Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sedan chair ( linked to three — a tree ) : A blossom tree with sedan chairs hanging on the branches instead of flowers ; |
| 2 | Contestants will join him in the arena to try to do a Tyrus — and bring on the tears again . |
| 3 | Hannele , sensing this , whipped down the buttons very quickly and , before pulling down his trousers , put her fingers into the flap of his white cotton underdrawers and freed it . |
| 4 | By experiment and observation , Hahnemann worked out the drug pictures of many remedies and laid down the principles whereby they were to be used — remedies and principles which are still as valid today as they were when Hahnemann first discovered them . |
| 5 | Turn back the flaps , allow the moisture time to dry , then brush a mastic compound on to the roof boards and press down the flaps firmly . |
| 6 | Susanna Rance finds out why serious-minded La Paz dwellers can be seen walking down the streets intently fondling toy cars , play-money and doll 's house pieces . |
| 7 | EAST GERMANY battened down the hatches yesterday on the eve of Mikhail Gorbachev 's arrival in its capital , Berlin , for the fortieth anniversary of the country 's creation . |
| 8 | Armoured men with swords had clanked down the stairwells here ; now the steps were used by gunmen in grubby camouflage fatigues whose rifles lay propped against the walls of the round towers . |
| 9 | It may help you to write down the reasons why you want the test . |
| 10 | In alarm she glanced back at Samson and saw him hit out wildly , lose his balance and crash back , knocking down the men behind like a row of ninepins . |
| 11 | At the slightest sign of disturbance , the termites drum out a warning on the earth , which causes the whole foraging party to disappear up the tunnels back to the nest . |
| 12 | Had she added up the facts wrongly , found him guilty more because it was what she had feared than that it was the truth ? |
| 13 | ‘ We think someone may have picked up the jeans innocently , and maybe now thinks it 's too late to come forward , ’ a Norfolk police spokesman said . |
| 14 | This means a reasonable length of time to try out the goods generally , not a reasonable length of time in which to discover any defects there might be in the goods , Bernstein v. Pamsons Motors ( Golders Green ) Ltd. ( 1986 Q.B. ) . |
| 15 | Medusa raised her arms : ‘ We are , ’ she said , spelling out the words slowly : ‘ We are bringing you the real magic , this time . ’ |
| 16 | She had sorted out the reins now and Caspar had explained about just touching the horse 's flanks with her heels to spur it to a gallop . |
| 17 | Parents can have such an enormous effect on your lives together that you need to work out the boundaries right at the beginning . |
| 18 | They started to work out the answers mentally , but soon resorted to calculators . |
| 19 | As they poured in further canfuls , I encouraged them to work out the amounts mentally by rounding off £1.19 to £1.20 , and taking away 1p . |
| 20 | ‘ I tried agonizingly to work out the details privately but I was left with no alternative . ’ |
| 21 | The reason I single out the engineers rather than the commentators or the producers is that they ensured the best pictures of the University Boat Race ever seen , as well as the usual smooth coverage of the Grand National . |
| 22 | Yes , let's break down the barriers completely and have a magazine that appeals to everybody , and read by nobody . |
| 23 | The government could always bring in the troops ter load the ships . ’ |
| 24 | Now the original structure plan recognized that because of the substantial number of housing commitments at that time , erm it was n't possible erm to er bring down the levels immediately . |
| 25 | ‘ We have had an attempt to talk down the successes purely for party political gain because of the General Election , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The poser 's cafe had free newspapers and she filled in the crosswords shamelessly , was even miffed if someone else had got there first , especially with a blue Biro : Alex used a black Biro for crosswords . |
| 27 | He wonders if you filled in the forms correctly . ’ |
| 28 | Word is coming in that rival hamlets are already filling in the forms as fast as they can put pen to paper . |
| 29 | The typical interviewee profile of the ‘ recreational user ’ is that of ‘ dabbling ’ at weekends , usually sharing a ‘ bag ’ with a friend , then gradually filling in the days in between until they are all taken up by heroin use . |
| 30 | ‘ Writing off the Crumwallises already ? ’ |