Example sentences of "fill [adv prt] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence .
2 He and the motor trader filled in the usual forms .
3 Ask pertinent questions or make statements in which the learner fills in the missing words , so that the student 's understanding can be tested .
4 As a last resort MOD might tell us if we filled in the right forms .
5 Jill left for her coffee break , and Juliet filled in the basic charts .
6 It was strange to be filling in the two forms at the same time .
7 Filling in the two charts on page 32 gives the best indication of what you can afford .
8 The park , unlikely though it might seem , was not a job , not a political ideology , not a way of filling in the weary hours until she was old enough to retire , not even something to spite her mother with once and for all while she accepted everything else from her .
9 It also makes clear that sentences in the abstract do not in general express definite propositions at all ; it is only utterances of them in specific contexts that express specific states of affairs , where the contexts achieve this by filling in the pragmatic parameters that indexicals are variables for .
10 It was like filling in the blank spaces on a form and equally unprofitable .
11 Now one of the problems is that doctors are rather reluctant to do that because it 's very difficult for them to be sure that a particular headache or a particular skin rash has been caused by one of the medicines which the patient was taking , so the doctors are not very good at filling in the yellow cards and these are not a very good way of reporting adverse reactions , and to get over that we are starting now to use computers .
12 She withdrew fifty millilitres of completely unnecessary blood from the patient 's arm , filled up the appropriate bottles and then put a blob on the treated strip and glanced at her watch .
13 These ‘ gorses ’ filled up the odd corners of parishes , and may be quickly spotted on the Ordnance map .
14 He skimmed the accompanying text , which added little to what Francesca had already told him , filling up the two columns with a recital of Tristram 's career beginning with his legendary recording of ‘ Panis Angelicus ’ as a thirteen-year-old treble at St Joe 's .
15 It was the biggest comprehensive school in the area ( purpose-built , as the Head never tired of saying ) , and every morning two thousand pupils streamed into its gates , navy blue and yellow waves breaking over the grassy slopes , spreading themselves through the corridors , filling up the empty rooms .
16 People began filling up the empty seats .
17 NIGEL FILLED OUT THE REQUISITE FORMS AT THE HOSPITAL DESK WITH Dr Kingsley standing over him .
18 Voting is compulsory , except for registered anarchists , who are allowed to abstain , provided they fill in the correct forms .
19 Then fill in the estimated figures by the relevant items on the schedule enclosed with this brochure .
20 Some of them are automated and ask questions — such as name and address of person a letter is going to — and fill in the relevant sections — see
21 Fill in the empty spaces .
22 To be in with a chance , all you have to do is settle down with a great big book of pop facts and figures and fill in the empty squares .
23 To be in with a chance , all you have to do is settle down with a great big book of pop facts and figures and fill in the empty squares .
24 When you do find the pattern , fill in the blank spaces at the end of each line .
25 In the table below fill in the blank spaces :
26 unc Fill in the missing signs which will make these correct .
27 Copy the following sentences into your file and fill in the missing words and phrases :
28 Copy out the roll-along and fill in the missing words .
29 Copy the following sentences into your file and fill in the missing words and phrases .
30 Copy the following sentences into your file and fill in the missing words and phrases
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