Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I whipped the key out and turned to run through the Square only to find Shifty-Eyes standing blocking the pavement . |
| 2 | The predatory Ritchie chested the ball down and hammered a volley past Lukic . |
| 3 | The ball eluded Winterburn , and Ritchie , Oldham 's leading goalscorer , chested the ball down and crashed a fierce volley beyond Lukic . |
| 4 | If you push the lever down and leave it there the flaps will reach their maximum angle and the selector will automatically jump back into neutral so that the hydraulic circuit can idle . |
| 5 | Doyle drew his restless gaze from the banks of silent consoles , and the rows of operators , many of them girls hardly out of school , and watched Cowley tear the sheet off and finish his cursory read of the contents . |
| 6 | In any other sphere of life , when the demand for your product collapses for reasons entirely beyond your control , you do n't try to drum up new custom , you wind the business down and go into something more profitable ’ ‘ But there is a disturbing feeling about that something irreversible may be happening in the world and it is not to Britain 's advantage . |
| 7 | By the time she had got her cases up to the guest room , made the bed up and sorted out her food supplies it was beginning to get dark and , although she had a burning desire to go up to the studio , caution prevailed . |
| 8 | Can Desert Orchid the champion bring the house down and win . |
| 9 | Producing this amount of new growth also means adequate moisture below : when weather is dry , remember the thirsty ramblers ; lay the hose out and let it dribble for a few hours . |
| 10 | I lay the rod down and spend another two or three minutes feeding maggots into the swim . |
| 11 | You will not have to strip the tank down but wait until the remaining fish are back to 100 per cent health and then begin re-stocking very slowly . |
| 12 | For a moment he watched the blood well from the cut , staining the mottled grey fur , then laid the knife down and eased the flesh apart . |
| 13 | Then he laid the file down and sat back , his eyes on her . |
| 14 | He laid the pistol down and crossed to the drinks cabinet , pouring glasses of whisky for himself and for Carol . |
| 15 | Richie took the James Braid putter out , laid the bag down and went to confer with Sir Bryan about the line of his putt . |
| 16 | He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table . |
| 17 | We 'd brush them down , rub the dirt off and sell them again , ’ says Fielding . |
| 18 | Or at least pick the phone up and say erm you know |
| 19 | The procedure of bringing the nail down and taking it back up is performed using a small platform , worked by an ancient system of ropes and pulleys and known as La Nivola , the ‘ little cloud ’ . |
| 20 | He got the cross out and showed it to me . |
| 21 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 22 | They got the ballast out and loaded it into skips and the loco brought it along the line to the plant . |
| 23 | In parliament there would be a carefully organized campaign of resistance that would at least slow the government down and raise Unionist morale . |
| 24 | Owner-trainer John Hill and three racecourse vets checked the filly over and decided she was fit to run , but Atlantic Way could finish only third . |
| 25 | After a searching glance at her , he led the way out and helped her into the Land Rover . |
| 26 | Pages were put together by gathering the material up and roughing it into a layout based round the principal hooks — the headlines and pictures which were the only things that really mattered . |
| 27 | We then had to drive the machine back and unload the rented van . |
| 28 | If you have to leave your desk , pressing the button turns the screen off and locks the keyboard but leaves the PC running . |
| 29 | By the time Kathleen had sorted the patient out and found someone to give his wife a cup of tea and explain what was happening , Jack was back in Theatre , clad from head to toe in green theatre pyjamas , with a J-cloth hat and a mask . |
| 30 | They 've lifted the carpet up and thrown it away and erm she said erm Oh erm . |