Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | When we get up , the weight of our bodies compresses these discs and squeezes out the extra fluid . |
2 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
3 | The new law increases fines for shopworkers found guilty of selling cigarettes to children to £2,500 and tightens up the previous legislation in a number of other ways . |
4 | So Summerchild locks up his office and goes down the narrow staircase . |
5 | Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract . |
6 | Looking at those lists provides interesting reading and bears out the used-car trade 's view that having a lead-only car could prove to be a liability . |
7 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |
8 | IT WAS once said of Peter Shilton , by a frustrated forward who had failed to beat him in a one-on-one situation , that ‘ he just spreads his arms and fills up the whole bloody goal ’ . |
9 | You suggest that Detroit should ‘ join its suburban neighbours in a regional government that does away with redundancies and evens out the huge inequities in school financing and municipal services ’ ( May 8th ) . |
10 | Sadly , the city can not do what is most needed : join its suburban neighbours in a regional government that does away with redundancies and evens out the huge inequities in school financing and municipal services . |
11 | Sitting down together to work out what are reasonable contributions to the relationship on both sides satisfies the teenager 's sense of fairness and cuts out the constant nagging , pleading and resentment that so quickly sours the good relationship that parents and children need to enjoy together . |
12 | The insect jerks itself free and hangs on the empty pupa case , its body trembling . |
13 | Robyn opens a drawer in her desk and takes out the appropriate chit . |
14 | This type of noise is often from a diff and travels down the tubular propshaft to sound as if it comes from the gearbox and gets louder as the roadspeed increases . |
15 | The launcher shoots out the pilot kite , which opens , catches the wind , and pulls out the main kite . |
16 | It is from Hear The Children Calling and sums up the real reason for both Carrie and the other children 's doings , however murderous they may have seemed … |
17 | Oliver likes to pretend he knows what I do , and chucks out the odd word from time to time to sound authoritative . |
18 | It continues the work of the Bristol Language project , supervised by Dr Gordon Wells , and follows up the foreign language school-based progress of the children whose first language developmental data were gathered by the Bristol team in the early 1970s . |
19 | Pretending nothing unusual is happening he gives his wings one flutter , lifts the sunken foot and puts down the other — and so it goes on . |
20 | Child gets up at 5.30am every morning and switches on the electric fire and all the cooker rings . |
21 | But doing so required a process of theoretical labour in which the analyst abstracts from a mass of empirical observations in order to detect the underlying order beneath the appearance of bewildering variety , and works out the fundamental causal processes in operation . |
22 | Finesse Luminescent Mousse has , as its name suggests , a luminescent quality which gives your hair a healthy shine and brings out the natural highlights . |
23 | Believe me it is the sense of double standards , and this alone , which infuriates the Pakistanis and brings out the bad feelings . |