Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three hundred and forty years later , in 1918 , the National Education Association and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools , in the United States , approved the so-called Certain Standards ( named after the chairman of its working party , Carl Caspar Certain ) which laid down the first standard specifications for a secondary school library . |
| 2 | Will then organise conference at which present problems can be cleared and principles laid down The next day , 22 May , AFHQ replied to Eighth Army [ KP 22 ] ] : " Policy discussions on questions indicated your U 128 now being considered this HQ . |
| 3 | Catriona wiped down the last of her tables and suddenly realised that the conversation around her had stopped . |
| 4 | The effect , therefore , of only the first limb applying , ie before the change in the law bringing in the second limb , could be seen by the following example . |
| 5 | No , you know you know as you 're going down the corridor before you get to the doors to go down the next set of stairs , I mean in O S D , the last one is er for the P C that does all the man er you know all the duties and things like that , and in his office there 's a great big board with all the vehicles on , and the key 's hung up at the end and who 's got 'em out , and the bottom one is that green van , because he went up and picked 'em up , when I was there . |
| 6 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the decision was enough to make Labour 's ‘ sister party ’ bring down the last Labour Government and the working class throughout the UK is still paying for the SDLP 's pettiness . |
| 8 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 9 | He appeared in July ‘ 85 , ambling down the 18th fairway at Royal St George 's . |
| 10 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 11 | By trimming down the first act , they kept the pace going , and the second act benefited . |
| 12 | Make a second list of other pieces you think you would like when you can afford them , say over the next five years or so . |
| 13 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 14 | Abercrombie and fellow practitioners who prepared plans for the reconstruction of British cities after the war , and planning officers up and down the country who drew up the first batch of development plans after 1948 , worked to a common assumption : once the new urban land use pattern had been established , city form and structure would settle down into a steady state . |
| 15 | Accordingly , in the autumn of 1870 , under the new title " Tragedy and the Freethinkers " , he drew up the first main plan whose scope , in both space and time , went substantially beyond Greece . |
| 16 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 17 | Denis , he supposed , keeping up the first son tradition . |
| 18 | Breeze snatched up the first thing she could find — her own mackintosh , which she had been wearing earlier in the day — and with one swift movement covered that smouldering sleeve with the thick material . |
| 19 | Hannon had picked up the first two races as well after starting the day with no confidence at all . |
| 20 | It is a familiar , yet penetrating , criticism of free market economies that the imperatives companies face to satisfy the adolescent greed of the financial markets and the escalating expectations of shareholders — or else prepare for predators — has diminished the scope of strategic planning to buffing up the next set of interims . |
| 21 | She was wiping a crust of bread round the inside of her dish to catch up the last drops of broth . |
| 22 | I used up the last of the film and we headed towards the airfield . |
| 23 | As soon as she closed her eyes a dark , austerely handsome face filled her mind , crowding out the last of her lingering fright , and when she eventually managed to get back to sleep it was to dream of Michele Lorenzo once more . |
| 24 | So what thoughts will be going through your mind when you send out the last Grand National runner ? |
| 25 | Pakistan 's start was not quite as grim as India 's at Headingley in 1952 , when the first four batsmen were out before a run had been registered , nor did it quite compare with Australia 's second innings at Brisbane in 1950 , when Bedser and Bailey send back the first three without a run on the board . |
| 26 | He paused after each question , stared over our heads , then jerked out the next as if reading from a cueboard behind us . |
| 27 | Dexter drew out the second drawer with more hope . |
| 28 | The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall . |
| 29 | Once your kit is sorted out the first hour is generally spent getting used to the skis , sidestepping up the slope and sliding straight down . |
| 30 | ‘ There have been a number of occasions in the past when stories have appeared in the press saying what the figures are going to be in one or two days ’ time … but when someone quotes exactly the figure which is going to come out the next day it is hard to believe they just made an inspired guess . |