Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] shut [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain . |
| 2 | After gobbling up whatever I could find in the house , I crept into bed and pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to stifle the mocking voices and shut out the ugly visions . |
| 3 | After selecting a field he carried out his emergency drills and shut down the engine . |
| 4 | And things that shut out light : small boxrooms , closed doors ; ‘ when I snuffed out my bedside candle ’ ; a local history of appalling sandstorms ; unfriendly adults of grim , dour mien , with tight acerbic mouths , the ‘ grey granite ’ stare of a harsh grandmother : he says , ‘ I can not remember ever hearing her use my Christian name in the vocative . ’ |
| 5 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 6 | Dr Kevin O'Kane worked in Baidoa for the Irish agency , Goal ; his wife , a doctor with Médecins sans Frontières , was evacuated last week because of death threats that shut down the MSF programme . |
| 7 | The strike , organized by unions affiliated to the Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ) , had halted most public transport , stopped all international flights and shut down telecommunications and the state run banking system . |
| 8 | The system can activate central alarms or shut down distribution systems in affected areas . |
| 9 | While Western commuters hoist newspapers in front of faces and shut out the rest of society , Chinese people will use a train journey to chat and offer snacks to each other . |