Example sentences of "be clear [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 By that date , he was an ailing man , and apart from his routine duties , his first tasks were to clear up the muddles of the last few years and re-establish an acceptable procedure for future episcopal elections , investitures , and acts of homage .
2 In fact Filippo appeared just as they were clearing away the coffee things .
3 As Maisie and Mr Malik 's relative were clearing away the destruction ( the Huysan twins had been having a mashed-potato fight with school spoons ) , he made his way up to the headmaster 's study .
4 Teachers have been clearing up the mess and the headmaster says some lessons will be held in a nearby school later this week .
5 I was reading through back copies of MKM which I do quite often and started to read Help Line in the April '91 issue , when my husband ( who had been clearing out the attic ) came into the room with an old TV Times — Feb 1960 .
6 We might note the irony at this point : the purpose of experimentation was to clear up the confusions , contradictions , and conflicting advice of common sense .
7 The second reason for the dispatch of Dzerzhinsky to Siberia was to clear up the situation after the Civil War , and to deal with Siberian peasant revolts .
8 She turned to Amy , who was clearing up the dressing trolley .
9 On Sunday cos they were going soon and erm James was clearing up the garden you see I 've go , I ca n't I I can see gable
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