Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled the shirt on but made no effort to button it . |
| 2 | Visitors young and old let their hair down and enjoyed the entertainment , which ranged from clowns and bouncy castles to computer games and a disco . |
| 3 | Well , er at Christmas time and the new year time , we can let our hair down and sing the old traditional ballads , maybe |
| 4 | Springfield slid the aerial down and directed a relieved grin at the quizzical expressions on the faces of his watching companions . |
| 5 | I remember planting my foot down and hearing a snap . |
| 6 | She did n't answer , just put her foot down and sent the Cortina faster and faster through the night . |
| 7 | to make sure they 're alright then they switched the telly on and fetched a couple of , the adult programme . |
| 8 | It rejoices in the unrivalled might of Israel 's God , the creator of the world , and in his habit of turning human affairs upside down and bringing the powerless to positions of strength . |
| 9 | Poiana Brasov is a skier 's oasis in Romania just like the small glass balls that you turn upside down and watch the snow fall on the perfect setting . |
| 10 | During training Catherine had to acquire a few hair-raising skill such as flying upside down and rescuing the aircraft from a stall . |
| 11 | The Yugo finally skidded to a halt upside down and straddling the middle lane . |
| 12 | ‘ It was exactly semi-retirement because I took all my gear down and demoed a good album 's worth of material . |
| 13 | Once under 178 knots you get the gear down and lower the flaps ten per cent ; then under 122 knots lower full flaps and maintain ninety knots to the threshold using around 25 per cent torque . |
| 14 | There was only a handful of tourists and a few gardeners in orange overalls and hard yellow hats batting the undergrowth down and checking the stonework . |
| 15 | Regular exercise and a sensible diet will help keep your weight down and reduce the risk . |
| 16 | " Distractedly , he began to change hammer , pouch , pipe and matches from hand to hand , dropping them and picking them up , before finally deciding to put the hammer down and stuff the rest into his pockets . |
| 17 | I am under pressure from a wide range of general practitioners to bring the list size criterion down and to extend the range of care that can be purchased by GP fund holders . |
| 18 | This would drag the underlying asthenosphere along and promote a compensatory upward movement within the mantle under mid-oceanic ridges . |
| 19 | Pour the garlic vinaigrette over and toss the salad , then serve immediately , scattered with cress . |
| 20 | Taking the empty teacup , Gran went out , switching the light off and closing the door . |
| 21 | They take the roof , they get some old coaches they take the roof off and put a new sort of flat board and you can climb up the outside . |
| 22 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 23 | Lay the plaice on a board skinned side up and place a strip of salmon on top , patching with more salmon , if this becomes necessary . |
| 24 | Erm do the zip up and tie a bow in those strings . |
| 25 | 5.2 The Project Manager shall also be responsible setting up and maintaining a mechanism by which operational changes in the Project thought necessary by any of the Parties are submitted to the Project Committee for approval . |
| 26 | Ironically , Nevin had been Tranmere 's only slight disappointment up until producing a clinical finish to punish defender Richard Smith 's miscued header eight minutes from time . |
| 27 | Then she took a syringe out and gave the boy an anti-tetanus jab . |
| 28 | Accordingly , each week when I am at home , I take the car out and do a certain circuit , stopping at various vantage points where I can scan the surrounding area with binoculars or telescope , noting and memorising everything I see . |
| 29 | The first time she wore it , Nigel kept his coat on at a party so that he could hold the side out and cover the vision . |
| 30 | Turn the cover right side out and insert the cushion pad . |