Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a brisk nod Polly relinquished the wheel and dived down the companionway . |
| 2 | I came round to her way of thinking and handed over the Visa card . |
| 3 | A player landing on a Point Of Order square must decide whether they want an Aye or No before picking a card and carrying out the instructions on the card ( for example — ‘ David Owen backs you , lose 50 votes ’ ) . |
| 4 | However , it can be used if you can ‘ read ’ your card and work out the maximum number of tucks or loops you will be collecting . |
| 5 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 6 | Fine to medium paintbrushes are useful for moving flowers and leaves around , and for brushing hairs and fluff off the design once you have finished it . |
| 7 | He threw down the knife , turned off the gas ring and stamped down the hall . |
| 8 | Instead of pulling over onto the hard shoulder , opening the car bonnet and putting more oil in the engine , you take a hammer and bash out the oil warning light . |
| 9 | I stagger to the bedroom and pull out the cover from beneath him . |
| 10 | She crossed the bedroom and picked up the cigar and put it back on the table . |
| 11 | A long and heart-felt kiss was interrupted by the phone and I hurried back into the bedroom and picked up the extension in time to hear Ed Grainger . |
| 12 | Initial priorities would be projects strengthening the infrastructure , privatization , reforming the financial sector , developing a productive and competitive private sector , restructuring industry , encouraging direct foreign investment and cleaning up the environment . |
| 13 | Manolo flicked a switch and brought up the other figure . |
| 14 | If possible , turn off the power at the switch and pull out the plug . |
| 15 | All around him , squatting on the ground , were his followers ; and beyond them , around the outskirts and blocking up the mouths of the little streets which gave on to the square , was a wider , more disinterested audience . |
| 16 | Still , it is an election year and the nominally apolitical Fed is expected to rally round the incumbent president and dole out the credit with a liberal hand . |
| 17 | The NP would retain its earlier proposals for a transitional government with a two-chamber parliament [ see p. 38798 ] , but would propose an executive council to replace the state president and carry out the functions of the head of state and head of government . |
| 18 | She got in , checked that the newly cut key was in her purse and switched on the engine . |
| 19 | Use of PLATO has the disadvantage that special PLATO terminals have to be used for the instruction ; this means that users can not be taught in their own congressional offices and carry out the training as and when required . |
| 20 | A mob attacked Kano government offices and burnt down the state radio station . |
| 21 | Sometimes a single boulder bounds and clatters down the scree pile , echoing loudly , sometimes a larger mass breaks away , sometimes the scree itself shifts and readjusts itself in a prolonged rattling clatter — a noise rather like the sea swashing back over pebbles . |
| 22 | Maggie looked at him ironically and the dark eyes were turned fully on her , inspecting her face until she had the mad urge to shut her eyes and block out the intent gaze . |
| 23 | Griselda opened her eyes and licked up the tear . |
| 24 | We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We 're hoping to get some sort of fail-safe mechanism written in so we can take control of the club and sort out the legal matters after that , ’ he said . |
| 26 | After winning the Berkhamsted he went back to his home club and picked up the Watson Trophy with a 69 . |
| 27 | He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary . |
| 28 | I pushed the wrench down the side of Armstrong 's driving seat and wound up the engine . |
| 29 | At last the cabby climbed up to his seat and whipped up the horse . |
| 30 | Then you go over the seat and hang off the inside , but you still keep a lot of weight on that outside peg and you put on some more if the tyre starts really sliding . ’ |