Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] fill [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they know that many regard them as bearded , half-educated lefties , who only teach to fill in the gaps between long holidays in sunnier climes . |
| 2 | Or , as one football club committee man said : ‘ We 'll just keep filling in the pools coupon . ’ |
| 3 | She desperately wanted to fill in the hollow of longing that pierced Friend — but she was afraid she would offend him . |
| 4 | Children can be asked to " be " one of the characters and describe their clothes , tools , work , or lifestyle , doing further research to fill in the details . |
| 5 | The earlier of these were probably intended to fill out the unused space at the end of the longer pieces ( Bach was a great paper magpie ) , while the later ones ( notably the prelude on ‘ Jesus Christus unser Heiland ’ ) were conceived on a much more generous scale . |
| 6 | And there was also a strange sound , so quiet that you could miss it but which , once you had noticed it , also seemed to fill up the world . |
| 7 | Sure , you can sketch in bits of influence from early Siouxsie , Kate Bush , Sinead O'Connor , Patti Smith , but she steadfastly refuses to fill in the picture . |
| 8 | Once one has established a ‘ profile ’ of theatre-goers it is then an obvious next step to follow up the question ‘ Who ? ’ with the question ‘ Why ? ’ and the research then begins to fill in the gaps in our knowledge . |
| 9 | Every election , some people discover that they are unregistered , and in most cases it is because they either forgot to fill in the form , or they moved in too late in the year to qualify . |
| 10 | Never begin filling in the real form until you have practised at least once on a photocopy . |
| 11 | Erm , the other thing is , if you know anything about the subject , which most amanuensists should do , you actually start filling in the gaps . |