Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you can , plan to use a tripod ; with the camcorder firmly secured , you will then be able to zoom right in to fill the screen with individual baubles and still be placed to get good normal close-ups as well as wider shots of your performers absorbed in their task . |
| 2 | So his foot went down two steps , and sure enough down came the wardrobe onto his toe and did n't do any damage and then just bounced to the next step down . |
| 3 | The children go into the hall and find a frame with the picture cut out of it ; an empty cash box ; or a desk and chairs overturned , papers strewn all over to give the impression of a ransacked office . |
| 4 | Once a year , at the Feast of Passover , vast numbers of Jewish pilgrims came to Jerusalem from all over to celebrate the Exodus . |
| 5 | So off went the mouse , as he held the cake fast , |
| 6 | A company seeking a flotation might be better off skipping the OTC and starting out on the third market or USM . |
| 7 | There is a famous story from the fifties about the discovery by nutritionists that you were better off eating the box than the cornflakes inside it , and I was wondering hopefully whether it might be better to eat my column than to read it , or alternatively whether it might be toxic . |
| 8 | We 'd be better off to save the money . |
| 9 | These last few miles are not exactly very appealing so you might actually be better off taking the CMS Penrith to Windermere bus which picks up outside the Queen 's Head . |
| 10 | Clearly , high volume users are probably better off accessing the databases of their choice directly , and are probably able to negotiate discounts , but Mr Rosenbaum says that BT 's own market research amongst small and medium sized companies suggests that while over two thirds saw the applicability of on- line services to their needs for , for instance , credit checking , less than one-third were actually using such services . |
| 11 | You would therefore need to be able to buy the Metro for about £5,200 cash or less to be better off financing the deal yourself . |
| 12 | In other words we would have been better off cashing the precept and keeping the money under the mattress . |
| 13 | A lazy compilation , in keeping with Demon 's sleevenotes : you 'd be better off buying the Palominos ' ‘ Vol 1 ’ and tracking down the Timezone single . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd be better off asking the families of their victims how they feel , ’ hissed Nicholson , turning his full fury on Fairham . |
| 15 | Kendall has dismissed him , but Everton might be better off re-educating the others to give him the service he thrives on . |
| 16 | She was a bit surprised about the wine — told me I 'd be better off spending the money on haricot beans and lentils . |
| 17 | They 're much better off dancing the night away under the stars with a friend or two . |
| 18 | On the other hand , learning to actually design a database takes time and , although an on-line tutorial is provided , you would be better off studying the manual to learn each specific task . |
| 19 | On the other hand , learning to actually design a database takes time and , although an on-line tutorial is provided , you would be better off studying the manual to learn each specific task . |
| 20 | I get far enough up to see the house and identify it by its position and the garden furniture , then I climb back down , go to the wall and jump up , catching hold of the concrete ridge tiles on top of the wall and pulling myself up . |
| 21 | Harvey just nodded and twisted a silk scarf inside out to demonstrate the map that was printed on the silk lining . |
| 22 | Why ca n't people accept things for what they are rather than going all out to destroy the things they do n't agree with ? |
| 23 | Now as the city of Manchester goes all out to win the race to host the Olympic games … our own town of Banbury has beaten them to a gold medal … the local boatbuilding firm of Laser will be racing at the next Olympics and to celebrate they 're having a water sports week |
| 24 | So out come the glove puppets , the posters and the toys which can be used to illustrate the point . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh … we 're just off to get the train to Holborn . ’ |
| 26 | And we went away up to gather the violets . |
| 27 | I only see it as that I do n't understand her bit , I think she 's just out to take the piss . |
| 28 | They 're just out to get the money , are n't they ? |
| 29 | ‘ Excellency , I was just about to explain the details of your proposition to the signorina — ’ |
| 30 | It occurs to me we 're just about to circulate the picture of that man , Stein , suspected of wholesale fraud — so maybe we get them mixed up , Kurt . ’ |