Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't be fooled by the island 's exotic name or location just off Africa — once the sun goes down the whole place comes alive . |
| 2 | It is a good idea to fit servicing valves before all taps so that they can be rewashered without the need to drain down the whole pipe ( and , possibly , the whole cistern ) . |
| 3 | For instance , when you return your renewal slip why not enclose at least one or two application forms from new members or better still get your class organised and send in the whole lot together ! |
| 4 | , you had a built in , and on the left , they 've torn down the whole building . |
| 5 | Yeah , I mean , they 've torn down the whole building inside the big . |
| 6 | Within days of the settlement Mass Observation reported widespread shame ‘ that we had let down the whole tradition of England 's pledges for honesty , fair play and resistance to threats . ’ |
| 7 | I could buy up the whole block . |
| 8 | They are completely tearing up the whole site , including a new turf course as well as the all-weather , but Muddle'splans extend far beyond the obvious . |
| 9 | Saturdays made no difference to us , for there was no school then , but on Wednesdays some of us had to stand up the whole way to Parma . |
| 10 | And then they f—ed up the whole world . |
| 11 | It can be argued that mass communications have simply speeded up the whole process of change enormously , rather than imposed a massive and rigid uniformity . |
| 12 | For toning up the whole body and increasing your stamina , swimming and running are both excellent . |
| 13 | It did n't take long for Brown Owl to find out the whole story . |
| 14 | So under the surface of the thick glass lay a mass of long gold threads , filling in the whole cavity of the box with their turns and tumbles , so that at first the little tailor thought he had come upon a box full of spun gold , to make cloth of gold . |
| 15 | The Thermogrill surface combustion burner gives an even heat over the whole surface , even when it 's turned down . |
| 16 | These honours subjects range over the whole field of legal interest . |
| 17 | Ninety per cent of people in residential care in Newcastle are on income support and the average time to death or discharge in residential care is three years , so his department will be picking up the whole burden by the third year . |
| 18 | What the maker has done has been to start with a 12-fret guitar design ( not a guitar with only twelve frets , but a guitar with a neck that joins at the 12th as opposed to the 14th fret ) and then he 's combined this with a deep cutaway on the treble side to open up the whole fingerboard for exploration . |
| 19 | Every day I do n't manage to catch the same bus home as you do , I 'm fed up the whole evening . |
| 20 | Look just packet of crisps you 'd give out the whole packet . |
| 21 | When satisfied , look along the whole length and ensure that the wood grain does not run off the true length . |
| 22 | ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time ! |
| 23 | The trio is completed by Dick Vance , the computer ‘ driver ’ , though his activities extend over the whole breadth of keeping the flight data read-out units in working order and developing the programs and electronics generally . |
| 24 | When the time comes to settle your Access account , you have the option of paying off the whole amount owing , without it costing you a penny in interest , or of repaying a portion of it and paying interest on what is left . |
| 25 | He is referring to France as this is where the poem is set as it combines the rest of the world in with this one man , the sun being the common factor , France , I think , represent the rest of the world and since it is a funny thought this single object waking up the whole population , Owen uses the words ‘ even in ’ . |
| 26 | This insight opened up the whole world of aromatic organic chemistry . |
| 27 | This was taken to mean that the Government would tear up the whole treaty rather than accept the social chapter . |
| 28 | As well as cleaning up the whole environment , the main task , as far as IXI is concerned , is to make Motif portable across platforms . |
| 29 | Their actual effect was pretty disastrous ; they screwed up the whole culture , and they opened up the island to being overrun by pineapple and sugar plantations . |
| 30 | Two reporters in particular , Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post , had already begun an investigation which convinced them that the operation had been planned by officials much higher up than Liddy ; and even more important , that a deliberate attempt was being made in the White House to cover up the whole matter . |