Example sentences of "[vb base] the [noun pl] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | firm the plants well and water thoroughly , then mulch to suppress weeds . |
| 2 | Bring the palms back to shoulder height , turn the palms to face down and then , as you breathe out , push the palms down and then let them rest at your sides . |
| 3 | The gluteus maximus muscle in the buttocks makes it possible to pull the legs back , push the hips forward and stand up straight . |
| 4 | Repeat the instructions above but mark off every 30° instead of 20- . |
| 5 | We used to work there from half past twelve till five o'clock at night , taking the bucket out and put another bucket in because the buckets what they used to call the bushes what were connected to the links they used to wear and we used to have to take them , one of them out and used to have a big chain go right the way round and bring the , bring the buckets backwards and they used to loosen up all the , all the pins what used to go through the buckets in the , in the links , so we took them out and then they used to go up to the dock and br they put new bushes in . |
| 6 | ‘ Have them cover that stag with the polythene and then drag the others together and burn them . |
| 7 | Comb the fibres through and through , |
| 8 | just bang the words down like they 're screaming Fire ! |
| 9 | The means of mass transportation and communication , the commodities of lodging , food and clothing , the irresistible output of the entertainment and information industry carry with them prescribed attitudes and habits , certain intellectual and emotional reactions which bind the consumers more or less pleasantly to the producers and through the latter to the whole . |
| 10 | Apply it to one surface , then clamp the parts together while the adhesive sets . |
| 11 | Not forgetting the notes in the blue box , he wrote , number the slips perhaps or leave unnumbered , each slip to record date and place of purchase of one element of the glass , size and shape and substance before incorporation , brief history of its purchase , tube ticket , bus ticket , receipt , weather on day of purchase and weather on day of incorporation , temperature on day of purchase and temperature on day of incorporation , 1 tin peaches , bread , marmite ( small ) , remember laundry , one day like any other ( and Goldberg , pausing in his typing , picked up his pen and put a small question mark in the margin of his typescript and then carried on ) , now winter has come , but every night like every other , walking round the glass under the cold light , measuring the glass , preparing the glass . |
| 12 | When it happens , rub the fingers vigorously or plunge the hands into warm water . |
| 13 | In other words , you should n't just hold down the chord shape and pick the notes out as they lie under your hand ; each double has its own fingering . |
| 14 | Um it 's almost as if the debate about false memory syndrome is embedded in an older notion of memory , embedded in a notion of memory as if it were either literally true or literally false , embedded in a notion of memory which sees memories as things like larders or cupboards or filing cabinets and um y'know people pick the memories out and get them out and and display them to other people . |
| 15 | Now careful as you pick the packets up because some of them are so old . |
| 16 | Slowly raise the arms apart until they are horizontal ( keep the elbows slightly bent ) . |
| 17 | Some of the sisters are less efficient so they just heap the notes up and the last become first . |
| 18 | Dumb-bell shoulder press — slowly press the dumb-bells vertically until the arms are straight |
| 19 | But top managers say the advantages more than offset any frustration . |
| 20 | and gradually you can go through it again and sort of fit the references in and , you know , so gradually , and then , then you find it 's too big and then you sort of go through it again and try and knock some stuff out so |
| 21 | Juggle the appointments around and manage to fit her in . |
| 22 | In a temperate country shoes are made in a factory by workers who are process controllers rather than craftsmen , and they touch the materials only when loading or unloading machines . |
| 23 | My advice is that he should pull into a lay-by , turf the others out and then hand the wheel over to firmer and safer hands . |
| 24 | Position the plant in the centre of the pot so that its crown is about 2 cm ( 1 in ) below the pot rim ( 1 cm/½ in if the compost is soilless ) , spread the roots out if they do not already form a compact ball with the soil and , holding the plant with one hand , fill in compost with the other all round the roots until the pot is full . |
| 25 | When you 're revising you said the other night , you cover the answers up and try the question . |
| 26 | ‘ Most important , ’ ran the press release , ‘ the cups cover the bosoms fully and stay on in the water ’ — most important . |
| 27 | I scan the papers daily but there is less and less information and more and more detail . |
| 28 | they put the trusses on and then they fill the gables in and then put the tiles on . |
| 29 | The authors put the materials together while they were all working at the University of Strathclyde , primarily on the Programme in Literary Linguistics . |
| 30 | Do it do it on your calculator , just put the figures in and do it . |