Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [adj] [noun pl] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll be making up the lost hours tonight and on Monday . |
| 2 | We tidied up our rooms and cleaned the kitchens , dragging out the mundane tasks so that we could stay in the warm . |
| 3 | How much will he spend to bail out the first-wave trusts so that they do not end the first financial year in deficit ? |
| 4 | Sort out the jumbled lists below and match up the products and their descriptions , eg PVC raincoat |
| 5 | If , finally , you get any column inches out of it , buy yourself a drink , cut out the precious words carefully and make a pile of photocopies . |
| 6 | I caught myself shouting at people or giving them lectures about elementary things like the importance of oiling their bikes ( I later discovered that oiling bikes in dusty regions wears out the moving parts rather than preserving them ) . |