Example sentences of "[noun] fill [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence .
2 The DJ fills out the early evening playing the most obvious indie-dance records , as he will finish the evening .
3 Just because yours is n't as good , her mind fills in the blank space .
4 The means given beside each item are taken from Reason , Manstead , Stradling , Baxter & Campbell ( 1988 ) who had 520 drivers fill in the 50 item questionnaire .
5 In recently enclosed country we have instead an open regular mesh of by-roads , and a few field-paths and bridle-roads to fill in the larger spaces between the villages .
6 Mr Glavisky thinks people probably recalled German prisoners filling in the water-logged tank traps in Speke , which were a danger to children .
7 NIGEL FILLED OUT THE REQUISITE FORMS AT THE HOSPITAL DESK WITH Dr Kingsley standing over him .
8 Even if unemployment is only part of the problem , it seems to me that the man who can busy himself cutting peats , or growing crops , or handling stock , is less likely to be depressed , less likely to feel that his life has no meaning , than a man who has empty days to fill in the back streets of an industrial town
9 Although he believed thoroughly in the ability of these products to fill out the tiny character lines around the eyes and mouth , and to smooth his neck , he did not want to admit he was buying them for himself .
10 This way of thinking is probably healthier than the one which sees evangelism as synonymous with an evangelistic crusade to fill up the existing churches ' buildings , and make existing churches stronger .
11 He and the motor trader filled in the usual forms .
12 The scheme is not out of the woods yet ; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman 's registration form .
13 ‘ I have nothing to say about Madonna , ’ she says , concentrating hard on the food on her plate and resisting the urge to fill in the strategic silence I leave in the hope of getting more .
14 Jill left for her coffee break , and Juliet filled in the basic charts .
15 It is essential that all Teachers fill in the enclosed form with regard to information for the Annual Report as soon as possible and return it to the Office or to at the latest by the end of January .
16 Given Richardson 's concern to fill out the second volume , it may be assumed that very few of Mary Leapor 's works escaped publication .
17 And then Jayne filled in the first day .
18 To arrange for a free survey fill in the post-free coupon on the back page or contact your local Eastern Electricity office .
19 Ask pertinent questions or make statements in which the learner fills in the missing words , so that the student 's understanding can be tested .
20 There are places in which the poet 's idiom , conceivably forced by the metre , is elegantly terse , an invitation to the reader to fill in the descriptive gaps .
21 The anticipated challenge from Ford 's Sierra Cosworths ended when all three drivers made mistakes on the first sodden day , leaving Subaru and Mazda to fill out the top placings .
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