Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was admitted that there were problems in getting both husband and wife to sit down together to complete the necessary paperwork . |
| 2 | Shrews keeper Steve Perks pushed a Mick Tait piledriver round the post after only eight minutes , and then the keeper got down well to make an identical save from a left foot shot by Steve Gaughan . |
| 3 | You need to sheet out considerably to slow down and then sheet in again to do the turn . |
| 4 | Make sure that the wire retainer clips are pressed down firmly to hold the towel in place . |
| 5 | when er , Geoff and er Steven come back he was , want me and Andy to go down there to have a look at sa , a stand and we said no we do n't a lot of bloody money is n't it ? |
| 6 | Fifteen minutes into the second half , the ball was played out of defence , down the left by Rob Madgwick to Tony Clarke and his cross found Joe O'Shea who headed in decisively to end a splendid three-man move and put Millers level . |
| 7 | The mixture was heated to 90°C and cooled down slowly to form the hybrids . |
| 8 | From the 1930s , on the other hand , the big insurance companies moved in strongly to fill the gap between the state pension and the standard of living for which most workers hoped , setting up occupational pension schemes for firms on a contract basis . |
| 9 | At the foot of the laddered tunnel , the Doctor bent over curiously to examine the glowing ball . |
| 10 | The gastropodic semi-automaton moved over reverentially to polish the section of ancient riveted floor where the two Marines had stood for a while . |
| 11 | Many scientists saw at once its far-reaching implications and a whole spate of major papers were published in 1967 and 1968 , which quite suddenly added up together to make a completely new way of looking at the Earth 's main working parts : Plate Tectonics . |
| 12 | Hoomey , in the next desk , was yawning , having sat up late to watch the horror film , and had a comic open on his desk which he was reading whenever his eyes happened to be open . |
| 13 | FACING PAGE Many dogs will instinctively jump up either to seize a toy or as a greeting . |
| 14 | If necessary rescheduling should be carried out either to give a new completion date or to increase resources ( or reduce time allocated ) in order to get back on schedule . |
| 15 | There is , therefore , a danger that the assessment is carried out solely to determine the diagnosis and that treatment is designed for the diagnosis rather than for the child . |
| 16 | Our experience here has been quite unlike that of the Shanghai group last year , in that everyone seems to have fallen over backwards to make the course unpolitical . |
| 17 | " They have a first class officer who has leant over backwards to establish a low profile in dealing with immigrants . " |
| 18 | Before we came down here to clean the caravan . |
| 19 | ‘ To come straight to the point , I drove down here to make a suggestion . |
| 20 | The ash which had been falling on St Pierre since the beginning of May 1902 continued to accumulate , sifting down softly to cover the ruins of St Pierre in a grey pall and burying many of the bodies that still lay in the debris . |
| 21 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 22 | … We bend over backwards to do the thing [ properly ] … but what happens in practice — do we mean it ? |
| 23 | As you equip such men and women , Lord , we pray that the Holy Spirit may be channelled through then to equip the whole church in the service of Christ ; that those who confess your name may be united in your truth , live together in your love and reveal your glory in the world . |
| 24 | Repetitions and variations can be easily built up easily to create an atmosphere like this . |
| 25 | Foley , stony-faced , told him that the dirty tricks brigade , led by Charles Fraser-Smith , had turned up earlier to make a replica of the prisoner 's uniform , correct in every detail . |
| 26 | I disremember if it was October or November — it was October , 'cos it was before I came up here to join the matriculation class . ’ |
| 27 | These are available in various dosages , but may have to be made up specially to deliver the required dose . |
| 28 | Wright slowed the pace down with telling effect to romp through the second game , but Wallace came back strongly to take the third . |
| 29 | United came back again to claim the point . |
| 30 | He was often away a fortnight or three weeks at a time , but he came back here to use the cleaner . ’ |