Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pretzels , I say , for God 's sake , bring on the pretzels . |
| 2 | ‘ If we 'd put ‘ Bring On The Girls ’ on the A-side and ‘ Impossible Dream ’ on the other side , I wonder if anyone would have moaned about it ? |
| 3 | But it 's the aforementioned ‘ Bring On The Girls ’ which gives the most away . |
| 4 | There is an especially uplifting ‘ GI Blues ’ and a fierce version of ‘ Bring On The Girls ’ . |
| 5 | Contestants will join him in the arena to try to do a Tyrus — and bring on the tears again . |
| 6 | Bring on the men in white coats ! |
| 7 | I could not , of course , track down the vagrants who stayed at the union that night . ’ |
| 8 | track down the histories and fate of the 903 Norseman aircraft built , in order to compile a complete history of the type and its service . |
| 9 | But for the interested amateur the travel companies offer trips which include opportunities to follow the grey whales of the San Ignacio Lagoon , view tigers in India , search for orchids and birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea , or track down the gorillas in the Mountains of the Moon . |
| 10 | Apply cuticle remover all round the nail and gently push down the cuticles with a rubber-tipped hoof stick , a cotton bud , or cotton wool wrapped round an orange stick . |
| 11 | Once spinning , they are difficult to stop , and they flash down the slopes in a series of great leaps and bounds , making a loud whirring noise , and travel sometimes for hundreds of metres . |
| 12 | We can turn our backs on the divisions of the past , and tear down the barriers that divide us . |
| 13 | Cumberland now sent orders to the Lords Lieutenant of Lancashire , Westmorland and Cumberland to break up the roads , tear down the bridges and block possible escape routes by felling trees but by the time he reached Preston , on 13 December 1745 , when he was joined by the cavalry sent by General Wade from Newcastle , Prince Charles 's troops had reached Lancaster , 20 miles [ 32 km ] further north , though General Oglethorpe 's detachment was a mere three miles [ 5 km ] behind and almost in contact with the enemy rearguard . |
| 14 | No more than forty-nine names on a paper , or the Deputy-Lieutenants will infer a gathering of illegal size and bring in the soldiers under the Riot Act . |
| 15 | And bring in the outriders . ’ |
| 16 | Only after years of dogged activity by tenants backing up their own experiences with systematic surveys , did local authorities bring in the experts , and the tenants were right all along : they were living in leaking , sweating , unstable structures . |
| 17 | It is , however , fairly easy to work out the energy as we bring in the charges from infinity one by one . |
| 18 | Faced with the mounting cost of a war against the American colonies , the coalition government in Westminster had instituted a punitive and highly unpopular tax by the Stamp Act of October 1783 : all registrations of baptisms , marriages and burials would be charged at 3d. a time — and so there was every incentive for local clergy , working on 10 per cent commission , to get around the parish and bring in the strays . |
| 19 | Everything had a value , I had to do these jobs round the house , bring in the logs , clean the car . |
| 20 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 21 | This segmentation of spheres of action and influence along the lines of gender difference is reflected in the radio programming in the novel . |
| 22 | An arc of movement and bring down the feet |
| 23 | Turn back the flaps , allow the moisture time to dry , then brush a mastic compound on to the roof boards and press down the flaps firmly . |
| 24 | Press down the edges to seal and trim off the excess pastry . |
| 25 | When a circus comes to town they send in the stars … so who better than Desert Orchid to lead the festival parade into Cheltenham … |
| 26 | Send in the clowns |
| 27 | Send in the Clowns |
| 28 | Send in the clowns Beadle loses the battle at Bognor to the Batband . |
| 29 | BOGNOR Send in the clowns Beadle loses the battle of Bognor to the Batband . |
| 30 | Several teachers have arranged for their recreational classes to sponsor a specialised group , and the Membership Secretary has funds in hand to finance the membership of other specialised groups — please send in the names of all participants and the venue of the class . |