Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may help you to write down the reasons why you want the test . |
| 2 | At the slightest sign of disturbance , the termites drum out a warning on the earth , which causes the whole foraging party to disappear up the tunnels back to the nest . |
| 3 | This means a reasonable length of time to try out the goods generally , not a reasonable length of time in which to discover any defects there might be in the goods , Bernstein v. Pamsons Motors ( Golders Green ) Ltd. ( 1986 Q.B. ) . |
| 4 | Parents can have such an enormous effect on your lives together that you need to work out the boundaries right at the beginning . |
| 5 | They started to work out the answers mentally , but soon resorted to calculators . |
| 6 | As they poured in further canfuls , I encouraged them to work out the amounts mentally by rounding off £1.19 to £1.20 , and taking away 1p . |
| 7 | ‘ I tried agonizingly to work out the details privately but I was left with no alternative . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We have had an attempt to talk down the successes purely for party political gain because of the General Election , ’ he said . |
| 9 | He 'd never once forgotten to lock up the hens when she 'd asked him . |
| 10 | Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears . |
| 11 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 12 | It was Mellor , as junior Home Office Minister , who was left by Mrs Thatcher to pick up the pieces when the last government went badly over the top in its determination to reshape television by deregulation , irrespective of quality . |
| 13 | A particular type of credit and money-management education is that needed for the people who unfortunately have to pick up the pieces when consumers get into difficulties over credit use : consumer and community advisers , citizens ' advice bureaux staff , social workers , even probation officers . |
| 14 | GPs also complain , quite rightly , that hospital staff making , for example , discharge plans for a group of patients to a new home or hostel sometimes neglect to discuss the plans with the primary care team — normally the local general practice together with its team of doctors , nurses and other specialists — yet expect the GPs to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong . |
| 15 | Niall might be free as far as the law was concerned , but he had been the injured party , the one left to pick up the pieces when the woman he must have loved walked out . |
| 16 | He is keen to pick up the pieces again . |
| 17 | You may be worrying about such people because you are left to pick up the pieces afterwards . |
| 18 | ‘ However , we had to sort out the speakers too … |
| 19 | I will be writing to you again , once Anglo-Welsh have sent out their formal offer document , to set out the reasons why you should reject the offer . |
| 20 | When in arrears he learns ‘ to sniff out the places where you can catch violators when you 're running behind ’ ( Skolnick , 1966:55 ) |
| 21 | His advice to companies would be to try to make the costs of all types of accidents visible as a first step to targeting prevention , and the obvious way would be to put down the costs on to the already established cost centres within a company . |
| 22 | It was easy enough to climb down the covers on to the floor . |
| 23 | The prevalent westerly winds on the Norfolk coast are probably of considerable importance in this connection , as once the end of the island starts to recurve , they will tend to build up the laterals roughly at right angles to the main ridge . |
| 24 | RECOVERY teams had to fight back the tears yesterday — after a lorry carrying thousands of pickling onions overturned near Wootton , Oxon . |
| 25 | The USA had moved to send out the invitations only after the Israelis and the Arabs had failed to agree on a time and venue . |
| 26 | What with the coffee , it would help to slow down the symptoms even further . |
| 27 | This produces the intense flux of neutrons ; heavy water flows through the reactor to slow down the neutrons so that they react better with the lithium . |
| 28 | The sharp rocks , or moraine , which were stuck in the glaciers caused them to scrape out the valleys much deeper . |
| 29 | Parin nodded , and he signed to his assistants to roll up the books so that they could be packed away in the boxes and chests in which they were stored . |
| 30 | When exercise is concentrated on specific areas it will help to tone up the muscles faster and so tighten the skin , giving the impression of increased weight loss in the desired areas . |