Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the centre [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may need to adjust it at the centre on long pieces since the ends tend to pull rather tightly to start with . |
| 2 | Rust manoeuvred his wheelchair out from behind the desk and stopped it in the centre of the room . |
| 3 | Right , will you please put your assessment sheet , which is what we have done and your graph together and put them in the centre of the table , at the end of the lesson I 'm going to have those in centre of the table no I do n't want those , they go in your file . |
| 4 | One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal 's universe . |
| 5 | Put it into the centre of a hot oven , gas no. 6 or 7 , 410°F. to 440°F. , and bake for 10 minutes , then lower the temperature to gas no. 4 , 370°F. , and cook for another 15 minutes . |
| 6 | After more anxious discussion , the woman who had come down with the leaves , bony and greyish of skin with her hair wrapped in a yellow turban , poured half , then all the small bottle of gin into the steaming mixture and ceremoniously put it in the centre of the floor . |
| 7 | ‘ Meet me at the Centre after school , ’ she said , imperiously . |
| 8 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 9 | He walked her to the centre of the room , and let her go . |
| 10 | Perhaps this is a challenge to put it at the centre of our lives , to think about it and , this Lent , to read the story as if we were there . |
| 11 | I 've spoken to many knitters about the N1 cam and the comment I hear so often is ‘ Oh , I was told was told always to put it in the centre of the machine , or ( worse ! ) at the edge of my knitting ’ . |
| 12 | Benjamin drew three gold coins from his purse and placed them in the centre of the table . |
| 13 | This time , because your subjects are not static objects but people , you can move the camera as necessary to keep them in the centre of the frame — but stay with the subject , do n't pan part-way through to show something else . |
| 14 | If you have any questions please contact me at the Centre for Research into Environment & Health , St David 's College , Lampeter , Dyfed SA48 7ED . |
| 15 | When you found one you wanted you 'd take her into the centre for a dance , ’ he says . |
| 16 | She urged her into the centre of the room , where a bright fire burned . |
| 17 | Depth is easier to convey pictorially if you avoid shooting your scenes square-on and go instead for diagonal compositions which lead the eye into the picture and direct it towards the centre of attention . |
| 18 | Turning her back , she weighed the hammer and smashed it into the centre of the clay skull at her feet . |
| 19 | Yes , it was real , it was happening : sitting with her back straight and her head up in the carriage on the way back , she thought how proud her father would have been to see her at the centre of all this pomp and splendour , and found herself mentally comparing his craggy looks and red beard with Joãs clean-shaven face and small , manicured hands . |
| 20 | I took her hand and led her into the centre of the dancers , as the light failed over Wimbledon . |
| 21 | Yet Mr Subirachs 's sculptures for the cathedral have placed him at the centre of a storm . |
| 22 | Somehow though — with Ven moving forward too , she realised it was n't so unexpected — she met him in the centre of the room . |
| 23 | The road brought them to the centre of the two rows of thatched cottages . |
| 24 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 25 | Then she took me to the centre by saying that she had asked my husband and had given permission . |
| 26 | She watched him dive , slicing into the water like a knife , and then continue in a powerful crawl which took him towards the centre of the lake . |
| 27 | Also , the other reason that I did not leave it in the centre of the airfield was that the flares , the gooseneck flares ( a device with paraffin and a sort of rough wick ) , were laid out for night flying . |
| 28 | Insert pulling cord through the cord holder and screw it to the centre of the lath on the wrong side . |
| 29 | Justification had been the great theme of the Reformers , especially of Martin Luther , and Ritschl aimed to restore it to the centre of theology by drawing out its consequences and implications in reconciliation , and opening up the force and meaning of Christianity from that centre . |
| 30 | In contrast , Andrea Lansley 's richly coloured , monumental compositions celebrate her body and focus on her physical and sensuary experiences , placing them at the centre of her work . |