Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bring on the dancing girls . |
| 2 | The manager ca n't justifiably desert either of his regulars at the moment but knows that if he walked the street and canvassed the fans there would be only one answer : bring on the Frenchman ! |
| 3 | ‘ OK , Ellis , take out the tray and bring on the sex maniac . ’ |
| 4 | A number of younger members present , already the worse for drink , interrupted her speech on a number of occasions as they chanted ‘ Bring on the stripper ’ and ‘ Let's get inflation down to nought per cent ’ . |
| 5 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 6 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 7 | BRING ON THE WORLD . |
| 8 | Some theorize that income distribution is mainly a result of government action ( wage policy , taxation , etc. ) while per capita income is mainly a result of transnational forces ( for example , the price that exports bring on the world market ) . |
| 9 | Bring on the argument , man , 'cos if you do you might as well kiss all these f—ing Sub Pop bands goodbye . |
| 10 | come and sit down the front here to . |
| 11 | An affair with this lovely woman who was so rich and inviting , and Viktor 's brief to him , track down the cross . |
| 12 | Using the oily rag , rub along the back rail several times , then , taking a clean very lightly oiled rag , run it along the front edge of the needlebed . |
| 13 | 2 Push down the clutch plate ( a ) and draw back the piston rod ( b ) |
| 14 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 15 | It is when these fail that sex , drugs or alcohol are invoked to more effectively push down the pain . |
| 16 | As you wind along the corniche roads , passing vineyards and olive groves , you are sure to be reminded of the Côte d'Azur . |
| 17 | He wore a baggy tracksuit with what looked like a jam stain down the front and egg yolk all down the sleeve . |
| 18 | Skulk along the shore and feed off others ’ carrion . |
| 19 | When I peer along the track I see that it will be on the track across from me , going south to the river . |
| 20 | When planning how to use the motif on your garment , you centralise the repeat down the centre-line of each garment piece , either with the row of diamonds or , as in the T-shirt version , down the centre of the large tile . |
| 21 | Many of the paper and board mills remain along the river near the old docks . |
| 22 | Over the past decade a sudden surge of research reports managed to answer the question of when people achieve a basic grasp of psychology : sometime in the fifth year of life we lay down the framework for generalisable inferences about the intentions of others . |
| 23 | Lay down the kite blank and , using strong parcel tape or similar , stick the spine over the diagonal , and the whole to the work surface . |
| 24 | We lay down the ground rules for creating a successful patio to suit all your needs |
| 25 | And then if if you lay down the joker cards you have to kiss everybody . |
| 26 | It was something of a shock to see one Polynesian , his face a wide grin , trot down the gangplank carrying a sack of flour on his head and one of my suitcases in his right hand . |
| 27 | We gave them food and shelter , and in return they worked on our farms , helped tend the flocks , bring in the harvest … ’ |
| 28 | " Bring in the stool from the bathroom . |
| 29 | these wee pencil brushes that colouring in bring out different er sort of , you know , knots and you know they bring in the pencil |
| 30 | ‘ Bring in the pie ! ’ |