Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] the whole [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't take long for Brown Owl to find out the whole story . |
| 2 | What the maker has done has been to start with a 12-fret guitar design ( not a guitar with only twelve frets , but a guitar with a neck that joins at the 12th as opposed to the 14th fret ) and then he 's combined this with a deep cutaway on the treble side to open up the whole fingerboard for exploration . |
| 3 | It is a good idea to fit servicing valves before all taps so that they can be rewashered without the need to drain down the whole pipe ( and , possibly , the whole cistern ) . |
| 4 | The heater at the bottom is wired so that it will operate on the cheaper tariff at night to heat up the whole cylinder ; the heater at the top can be used during the day ( on full-rate tariff ) for ‘ topping up ’ when necessary |
| 5 | Two reporters in particular , Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post , had already begun an investigation which convinced them that the operation had been planned by officials much higher up than Liddy ; and even more important , that a deliberate attempt was being made in the White House to cover up the whole matter . |
| 6 | Then the KGB decided it was time to roll up the whole operation . ’ |