Example sentences of "[vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last 18 months Brighton Poets have invigorated the poetry scene by bringing well known guests to read with locally-based poets . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've unscrewed the casters , ’ said Jack , ‘ the feet do n't come off , they 're fixed ! ’ |
| 3 | Of one such ship her rivals would say , as she drew ahead , ‘ They 've unscrewed the beams and we sha n't see her again today . ’ |
| 4 | I am interested to note that they have not unscrewed the fingerplates from his doors . |
| 5 | And if Davie 's principles make him what some might call ‘ elitist ’ or ‘ undemocratic ’ , as in his stinging verdicts on ‘ catchpenny enterprises … like the Arvon Poetry Competitions ’ , it is not without his having pondered the arguments about the place and function of elites and of high art in a democratic nation far more deeply than the bulk of his fellow countrymen . |
| 6 | Having pondered the operating characteristics of the circuit , the next criterion in our list relates to the space available in the housing used to accommodate the finished board . |
| 7 | Once you 've pondered the crucial question of which is the bigger — Mount Everest or Blessed 's supremely affable ego , then the best course of action is simply to let the saltily ribald tidal wave of his enthusiasm for the Big Hill and its history wash over you . |
| 8 | LIKE Shakespearean scholars after a spell at Harvard Business School , the managers of the world 's best-known branded products have long pondered the question : what 's in a name ? |
| 9 | He had pondered the drawing , its cold angry gaze , the intricacy of the creature 's skeletal limbs . |
| 10 | Before speaking to her he has pondered the question of committing suicide to absolve himself from the responsibility of avenging his father ; and Ophelia 's behaviour only emphasises the apparent pointlessness of trying to oppose Claudius , who could easily destroy him . |
| 11 | He had studied and pondered the case , and was immersed in it ; he tried talking to both Marco and Eddie , and pursues Marco for the promise that could save Eddie 's life . |
| 12 | A bridal cap of gold would be placed on her head , its intricately woven strands of gold dripping down her back as though the weaver had spilled the threads of his loom . |
| 13 | The government managed to make its legislation ‘ stick ’ , in contrast to Mr Heath 's experience , and has refuted the old ‘ liberal ’ view that the courts did not have a useful role to play in industrial relations . |
| 14 | 3.4 HAS NOZICK REFUTED THE SCEPTIC ? |
| 15 | A second example involves an argument by means of which the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahé claimed to have refuted the Copernican theory a few decades after the first publication of that theory . |
| 16 | Royal Mail chiefs have refuted the claims and say that , in fact , the quality of service is increasing . |
| 17 | Dr. O'Gorman has succinctly pin-pointed the real flaw , i.e. playing bondholders were getting fewer relative to the membership in general , thus while 2:1 might be undemocratic in any event , it was especially so now . |
| 18 | The watchful French gunners behind Bois Bourrus soon pin-pointed the train by the tell-tale smoke from its engine , and it was forced to retire , a little ignominiously . |
| 19 | To my brother and me had fallen the task of disentangling our parents ' possessions from the original contents of the house . |
| 20 | Moreover , throughout the year the particular day of the week on which Innocents ' Day had fallen the previous year was also regarded as a black-letter day , and was also called Innocents ' Day . |
| 21 | In winter when all the leaves had fallen the forest became rough and creviced like the trunk of a tree . |
| 22 | Once Gosport and the Portsea Lines had fallen the Portsmouth dockyard would become unusable , and — reversing the usual proposed sequence — the invaders would then capture the Isle of Wight . |
| 23 | The French , probably over-confident of victory , allowed themselves to be drawn into a cavalry advance , carried out under a hail of arrows , across recently ploughed ground made softer yet by the rain which had fallen the previous night . |
| 24 | Wing Commander J.M. Gilchrist had been appointed Bursar and Clerk to the Governors in 1962 , and to him had fallen the task — in addition to his ordinary duties — of arranging the financing of the numerous building programmes . |
| 25 | Six weeks before the October general election , figures in mid-September showed that inflation had dropped sharply in August , rising only 0.2 per cent , while unemployment had fallen the same month to 16.6 per cent of the active workforce , the lowest level since 1982 . |
| 26 | Second , the doctor has aided and abetted the patient only in his refusal to undergo further treatment . |
| 27 | ‘ I might as well have lobotomised the patients . |
| 28 | The Cotswold-stone shop sells bears vintage ( £2,500 ) and everyday ( £10 ) , and owner Ian Pout has trawled the world for the top teddies . |
| 29 | Yanto laughed when he realised the old joker had palmed the sawdust and was allowing it to trickle in such a way as to give the impression that it was trickling from his ear . |
| 30 | He might have foreseen the problems that would ensue after their marriage , seen that there was a gulf between Charles and Diana that would be difficult to bridge and advised against it . |