Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is that women are forced to carry on the main productive activity by themselves because of their subjection . |
| 2 | She uncurled her legs , determinedly smoothed down the neat white culottes , and stood up . |
| 3 | While parental choice embodied in the Educational Reform Act has broken down the traditional secondary-feeder primary school catchment areas , for the vast number of secondary schools their associated primaries are unchanged . |
| 4 | Methodism had broken down the old geographical barriers so that now nearly all areas had their Nonconformists . |
| 5 | Get rid of the pensioners : bring in the fit young props reared on body-fat callipers , VO2 max and three Weetabix for breakfast . |
| 6 | While Piłsudski was to accuse the KPP of undoing his own hard work as military leader and of trying to dismember Poland by ‘ Trojan horse methods ’ , Moscow decided to rein in the free-thinking Polish socialists . |
| 7 | An austerity programme begun in September 1988 was beginning to bite , raising fears that Peking would try to rein in the independent-minded southern provinces . |
| 8 | Behind the beautifully restored façades of the buildings with their smart paint and gabled roofs there was evidence of a rich and varied culture , Gina observed , walking down the crowded cobbled pathway where restaurants and cafés spilled out towards the water 's edge . |
| 9 | Those lips , which had so recently roved over Jaq 's body , now sucked in the slithery tough stuff of the hydra with the same seeming hunger . |
| 10 | A cabin cruiser was chugging down the wide brown river towards that little harbour I 'd seen , and over the other side the bank was so steep that the rows of terraced houses were leaning over each other to get a view . |
| 11 | writes down the immediate short term objective which has to be achieved ; |
| 12 | Peel off the tough outer skin of the silk squash , or top and tail the courgettes . |
| 13 | A different approach is to inhibit the hormone which starts off the female sexual cycle . |
| 14 | The Junkers , predictably , wanted none of this and their interests in the government , civil service and the military persuaded the government to continue shoring up the ailing Ost-Elbian estate system through continued tariff protection , artificially high grain prices and a policy of grants and loans . |
| 15 | It agreed to draw on creative Marxism and other traditions and transform itself into an empowering organisation in order to contribute to opening up the new political formulations that will be needed across Europe in the post cold-war era . |
| 16 | The drawing , along with various sketches of joints and fixings was sent to the church architects whose only alteration was to square up the curved top member to line up with the bottom panels . |
| 17 | In an article entitled ‘ Quand le Symbolisme fut mort ’ which appeared in Nord-Sud in 1917 , Paul Dermée attempted to sum up the new aesthetic trends . |
| 18 | She prefaces her book with an attempt to sum up the whole hideous story . |
| 19 | Then I went below and got a handkerchief and helped Hands tie up the great bleeding wound in his leg . |
| 20 | Keeping up the good old traditions . |
| 21 | Today , Doddy heads up the 400-strong PTGI company , an agency which makes available Guinness throughout the country , from small road-side stalls to large supermarkets , from luxury hotels to more downmarket bars . |
| 22 | He moved up the tricky little wall ( the technical crux ) to the roof , and draped a thick sling over the huge pointed spike known as the Cheeseblock . |
| 23 | The reigning European Barefoot Champion has picked up the British Waterski Federation 's highest award for her outstanding achievments . |
| 24 | She walked past him into the tiny hallway and picked up her bags , noticing with relief that he was n't around when she fled up the narrow wooden stairs to one of the three bedrooms , the one furthest away from his . |
| 25 | The initial pitches gave easy climbing up the low angled base , but as usual with routes having ( F6a ) and ( F6b ) moves , there were only two or three bolts a long way apart . |
| 26 | While tearing out the old central heating and installing new , they had daringly put in new patio windows looking on to the rear garden ( where they had done away with mouldy flowerbeds full of Michaelmas daisies and had built a tiled area complete with ornamental pool and a lion 's head which dripped water into the pool ) , as well as redecorating most of the house in a lighter , more ‘ eighties ’ , way . |
| 27 | Shoppers crowded into St Mary 's Hall , Stooperdale Avenue , Cockerton , to try out the innovative donate-and-buy scheme organised by Sue Sadler , Sue Finn and Carol Smith founder members of local charity Christian Personal Care ( CPC ) . |
| 28 | Edith was already up , and had awoken him with her cries of woe when she drew back the heavy plush curtains to discover grey skies and drizzle . |
| 29 | Dipping her two hands in the neck of Cissie 's night-shift , Beth drew out the long brown locks , spreading them over the collar and fanning the hair out as it was not altogether dry . |
| 30 | He had picked out the only Georgian-born individual purely on the strength of his personal feelings . |