Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] all the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you , I 've been keeping up the ice dance so all the canals are frozen and he ca n't get a match to fish , ’ joked Dave , who runs Midlands Angling Products . |
| 2 | Joxe announced on May 6 plans to create a " central organ , within the Ministry of Defence , bringing together all the competences which now exist within the domain of military intelligence " . |
| 3 | Workers had an interest in producing goods and higher management knew about production — how else could they have become higher management ? — and so if the two got together all the crises would be resolved . |
| 4 | Whilst the pure search work may be sub-contracted to other specialist departments , MAS should have principal responsibility for monitoring the progress of the search process ( particularly ensuring that time is not being spent researching targets outside the purchaser 's price range ) and drawing together all the findings . |
| 5 | He 's filled in all the things . |
| 6 | He 's filled in all the things . |
| 7 | Once you have filled in all the details , the button Start Search puts your search into action . |
| 8 | Carson scribbled down all the details that Cotterell gave him and commented , ‘ That was fast . ’ |
| 9 | Forthcoming innovations from PC World include a networking department where customers can see products demonstrated and receive advice , and a department for the first-time user who wants direct advice without having to wander along all the shelves . |
| 10 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 11 | A first step in dealing with unwanted stress could be to write down all the factors which you think may be causing undue stress in your life at present . |
| 12 | Participants listened to the story read at an even pace of around 120 words per minute and had to write down all the errors they could detect as they heard them or insert the missing word . |
| 13 | I remembered the time Andy and I had let down all the wheels of his dad 's car , folding matches in half and sticking them into the tyre valves . |
| 14 | Stripping away all the inefficiencies , the cosy deals , the feather-bedding , the smothering worst of the nanny-state ; it was a breath of clean new air , it was a crusade ; something we could all take part in , all be a part of . ’ |
| 15 | Perhaps Gav could buy up all the tickets for the Leeds faithful ? — As long as he 's got a good limit on the old credit card : - ) ) ) |
| 16 | Gon na ask you to do an exercise now er it 'll it 'll take us to four o'clock before we start talking about assertiveness what I 'm gon na ask you to do is in one , two three , one two in two twos and a three I want you to put on paper one side one sheet of paper to sum up all the things we 've done about communication so far today and it 's going to other people on this course , and it 's going to be marked by one of them on this course . |
| 17 | Progressive rock was OVER-CONCEPTUAL made risible attempts to sum up all the riddles of existence on a single ( or triple ) LP , extended these pompous didactic ambitions on to the stage with all manner of theatrical set pieces . |
| 18 | Then he took a pencil and paper and started to tot up all the monies he presently held against the expenses he had . |
| 19 | At the end of the … or … you will need to total up all the amounts spent during that period . |
| 20 | I give them a hot mash too , as well as letting them scratch about here , we cook up all the scraps in the kitchen . |
| 21 | To convert the pre-1975 national insurance stamps to the new system , the DHSS adds up all the stamps paid and credited before 1975 , and divides them by 50 . |
| 22 | To cash up , the assistant adds up all the contents of the till ( including gift vouchers , cheques etc ) and fills out a cashing up slip like the one below . |
| 23 | ‘ I once had a plaster on my finger , ’ said Lydia , ‘ and I was making duck pancakes because an editor and his wife were coming to dinner , and when I 'd rolled up all the pancakes I found the plaster was missing . ’ |
| 24 | successful showcases can create substantial industry interest in a band , but if you are going to pull out all the stops , you have to spend a lot of money with no guarantee of a positive result . |
| 25 | el2 With shutdowns and redundancies already hitting British Aerospace , Mr Major is determined to pull out all the stops to save the £22 billion project . |
| 26 | Microsoft Corp is going to pull out all the stops this week at Windows World , its launch pad for the infamous Windows NT operating system . |
| 27 | A production person never knows when he will be asking a supplier to pull out all the stops and finish a job in a matter of hours . |
| 28 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 29 | One of the first tasks for the trust could be to restore the organ , But with a Governent grant of just £20,000 to look after three other chapels , they 'll have to pull out all the stops to raise the money . |
| 30 | DURHAM , who narrowly escaped defeat by Cumbria in their opening match of the season , will need to pull out all the stops when they travel to Strensall for their game against Yorkshire on Saturday . |