Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Extend both legs forwards and squeeze them together 30 times holding each squeeze for 1 second .
2 Extend both legs forwards and squeeze them together 30 times , holding each squeeze for 1 second .
3 Keeping the legs straight , squeeze them together 25 times , holding each squeeze for 1 second .
4 Extend both legs forwards and squeeze them together 25 times , holding each squeeze for 1 second .
5 Keeping the legs straight , squeeze them together 25 times , holding each squeeze for 1 second .
6 As it is , there is not much she can do with her curls except , every now and again , crop them brutally short just to demonstrate how inadequately they represent her character .
7 Their shared experiences over the past 2,000 years , he argues , bring them together more than their conflicts force them apart .
8 Our aim was to co-ordinate the various efforts being made and bring them under one umbrella .
9 ‘ We 'll put down three weighted floodlights and suspend them about twenty feet above the bottom .
10 ‘ You trust me so little , Caroline ? ’
11 Masses need leaders who can stir them out of apathy and organize them , but once organized they defer to leaders and accord them steadily greater levels of discretion to pursue their own rather than mass interests .
12 By ‘ sign ’ , I should say , I mean nothing very technical .
13 ‘ When you 're silly you make everyone else silly , ’ she told Lydia rebukingly .
14 Except that while she was loving him , gazing wonderingly at his blind eyes , Dr Neil said suddenly and hoarsely , ‘ Quick , McAllister ; put the baby in the drawer over there and bring me as much towelling as you can . ’
15 Keeping your arms straight , raise them as high as possible without slumping forwards .
16 Certain kinds of shares have features which make them economically similar to debt .
17 Let us go , says the second proposition , and find somebody else , some wise man who will be able to answer the unanswerable , who can tell us which are the sheep who can properly raise their prices , and which the goats who ought to keep their prices stable or lower them ; and then , when he tells us , we will all go and scream blue murder at the goats and make them thoroughly ashamed and sorry for themselves .
18 Verdi is never mistaken for Wagner , nor Puccini for Tchaikovsky , because their melodies have personal distinguishing characteristics which make them instantly identifiable .
19 Make them pretty sweet , and let them stand till they are cold .
20 So , in a sense , it gives forewarning ( though no more than that ) of one problem which may emerge when the disclosure regulations make them increasingly familiar with APR and the cost of credit .
21 For example , the allocation of land in a development plan for a school will probably reduce the value of houses on this land or even make them completely unsaleable .
22 They live in their own tribes and have their own ways of fighting which make them easily distinguishable .
23 If they 're losing at half-time , make them really angry .
24 Yes , the cost will most probably kill off some of the clubs or at least make them less successful , but surely that is a price we will have to pay .
25 Dunleavy ( 1982 : 190–7 ) , using the example of the British civil nuclear industry , argues that the ‘ professional ’ ethos of public enterprise specialists may strengthen their links with their professional colleagues outside the state and hence make them less susceptible to control by state agencies .
26 In an attempt to deter the caterpillars , the oaks produce distasteful chemicals called tannins in their leaves which make them less palatable .
27 So it is arguable that the select committees promote independence of mind among MPs and make them less willing to vote automatically as the whips would like .
28 For the most part , however , the solution will lie more on the managers ' side than the shareholders ' : the managers need to be given incentives that make them less likely to make the colossal errors of the 1960s .
29 The authors argue that this is not evidence that their model is incorrect or inapplicable to treated cases , but that , to a certain extent , the factors which make women vulnerable to depression also make them less likely to receive psychiatric help .
30 The ‘ characters ’ ( the only real selling point ) make them extremely awkward to use , and the licences have taken a hefty toll on the price — a wallet-busting £12.99 !
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