Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To demonstrate how sound patterns and perceptions change with size Sound Mixer Alan Fogg prerecorded several segments of specially speeded up or slowed down soundtrack to show how , respectively , a tiny voice sounds to a giant , and vice versa . |
| 2 | Champion of the underdog and believer in the nobility of the common man , he lost no opportunity to teach his daughter the importance of never giving in or allowing herself to be beaten by lack of courage . |
| 3 | A third reason for isostatic anomalies is that there are dynamic forces present in the sub-lithospheric mantle which are capable of actively dragging down or pushing up the lithosphere . |
| 4 | So is he to be he does n't know whether to just carry on or to put a stop to it now or what the hell to do |
| 5 | The respondent did not take the opportunity to consult a solicitor until March 1989 , nor did he prior to then carry out or arrange for the carrying out of any investigations . |
| 6 | Inside , the scene was one of frenetic confusion , servants scurrying around , shouting and gesticulating , carts laden with provisions struggling to either get in or leave . |
| 7 | Routine thinking throws up no ideas about how to work on or round or against a seemingly impossible situation — which reaffirms powerlessness . |
| 8 | ) The same may be said of the glissando , produced by rapidly drawing in or pushing out the slide . |