Example sentences of "be [vb pp] clean " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What I 'm doing is dragging pool up by the scruff of the neck : it 's gon na be shaken clean . ’ |
| 2 | Here it could be wedged among the reeds , and would eventually be picked clean . |
| 3 | When stationed at Mhow in Central India , his camp was right next to the sacred site where the Parsee sect left bodies to be picked clean by vultures . |
| 4 | Power stations can be made cleaner and more efficient , so that they use less fossil fuel , particularly high carbon coal ; energy can be used more economically by the consumer ; and there is nuclear energy ( the subject of the following chapter ) , which whatever else it is capable of doing , does not produce carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | Quite decent things , hopelessly botched , needing to be made clean again . |
| 6 | and with a leprous man came over and began doing a to him saying , Lord if you just want to you can make me clean , and so stretching out his hand he touched him saying , I want to be made clean and immediately his leprosy was , vanished away , then Jesus said to him , see that you tell no one , but go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses appointed for the purpose of a witness to them when he entered into Calpurnia that 's the other two , that the other |
| 7 | The parts should then be rinsed clean in the soaking solution and then in clean hot water before reassembling . |
| 8 | Then the paper will be washed clean with running water ; and , if a proper job is to be made of it , resized and even retoned . |
| 9 | Once dry , the paints become insoluble in water — the surface of the thoroughly dry painting can even be washed clean with soap and water , without harm . |
| 10 | Embryo transfer is potentially the safest way of introducing new blood-lines , though even this is not entirely safe ; the outside of a goat embryo resembles a rolled up hedgehog and can not be washed clean ! |
| 11 | At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work . |
| 12 | Although often a marginal need in food environments , where hygiene regulations require the use of head gear , it is often cheaper to use safety helmets which can be wiped clean rather than incur laundry costs from the use of linen caps . |
| 13 | It 's made from a hardwearing fabric and can be wiped clean from the trials and tribulations inflicted on it by the rough and tumble of everyday use . |
| 14 | That he would atone for it and so the slate would be wiped clean . |
| 15 | Information kept on a credit card would be wiped clean by the massive bursts of magnetism given off by the scanner . |
| 16 | It has the difference , if there is the implication , that in many perhaps in most cases of AIDS , it could have been avoided by , what used to be called clean living . |
| 17 | They had to be filed clean . |
| 18 | ‘ If one of those human soldiers were to get as much as a good whiff of this hot pot of mine , well like as not he 'd be knocked clean off his feet , and should he , by some act of unforgivable negligence on our part , actually eat some — well , I for one would n't like to be held responsible . ’ |
| 19 | The cloves of ye Lemon must be taken clean from ye syrup to put to ye jelly . " |
| 20 | Any hospital needs to be kept clean and the patients need good food . |
| 21 | All Mr Landor and the other lodgers cared about was that their rooms should be kept clean and their food brought on time , and she was expert at both . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's just become more and more difficult to manage — he wanders , and he has to be kept clean … |
| 23 | The health provisions , contained in Part 1 of the Factories Act 1961 provide that every factory must be kept clean and free from effluvia arising from any drain , sanitary convenience or nuisance . |
| 24 | The stock room or warehouse should not be damp , or very hot/cold ; it should be kept clean and tidy ( dusty packets and rusty tins are not saleable ) . |
| 25 | However , there may be a small minority of residents who refuse to be kept clean . |
| 26 | Some schools have permanent pools outside , but as with the sand pit , they need to be kept clean and free from intruders . |
| 27 | This filter needs to be kept clean , or the pump 's flow will be reduced . |
| 28 | ‘ was not clean and in good working order ’ This point means among other things that the lamps in question must be kept clean as mud or snow could hide the light . |
| 29 | Windows have to be cleaned often if they are to be kept clean , and literary clarity , too , is always likely to be an effect of long labour . |
| 30 | The tank floor must be kept clean , to minimise the risk of infection of the anal fins , which may prevent proper development later . |