Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he have the vision and political nous to carry on the changes begun — but certainly not completed — by his predecessor ? |
| 2 | Community groups are now being trained to carry on the work started by AREPP . |
| 3 | Virginia Radcliffe gave an alive , vampish performance as Elena , suggesting powerfully the will to survive and ability to manipulate . |
| 4 | It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests . |
| 5 | The exercises of relaxation then are gradually causing more and more muscles to act as dead weight , sagging down , hanging on the skeleton causing the weight and heaviness of the body to be seeming to increase gradually as we become increasingly relaxed . |
| 6 | There was still an hour to wait so the Feldwebel suggested that we should have some coffee . |
| 7 | Ken plans to put a false roof over the sales area , bringing down the ceiling to create a more intimate atmosphere . |
| 8 | Remember that you must answer only the questions asked and no others . |
| 9 | The marsh has been drained so the water forms a lake with small islands for birds and wildlife . |
| 10 | ‘ You ca n't , ’ Alyssia said flatly , slapping down the impulse to become hysterical . |
| 11 | As tasks were broken down the office became like a production line for mental work . |
| 12 | The judge said during the raid Munn stood in front of the counter and the man who had broken down the screen handed him out the £6,460 from the teller 's cash drawers . |
| 13 | We keep our trainees hard at it and even when the sun goes down the programme continues . |
| 14 | If we 're talking about using this sy er type of system for running mission critical systems where if the database goes down the business stops running and starts losing money , then we need to be able to run twenty four hours a day seven days a week . |
| 15 | She processed down the aisle proceeded by a uniformed , white gloved bearer of the University mace and Tom Husband the V.C. Everybody 's head turned to see her . |
| 16 | The Stroganov International Charitable Fund has the aim of bringing together the resources required to restore the city 's well-known architectural masterpieces , above all the Stroganov Palace . |
| 17 | Year II sees the technology applied to a range of topics such as information management and human computer interface , with students drawing together the skills acquired on the course by undertaking an individual project in an area of particular interest . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | To harmonise a scale ( ie. build the chords that are contained in a particular key ) , we stack up thirds on each degree of the scale using only the notes found in that particular key . |
| 20 | ‘ Forget all this romantic stuff about tossing it up , batsmen careering down the pitch to slog it up in the air , and even slipping in the occasional chinaman . |
| 21 | Have you filled in the application form I gave you ? ’ |
| 22 | Quality Software Products Holdings Plc , Gateshead has now filled in the numbers hidden by the blobs in its pathfinder prospectus ( CI No 2,132 ) , pricing the 2.85m shares it is placing , 1.46m of them new , at 380 pence a share , valuing Quality , which did £1.2m net on £13.1m sales in 1992 , at £29.6m and raising about £5m of new money , net of expenses , for the company . |
| 23 | Emma Morwood , from Carrickfergus , was travelling on the ferry with her family and filled in the questionnaire given to passengers . |
| 24 | She felt rage flood through her and she fought down the impulse to scream — that was just what he was waiting for . |
| 25 | Angrily , she fought down the urge to turn , and kept her eye on the bead of light , willing the pathetic creature beyond to come to it . |
| 26 | So for the the water to go down the current to flow through . |
| 27 | If you 're willing to go down the route to drag hunting I am willing to support any hunt that wants to go down that route and I am sure this authority would . |
| 28 | Well that 's right , yes , and the other thing as well , I should n't really be telling you this , , because it 's bad news for us but , if you in fact write a long , rambling press release , what you will find is that the journalist will almost , almost certainly go three-quarters of the way down it to find the real story which is hidden in there , and occasionally that real story is purposely hidden down in there , and you know you look at any council minutes , and the real story is always , inevitably hidden down there , because it 's the bit that somebody does n't want people to know about , and so journalists are naturally trained to go down the bit to find out what 's it about . |
| 29 | When it was so cold in the winding shed at the mines that the men begged to go down the pit to get warm . |
| 30 | And that is bring together the advertising to fund the product . |