Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken plans to put a false roof over the sales area , bringing down the ceiling to create a more intimate atmosphere . |
| 2 | ‘ You ca n't , ’ Alyssia said flatly , slapping down the impulse to become hysterical . |
| 3 | ‘ Forget all this romantic stuff about tossing it up , batsmen careering down the pitch to slog it up in the air , and even slipping in the occasional chinaman . |
| 4 | He and Mrs Taylor came tearing down the yard to see what was up . |
| 5 | Ranchers are tearing down the rainforests to make hamburgers . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm on my way , playmates , ’ he called , winding down the window to show his melancholy face . |
| 7 | ‘ The Klans are toning down the rhetoric to make themselves more palatable to Americans . |
| 8 | Thirty were to be converted into gun-sloops , by shoring up the bows to accommodate a 24-pounder [ 11-kg gun ] … |
| 9 | Santa Barbara village street was deserted , except for Inés just opening up the shop to take in the milk left by the farmer . |
| 10 | It took him half an hour 's fast driving up the autobahn to reach the disaster point . |
| 11 | Dracula walking up the brickwork to claim her ? |
| 12 | If Joe had not caught her , she would be there now , walking up the dale to look down on the sleeping cottage . |
| 13 | She was walking up the Mound to do the lunch shift at the Right and Wrong . |
| 14 | In what seemed to him to be the far distance he could see Mariana and the President climbing up the meadow to meet him . |
| 15 | I ate the biscuits in one go and walked on to the boat , climbing up the decks to stand at the back . |
| 16 | So what he had to do , the the the the customer in fact , is end up by climbing up the bannister to get to the top so that he could get hold of the lad that was at the top get hold of him by the feet and pull him upwards and over and er finally free the man at the bottom . |
| 17 | This is done in two ways : by setting specific targets for disadvantaged population groups and by spelling out the need to change key determinants of health beyond the health care sector . |
| 18 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 19 | What we 're actually doing is checking the firing pin is n't broken and looking down the barrel to make sure it 's not blocked and is properly oiled . |
| 20 | Some passers-by did not wait that long , leaping off buses and scrambling down the embankment to drag the injured out . |
| 21 | You can also make a gorgeous looped and fringed edge simply by knitting lots more rows between picking up the stitches to make loops at least en centimetres deep ( four inches ) — or even longer as a tremendous finish for shawls and stoles , or for the edges of collars and cuffs and jackets . |
| 22 | One dealer at Bailey McMahon , just before picking up the phone to speak with clients , would chant : " I 'll rip your head off . |
| 23 | Before picking up the phone to place a brief , it is important to consider the following : |
| 24 | You could be passing up the chance to obtain the most loving , loyal friend anyone could wish for . |
| 25 | ‘ As a consequence of these deaths , the very highest levels have been cranking up the troops to find who did this . ’ |
| 26 | You can take your endowment loan with you when you move , topping up the policy to cover the extra amount . |
| 27 | He took from it a ten-shilling note which he placed on the tea-chest , smoothing out the folds to make it lie flat . |
| 28 | ‘ I remember a number that I think might interest you , ’ he said encouragingly , starting at the beginning of the book and going down the columns to look for it . |
| 29 | Well marketing could be sorts of things , it could be doing exhibitions which you 've talked about , it could be erm , mail shots , it could be looking , going down the library to do , to look up the electoral role , to look up the names of people . |
| 30 | All rushing down the hillside to obey the Samhailt . |