Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] clean the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that water is available is used to advantage in a simple water-scrubber for cleaning the gas . |
| 2 | Even where it is positively established that the right person was questioned , who by being present at the time had the nominal responsibility for cleaning the surface in question , the true reason for the fault may lie elsewhere being the result of one or other of the following factors : |
| 3 | What about your taking responsibility for cleaning the room once a week and looking after your clothes by hanging them up ? ’ |
| 4 | We asked our architect to consider the practicality of cleaning the stonework and re-locating the plaque . |
| 5 | Sister Martha fights the other novices for the job of cleaning the chapel , for then she is able to enter the sanctuary and dust off the tabernacle itself . |
| 6 | The custom of cleaning the close had been explained to Madge on the day she moved in by a small woman carrying a metal pail and a large card . |
| 7 | You need three paint brushes ( you should already have these and be using them all the time ) : a ) Clean brush for cleaning the fluff from the actual machine — around the needles and so on . |
| 8 | You will need surgical spirit or white spirit for cleaning the needles . |
| 9 | You have the choice of cleaning the Discs in position or removing them to wash in the sink . |
| 10 | The perlocution : to undermine the sergeant 's authority , or to be cheeky , or to escape the duty of cleaning the boots . |
| 11 | I use an old butcher 's knife ; the sharp edge for topping and the back of the blade for cleaning the roots . |
| 12 | For example , the problem of sequencing the production of n batches of paint of different colours on one machine , where is the cost of cleaning the machine when colour j is to follow colour i , can be formulated as a TSP . |
| 13 | These vans keep coming and going and the man on the cleaning machine is having another go at cleaning the floor . |
| 14 | One Friday morning the sergeant in charge of Eva 's brigade gave her the task of cleaning the brass window winders and door handles in the assembly hall . |
| 15 | They were also helped into their new home by a team of volunteers who took on the task of cleaning the offices which had been empty for some time . |