Example sentences of "the [noun sg] fill [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DJ fills out the early evening playing the most obvious indie-dance records , as he will finish the evening . |
| 2 | This involves no outside observer but simply asks the teacher to fill in the teacher 's report form ( i ) above . |
| 3 | Thus in Mercantile Credit v. Hamblin ( paragraph 5–07 above ) , if Mrs. Hamblin had authorised or agreed to the trader filling in the proposal form , the result of the case would have been different . |
| 4 | The landlord filled up the tankard from a keg below the bar . |
| 5 | The Captain filled in the space where Maxwell might have thought he had to apologize , and then asked him quickly : ‘ What did you do in the north of Italy in January ? |
| 6 | ‘ I have nothing to say about Madonna , ’ she says , concentrating hard on the food on her plate and resisting the urge to fill in the strategic silence I leave in the hope of getting more . |
| 7 | With all the major peaks climbed , Neruda and Klucker were part of the movement to fill in the gaps , to find harder ways up the mountains . |
| 8 | Ask pertinent questions or make statements in which the learner fills in the missing words , so that the student 's understanding can be tested . |
| 9 | The short story writer will find ways of giving the character by concentrating on details of dress , facial expression , speech and action , leaving the reader to fill in the picture for her or himself . |
| 10 | There are places in which the poet 's idiom , conceivably forced by the metre , is elegantly terse , an invitation to the reader to fill in the descriptive gaps . |