Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moor Scope battled on gamely to retake the lead from Impy Condor on the flat in the Confined and Farmer Tom was always going like a winner in the Restricted race , in which Alner and even-money favourite Baron Bob crashed at the second fence . |
| 2 | The physiotherapist usually has several pillows available to support the patient , plus a wedge cushion , which is a foam support measuring about 2 feet ( 60 cm ) long , 2½ feet ( 76 cm ) wide , 6 inches ( 15 cm ) deep at the top , tapering down lengthwise to form the wedge shape . |
| 3 | The mixture was heated to 90°C and cooled down slowly to form the hybrids . |
| 4 | She was desperately thirsty and perhaps over a drink Fernando would calm down enough to open the gates for her to drive out and back to Palma . |
| 5 | In my log I had mentioned cutting in especially to see the fall . |
| 6 | It was Mr Takeshita who picked the unknown Mr Kaifu to serve as a prime ministerial seat-warmer until the Recruit scandal died down sufficiently to return the job to one of the usual party bosses . |
| 7 | In a hectic 64th minute spell Collins headed the ball back to midfielder Martin Murray who completely fluffed a header and Gardiner raced in only to blast the ball over . |
| 8 | Even that auguste paper , the T and A , in the editorial , recently stated , we can not afford the extravagance of going along just to see the party , just to be at the party . |
| 9 | Prune out the stem and take it into the shed where you can sit down comfortably to prepare the cuttings — they will have to be made very carefully , and you will need a very sharp knife . |
| 10 | Perhaps he has just waited to see what was emerging and then stepped in quickly to take the initiative and carry forward the proposal which he has sensed is about to emerge . |
| 11 | Central banks from round the world were drafted in yesterday to stop the pound 's slide . |
| 12 | Again , the system could produce a cosy relationship in which no one was challenged and everyone was entertained : one writer recalled that ‘ there was certainty in the pews and certainty in the pulpit , and the pews settled down snugly to hear the champion declaim his variations , so to speak , on a classically familiar theme ’ . |
| 13 | It clanged urgently , like a fire-engine dashing towards a disaster , like the ambulance thundering along behind to retrieve the bodies . |
| 14 | Obviously you will have to remove most of them eventually , at about 1″ , but by then you should have at least two more broods coming along behind to maintain the colony . |
| 15 | From the 1930s , on the other hand , the big insurance companies moved in strongly to fill the gap between the state pension and the standard of living for which most workers hoped , setting up occupational pension schemes for firms on a contract basis . |
| 16 | Before we came down here to clean the caravan . |
| 17 | Today the Royal British Legion fell in proudly to hear the dedication . |
| 18 | As the mum of a 12-year-old son , we are both learning as we go along how to use the Amstrad 5086 , my son concentrating more or less on games and school related programs , myself for the odd game , but mainly word-processing ( I have just written my first book ) , genealogy and cheating on addressing the Christmas cards . |
| 19 | Zamora — he 's probably related to the guy Wayne beat on his Los Angeles debut five weeks ago ( who knows ? ) — hung in gallantly to weather the storm and was warmly embraced by McCullough at the finish . |
| 20 | Okay , so have gone down there to emphasize the importance of accidents . |
| 21 | It was to me Jane , I was still in bed , we had to send Robin Powell down there to get the interviews . |
| 22 | The ash which had been falling on St Pierre since the beginning of May 1902 continued to accumulate , sifting down softly to cover the ruins of St Pierre in a grey pall and burying many of the bodies that still lay in the debris . |
| 23 | You need to sheet out considerably to slow down and then sheet in again to do the turn . |
| 24 | Make sure that the wire retainer clips are pressed down firmly to hold the towel in place . |
| 25 | Turn it back down again to reveal the corner between the creased hemline and sides . |
| 26 | And then down again to begin the circle over again . |
| 27 | No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that . |
| 28 | Their functional link severed , Co-operation and trade unionism went on separately to join the system they could not defeat . |
| 29 | The gastropodic semi-automaton moved over reverentially to polish the section of ancient riveted floor where the two Marines had stood for a while . |
| 30 | … We bend over backwards to do the thing [ properly ] … but what happens in practice — do we mean it ? |