Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They file into the office and sit round the long oak table , slightly in awe of Vic , serious men in chain-store suits , with pens and pencils sticking out of their breast pockets . |
| 2 | Cut in a tee at this point , and connect up the new runs . |
| 3 | When cheques are cashed a transfer is automatically made from the deposit account to meet the payment and make up the current account to £20 . |
| 4 | I am ushered reverently into a cabin and pick up the quaint hand set , which has an additional round earpiece for clamping over the spare ear , so that I see myself reflected in the glass like a radio operator or a session singer . |
| 5 | No , I never pick up the phone , they do that , pick up one phone and speak for a minute , while that ones ringing they say hold on a minute , and pick up the other one . |
| 6 | I mean when we 're walking we are actually falling the whole time , but insects are not like that , they do n't stand on three and pick up the other three . |
| 7 | When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes . |
| 8 | FINLAND 'S government yesterday announced an emergency economic austerity package to stem an outflow of investment capital from the country that is threatening to force a major devaluation and bring down the centre-right administration . |
| 9 | In the story , those invited to attend made excuses ; a response which so infuriated the host that he ordered his servant to ‘ Hurry out to the streets and alleys of the town , and bring back the poor , the crippled , the blind , and the lame . … ’ |
| 10 | So will lower mortgage rates and house prices be enough to attract the first-time buyer back into the market and bring about the long-awaited recovery in house prices ? |
| 11 | It is an Aboriginal understanding that the fauna and flora of the landscape has an ‘ increase centre ’ — an area of high electro-magnetic energy , where the performance of correct rituals will release the life essence or Kurunba stored there and bring about the desired increase . |
| 12 | Hence they throw into relief and bring out the significant aspects of the phenomenon in question . |
| 13 | Add a dash of spice to your cooking and bring out the full flavour . |
| 14 | Most mammals use their sense of smell to find food , and all rely on smell to supplement their taste buds and bring out the full flavour of food , as anyone with a heavy cold will know . |
| 15 | I could then walk much faster and push up the average daily mileage . |
| 16 | If it does , it will hunch its back and push out the other eggs . |
| 17 | For instance , when you return your renewal slip why not enclose at least one or two application forms from new members or better still get your class organised and send in the whole lot together ! |
| 18 | Just fill in and send off the Free Trial Card . |
| 19 | See one of Shakespeare 's plays performed at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , stroll by the River , and browse around the delightful shops . |
| 20 | No one follows , so I come out the other end and nip round the small block . |
| 21 | It was instinct — the natural reaction of a predatory male — that made Ibn Fayoud smile back and press down the automatic window beside him . |
| 22 | Turn seed-heads upside down and tap out the tiny seeds on to white paper , so they are clearly visible . |
| 23 | If you are going to be away from work for a period in the future , you will have to pay the full rate when you return to paid employment , so it might be as well to start now , and build up the maximum benefit . |
| 24 | All she wanted was to turn the clock back and shrug off the ghastly realisation that her marriage was not what she 'd thought it was . |
| 25 | Or , in Sainsbury-ad speak : Take one chunk of human and peel off the outer layers . |
| 26 | Forsooth , my lord , quoth 1 , your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters , now , I hear say , be become so great devourers and so wild , that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves . |
| 27 | Place these over the red icing and cut out the various sides . |
| 28 | This rapid growth has been achieved by dint of strong and imaginative leadership pushing the firm into new areas , reflecting an almost evangelical aim to break down the old-boy network and cut out the dead wood from British industry . |
| 29 | Parish council clerk at Gainford Margaret Brown said : ‘ They should n't strictly have been on the bridge but a lot of people do walk on it and climb over the small barricade at each end . |
| 30 | So the quickest way to get to the woods , if you were part of the Martin household , was to enter the orchard farthest from the house and climb over the vine-clad wall at its end . |