Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Frightened the life out of them . |
| 32 | Fig. 3 ( b ) Having rammed the soil down firmly to ensure a firm base , a layer of heavy-gauge builder 's polythene is used to line the excavation as a safety precaution against leaking and also to help retain moisture within the setting concrete so that it dries as slowly as possible . |
| 33 | Raytheon says it will meet the unions when it has checked the business over . |
| 34 | He had stripped the machine down . |
| 35 | In the time it took you to write this letter you could have stripped the guitar down , sprayed the switch with contact cleaner and fitted new strings — you do change your strings occasionally , I assume ? |
| 36 | By the time Kathleen had sorted the patient out and found someone to give his wife a cup of tea and explain what was happening , Jack was back in Theatre , clad from head to toe in green theatre pyjamas , with a J-cloth hat and a mask . |
| 37 | The food taking too long , we 'll ring them up tomorrow , but historically , we 've found that by tonight , they 've usually sorted the problem out . |
| 38 | ‘ Graham Gooch should have sorted the problem out , he did not , and now we are paying for it . ’ |
| 39 | Once you 've sorted the background out for a sequence ( a scene , in other words ) you need your actors or characters . |
| 40 | The Yorkshire Television helicopter , which had lifted the crew in , landed in pitch darkness , totally against the ground rules laid down by the Civil Aviation Authority , and lifted out the film equipment . |
| 41 | They 've lifted the carpet up and thrown it away and erm she said erm Oh erm . |
| 42 | But his handling of the industry portfolio incurred the wrath of industry leaders who appear to have won the president over to their side ( New Scientist 10 March , p 646 ) . |
| 43 | ‘ A proctologist is an asshole doctor , Thessy dear , ’ Ellen explained , then gave me a smile that would have frozen the heart out of a blast furnace . |
| 44 | She had unflinchingly wrenched the arrow out of his arm as if ‘ t was all in a day 's work , and had argued with him all through the operation and while bandaging his wound later . |
| 45 | It had sucked the colour out . |
| 46 | The wind and wet had sucked the warmth out of his blood and he shivered constantly . |
| 47 | Measures have included the setting up of regional development agencies , private- public partnership schemes and privately organised enterprise trusts . |
| 48 | Her straw bonnet had a large brim which was usually turned back from her face , but today she did n't want people looking at her grief so she had tipped the brim down . |
| 49 | By the time they had eaten up the crumbs they had forgotten the way out and in their hunger ate the insulation from the wiring . |
| 50 | Oh you 've you 've dropped the candle out . |
| 51 | Curtis had dropped the Echo on to the dining-room table , where she was drinking her morning coffee , and he remained beside her . |
| 52 | He says he 's let the village down . |
| 53 | Somebody must have let the cat out of Glynn 's office shortly before midnight and , from Dippy Martin 's evidence , the likelihood was that the somebody was a woman . |
| 54 | Now that Viola had let the cat out of the bag , she felt she had no option but to come clean . |
| 55 | Even if Jack Bernstein had n't let the cat out of the bag I would have known ! ’ |
| 56 | He did not believe that Rose , if she had come back into the flat , would have let the cat out , or left it unfed . |
| 57 | Jubilant Tory Euro-sceptics immediately claimed that Mr Bangemann had ‘ let the cat out of the bag . ’ |
| 58 | He 's just let let the cat out of the bag there did n't you ? |
| 59 | ‘ You 've let the cold in . ’ |
| 60 | No , not let the water out , you let the air out . |