Bob bent down , too , and moved discreetly about picking up the more obviously feminine articles of clothing around the floor . |
| 24 | Methodically tearing the paper into tiny pieces , he casually strolled up the gently sloping cobbled street , looking for number eighty-two . |
| 25 | Apart from that , life had taught her to pry because sometimes doing so turned up the most surprising things . |
| 26 | It was reported on Jan. 8 that former federal judge Frederick B. Lacy , the court-appointed independent administrator assigned to clean up the notoriously corrupt Teamsters union ( International Brotherhood of Teamsters , Chauffeurs , Warehousemen and Helpers of America ) , had banned one of the union 's vice-presidents , T. R. " Teddy " Cozza , for having knowingly associated with figures involved in organized crime . |
| 27 | It was Robert 's son , also a banker and MP , who in the early 1830s set about dressing up the newly named Bridehead , making a lake beside it and a complete ‘ model village ’ at Little Bredy . |
| 28 | In the modern period radical elite theorists have extended the argument to explain how a politically neutered Parliament , normally controlled by a majority party leadership , functions to disguise or dress up the constitutionally uncontrolled concentration of power within the executive branch in Britain . |
| 29 | Then , riding on , he stiffly dismounted , avoiding the kicking of disabled horses , and stooped to pick up the now trampled and muddied Lion Rampant standard of Scotland . |
| 30 | It is impossible to guarantee that anyone you invited will turn up , so you could try to guard against wasting your time and money by sending courtesy cars to pick up the more important people . |