Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A resolution passed overwhelmingly empowers the republican government — which has effectively taken charge since the disintegration of Soviet central authority after the failed coup in August — to close the second reactor immediately and to bring forward the closure of the whole complex from 1995 to 1993 . |
| 2 | Once the four old aircraft hangars were erected side-by-side to make the Central Works , construction of the first completely new car began . |
| 3 | She tried not to even consider the soft swell of his expressive mouth , and gabbled on to break the tense atmosphere . |
| 4 | THE only way men could be relied on to take the proposed male contraceptive pill would be if it enlarged certain parts of their anatomy in the way the female pill enlarges breasts . |
| 5 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 6 | They know she can be relied on to make the big day for her clients sparkle with the perfect glittering accessory . |
| 7 | He asked if Hall had forgotten that it was intended eventually to extend the new buildings as far as Great George Street where they would be seen with the Abbey and the Palace of Westminster . |
| 8 | It goes on flouting the popular will by refusing a referendum on the Maastricht treaty . |
| 9 | He then goes on to ask the same question about people with extraordinary talents , whether in physics , generalship or painting . |
| 10 | Some of that money goes on convincing the local community . |
| 11 | Valeriy Kulishov goes on to describe the legal vacuum in which Russia currently finds itself . |
| 12 | Simonds goes on to describe the general layout in some detail , including ‘ a long stable , well lighted ( by windows and oil lamps ) and ventilated . |
| 13 | When Lok acquires this tool , he goes on to compare the new people to things he is familiar with , noting their menace , power , and sheer attractiveness by comparing them to a famished wolf , the waterfall , honey and Oa . |
| 14 | He goes on to connect the semantic change with ‘ the general tendency of the Enlightenment not to accept any authority and to decide everything before the judgement seat of reason ’ ( p. 241 ) . |
| 15 | The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations . |
| 16 | The report goes on to repudiate the whole idea of a ‘ no first use ’ pledge , which might enable ‘ the Soviets ’ to ‘ gain a unilateral conventional advantage ’ , would be ‘ unenforceable and unverifiable ’ , and could ‘ increase the chances of war and thus increase the chances of nuclear conflict ’ . |
| 17 | Ulysses opens with the horrifying story of the blinding of the one-eyed Cyclops , told with gusto , and goes on to recount the many other dangers Ulysses faced during his 10-year voyage on the ‘ wine-dark sea ’ , trying to get home after the siege of Troy . |
| 18 | Strephon goes on to recount the various features which once inspired his love , but now leave him cold : |
| 19 | He goes on to mention the occasional embarrassing moments which occur when firms try to pass backhanders . |
| 20 | From Drumlone Cross , the trail goes on to join the main Lisnaskea-Newtonbutler Road . |
| 21 | He goes on to explore the dynamic nature of excellence and to suggest that quality is really about training and unlocking the potential of the workforce . |
| 22 | Having dealt with the Heart and the Head , Virginia goes on to consider the fuller implications of the third part of her exhibition . |
| 23 | Because then the P P G seven then goes on to make the implicit point about other things that in the countryside such as the small villages and towns and other development opportunities , do occur which provide the rural diversification and employment development that is that is required by the P P G. |
| 24 | Detailing the design features that gave the Connie its unique shape the film goes on to show the various changes and marks of the Connie that enabled it to become a flying legend in civil and military use . |
| 25 | Tim , from Darlington , a member of the five-piece band The Scarecrows , has high hopes of becoming a professional footballer but his future may be decided if the band goes on to win the national final in London . |
| 26 | The chemistry behind the formation of zeolites is still not clearly understood as Barrer shows , but he goes on to elucidate the physical processes of nucleation and crystal growth . |
| 27 | Todorov then goes on to establish the primary categories of his narrative grammar , and they are proper noun , adjective and verb . |
| 28 | The southern equatorial current is diverted south , past the Solomon Islands , and goes on to bathe the Great Barrier Reef — and , indeed , much of the Australian coastline down past Sydney — in the tropical water of the east Australian current . |
| 29 | But if I insist on forcing the spontaneous towards an end which I already deem rational , I remain imprisoned within a circle of old concepts , reason goes on doing the same kind of sums , there can be no novelty except the discovery of unnoticed implications of the familiar . |
| 30 | There is a ‘ loop ’ ( ( 5 ) d-(5)f ) while the listener establishes the siting of the aerial but having established the options the speaker then goes on to indicate the next step of the route — ( ( 5 ) i ) . |