Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pour some oil into a small dish ( do not pour oil onto your partner 's body , it can be quite a shock ) , oil your hands , then rub them together to warm the oil . |
| 2 | Laney suggest you simply remove the speaker jack when using headphones , but surely this is like saying it 's okay to point an empty gun ; forgetting to re-connect the speaker can prove disastrous on some amps , and inexperienced guitarists should be dissuaded from the habit from early on . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , Heather , d' you really think the hay is on fire ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Of course we believe you when you say you never met the girl . |
| 5 | In a Commons motion they say they deeply regret the decision to shut the hospital which they argue is a direct result of Government reforms in the National Health Service . |
| 6 | In a Commons motion they say they deeply regret the decision to shut the hospital which they argue is a direct result of Government reforms in the National Health Service . |
| 7 | The council say they only pay the level they see fit . |
| 8 | Let me also ask the Minister to deal with the whole question of the inclusion of suspicions . |
| 9 | They may , let me just explain the track then , in those situations they may well be investing in the depots , maintenance and so on , but let me just |
| 10 | Let me just clarify the line I 've been arguing previously , and with Bradford . |
| 11 | Hang on let me just turn the television down . |
| 12 | Let me just put the directory back to where it was . |
| 13 | Forgive me I do n't want to go back that far , but , but let me just put the point you 've made to Professor Hoskins . |
| 14 | Let someone else do the driving this week while you take a back seat ; the time to leap into action and seize control has n't yet arrived . |
| 15 | In fact , I hope I never see the place again . |
| 16 | SCAN itself also records the sequence of individual ‘ events ’ — these are the single items which form an episode — questions and answers , explanations , instructions , etc . |
| 17 | ‘ I imagine we still have the conveyancing documents down among the cobwebs somewhere … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I hope they properly consult the public , local authorities and political parties . |
| 19 | However , while a narrow range of assets may maximise yield it also increases the exposure to risk . |
| 20 | I imagine he just saw the writing on the wall and did n't like their spelling . ’ |
| 21 | Suffice it here to remind the teacher that areas which are well and appropriately lit in the morning may be dark or over-bright in the afternoon and vice versa . |
| 22 | Trim off icing around the base , but let it still cover the drum slightly . |
| 23 | Let us also remember the country of Zaire and all missionaries who were evacuated , many of whom long to return again . |
| 24 | To emphasize the point that there is no simple , necessary , deterministic relationship between the forms of religion and society let us briefly examine the religion of the Nuer . |
| 25 | Let us now abandon the connection with a mechanical system , and treat this as a problem involving any given real matrix A , the eigenvalues and vectors for which have to be found . |
| 26 | Let us now examine the notion of semantic constituent . |
| 27 | ‘ LET us now ascend the tower . |
| 28 | Let us now make the problem a little more complicated by assuming that only part of the disc is in an appreciable magnetic field , as shown in Fig. 4.17(a) . |
| 29 | Let us now make the question more precise , and ask whether the experience has the same effect at any time , or whether there are particular ‘ sensitive periods ’ at which it will be more influential than at others . |
| 30 | But let us now alter the lexis somewhat and consider the following three words in association : |