Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 As soon as the salmon had passed between the prongs and into the net , he would scoop the net up triumphantly to inspect the size of the catch .
2 Then — this was the really weird part — he asked if I would stay the night round there .
3 And I 'll bump the weight on then .
4 I 'll build the fire up a bit more and heat it for you now .
5 It becomes a rite of separation into an area where the detective 's need to ‘ juggle with statistics and detection rates ’ is diametrically opposed to the constantly voiced uniform preference for action which is simply programmed to ‘ nail the prig down ’ .
6 cos it 's all concrete floors and of course it 's inside ca n't even nail the carpet down , you have to get er sticky stuff .
7 The Lords could still throw the Bill out — and it did , on its second reading .
8 Hence , for example , there is little indication of precisely how much dissent or cleavage will throw the system out of balance .
9 And even when the body is capable of such response , slight variations in external conditions and our own changing state may throw the process out of alignment .
10 ‘ At no time did we throw the towel in .
11 The voluntary bodies must be consulted in a rather more positive fashion than the very flimsy effort so far produced by the Scottish Development Department and the Government must now throw the baby out with the bath water and greatly weaken our statutory conservation agency just when it is needed most .
12 You ca n't throw the baby out with the bath water ,
13 In other words , we might not throw the baby out with the bath water , but we might keep so much water in the bath , the baby drowns .
14 This task will be easier if the plaintiff has been convicted of an offence under the Motor Vehicles ( Wearing of Seat Belts ) Regulations 1982 or the 1991 Regulations making the wearing of seat belts in rear seats by adults compulsory because that conviction will throw the onus on to the plaintiff who will have to show it was erroneous or irrelevant to discharge it .
15 Oh yes , there were no er there was no er no nonsense , I mean you would n't dare answer the teacher back like they did now and call them by their christian names .
16 The Rev Smith will conduct the service along with Bishop Mario Conti , the RC Bishop of Aberdeen , and the Rev Ross McLaren , of the Congregational Church in Aberdeen .
17 He said what ever you do he said do n't cover the hole up , he said they like they like to , they like to see light .
18 Under the new monthly system , the usage fee will be charged to your account on the first Friday of each month and will cover the period up to the preceding Sunday .
19 If not we 're gon na double the shift back with the mixers .
20 And er in , within that as you know you can actually er go for er the higher income if he wanted to he could push the income up on the hundred thousand say , we could make the income round about seven percent if we wanted to do .
21 What do you make the piston out of ?
22 Why would he make the story up ? ’
23 By the way , did you make the order out for me for tomorrow ? ’
24 you could make the money up .
25 I said I , I 'll make the bed up when we get home .
26 He could n't make the boy out .
27 ‘ You do n't make the running around here .
28 , it 's not , my brother dared make the remark on , oh , it time , since then did n't have any accident .
29 If we get a move on , we 'll make the time up .
30 ‘ That means you could make the flight in under an hour , ’ Schellenberg said to Asa .
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