Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] shut [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was dropped from the side that shut out City 's new goal-king Andy Cole for a well-earned away point from old boss Denis Smith . |
| 2 | She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain . |
| 3 | After gobbling up whatever I could find in the house , I crept into bed and pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to stifle the mocking voices and shut out the ugly visions . |
| 4 | She was used to his ostrich ways — his ability to bury his head in the sand and shut out the things that displeased or upset him . |
| 5 | He was handed his first full England cap against France in February and shut out Eric Cantona so comprehensively that he held his place for the European Championship finals . |
| 6 | After selecting a field he carried out his emergency drills and shut down the engine . |
| 7 | The two captives have simply unplugged their voiceboxes from the mains and shut down all systems . |
| 8 | And things that shut out light : small boxrooms , closed doors ; ‘ when I snuffed out my bedside candle ’ ; a local history of appalling sandstorms ; unfriendly adults of grim , dour mien , with tight acerbic mouths , the ‘ grey granite ’ stare of a harsh grandmother : he says , ‘ I can not remember ever hearing her use my Christian name in the vocative . ’ |
| 9 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 10 | Earlier this spring , the Society , which had closed its galleries and ended all public programmes , announced that it would close its library and shut down entirely unless it received emergency public funds . |
| 11 | Dr Kevin O'Kane worked in Baidoa for the Irish agency , Goal ; his wife , a doctor with Médecins sans Frontières , was evacuated last week because of death threats that shut down the MSF programme . |
| 12 | Eight o'clock in the morning , and if she went to work then he hoped still to be in time to catch her before she locked the front door and shut out the intrusion of a man from the Service . |
| 13 | The wind tugged at the banner-pole that carried his standard , outside at the turret , and made a dolorous creaking sound that accompanied his steps along the chilly corridor , and whined faintly in his ears even after he had closed the door and shut out the sound of the rain . |
| 14 | At the same time I felt so inordinately tired that all I wanted was to lean my face against that corduroy and shut out the world . |
| 15 | The strike , organized by unions affiliated to the Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ) , had halted most public transport , stopped all international flights and shut down telecommunications and the state run banking system . |
| 16 | The system can activate central alarms or shut down distribution systems in affected areas . |
| 17 | The fire , apparently caused by a short circuit , triggered an automatic safety system that shut down the plant . |
| 18 | While Western commuters hoist newspapers in front of faces and shut out the rest of society , Chinese people will use a train journey to chat and offer snacks to each other . |