Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mob tried to overturn it and drag out the driver . |
| 2 | come and sit down the front here to . |
| 3 | That is why we have invented the concept of trust status , which gives us the opportunity to entrust to local people — those who work in the hospitals — a greater discretion and influence over the way in which resources are used in their institution . |
| 4 | Leave the brush in the oil for several hours , or longer , and then remove it and squeeze out the oil and work the brush backwards and forwards over plain brown paper or the side of a clean carton . |
| 5 | Tang Shubei , spokesman for the State Council 's Taiwan Affairs Office , warned on Oct. 14 that if Taiwan independence activists " continue the move to split the nation and sell out the territory of the country , the Chinese government will not sit idly by " . |
| 6 | It was thought likely that some substantial Teesdale farmer might buy all three , ranch the land and sell off the house as a weekend cottage — a regrettably common practice which has been partially responsible for the steady depopulation of the Dales , particularly the more isolated places . |
| 7 | Subtract these calories from your total for the day and make up the rest from other meals . |
| 8 | We are glad that is able to be with us twice this season , and that has agreed to continue her regular music lessons for the early birds as well as taking a number of sessions. , and make up the rest of the team and we all look forward to working with you . |
| 9 | The heightened interest in underwater archaeology caused by the find of the Brindisi bronzes has prompted the new Ministro per i Beni Culturali , Alberto Ronchey , to propose changes in the law : first , to extend the limit of Italian territorial waters beyond the six miles off the coast currently in force and beyond the seabed on the continental shelf ( no distance has yet been specified ) ; second , to consider allocating underwater ‘ concessions ’ to non-government teams who would take a course in the theory and practice of underwater excavation and make up the shortfall in trained divers . |
| 10 | He could see the separate strands of spray thrown aside by the bows and make out the shadow of the helmsman in the wheelhouse . |
| 11 | Moving like a boy in treacle , I rotate on the axis of my right knee and pick up the yard and a half of large bore nozzle between hands slick with sweat . |
| 12 | The American embassy in London reported on 23 November 1956 that " anti-American feeling is at a very high pitch and yet is accompanied by the somewhat contradictory but nevertheless complacent assumption that the U.S. is bound to come to its senses and pick up the check " . |
| 13 | Potential buyers , who have a pre-sale preview of all stock on offer , then watch the screen on sale day and pick up the phone to make a bid . |
| 14 | Next time , stay calm and pick up the pace when you can . |
| 15 | I climb out and pick up the wood arrow , |
| 16 | Because of his other highly classified projects , his office already contained all the paraphernalia of necessary secrecy : the code-block and buttons on the door , the gaggle of different-coloured telephones , the five-thousand-pound safes , even the tempered glass in the windows , as his lawyer noted at his trial , ‘ so that enemies of the country ca n't beam through the windows and pick up the sound ’ . |
| 17 | Gently hold the disc in place on the surface of a grid by means of a strong eyelash mounted to the end of a thin wooden ( orange ) stick , and pick up the disc by bringing the grid up under the disc and out of the water . |
| 18 | And pick up the paper and read the ‘ Obits ’ |
| 19 | I cram the minute halfway back into the stack of papers in the Quaker Oats box to mark where it came from and pick up the box . |
| 20 | Think of India or the hippy trail to Kathmandu and pick up the hint of the free-wheeling late Sixties flower-power look . |
| 21 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 22 | I stretch over to the bedside table and pick up the packet and lighter , remove a cigarette and hand it to her . |
| 23 | From the comfort of my armchair I reach across the table and pick up the gun . |
| 24 | To Hazel , it seemed a likely place for a weasel : or the white owl , perhaps , might fly along the escarpment at twilight , looking inwards with its stony eyes , ready to turn a few feet sideways and pick off the shelf anything that moved . |
| 25 | Turn off the water supply to the valve , and dismantle the valve by using pliers to remove the split pin holding the float arm , then unscrew the end cap and prise out the piston . |
| 26 | ‘ OK , Ellis , take out the tray and bring on the sex maniac . ’ |
| 27 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 28 | You can click on an empty space on the desktop and bring up the Task Manager . |
| 29 | So we teach our daughters that er , er , the first and foremost duty they have to perform in life is to like after your husband and elders and bring up the family , and the economical side , contribution from the er female is secondary , although they claim it a part as well , erm as economically as well . |
| 30 | These would undoubtedly deter smaller corporations and bring down the incidence of corporate crime , particularly amongst the relatively smaller national-bound corporations , and even those larger corporations whose capital equipment is relatively fixed and who need the local more specialized work force . |