• Before beginning the sanding procedure carefully sweep all dirt, dust and other debris from the floor.
• She didn't have a beautiful garden, but she kept the place neat and tidy, even to the point where she swept the bare dirt in her yard.
• I said that I had a broom but I didn't have a pan to sweep the dirt into.

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• I was swept along with the crowd and found myself genuinely delighted when Fulham went ahead.
• She did not wish to go to the top, for she knew what would take place and had no desire to see it, but her own feelings were quelled and she was docilely swept along with the crowd.
• The riotous crowd around him swept him along through arcane underground tunnels to a vaulted hall.

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• Her long, curling dark hair had been swept upwards into the most fashionable style as of late, pinned into place by delicate silver gems that shone in her hair.
• She picked up her brush and quickly swept her long hair into a fashionable ponytail and then got up and walked over to her closet, which was brimming with clothes.
• Tilting her face upwards, she swept her long hair back, her hand skimming the stitches along her hairline.

• Next, Afridi swept one powerfully over midwicket, and later in the same tonked one over wide long-on.
• An injured Chaminda Vaas hit three boundaries in an enterprising knock of 19, before losing the ball in an attempt to sweep Banks.

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• The classic example has been the Toronto Blessing, which came to Slovakia via the UK, and swept through many churches affecting thousands of believers.
• On the morning of August 16, hundreds of soldiers surrounded and swept through areas of the northern town of Mannar and suburbs.
• Fifty years ago, an epidemic swept across this nation affecting millions of people and lasting for many years.

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• Escape Fire refers to a 1949 tragedy in Montana in which 13 young firefighters died in a wildfire that was sweeping up a hillside.
• The exact moment of being in the picture was when in the far distance about 100 goats could be seen sweeping down the hillside towards the village.
• It is here that the roaring tide of the Philippine Sea, moving northwards, meets the mighty current of the Pacific Ocean, sweeping down in the opposite direction.

• In the 1966 World Series, the LA Dodgers played the Baltimore Orioles who swept the Series in four games.
• The Heat, the lone new face in the Eastern semi-finals, also swept their first-round series, beating the Pistons in three games.
• Cleveland threatened to break away by sweeping a three game series in the first 2001 meeting between the Indians and the Twins.

• Kyle had swept it for listening devices and when he said it was clear the girl had immediately blurted out a million questions.
• Mr Brennan told the tribunal last month the meeting room was swept for electronic bugging devices before and during these presentations.
• Because of this, Digifone had 24-hour security, while a security firm swept the offices for listening devices every two weeks.

• In some instances, they would place antipersonnel mines in the vicinity of the IEDs in the hopes of killing soldiers sweeping the area around an IED.
• Sergeant Irving told his squad to sweep the area.
• To find the reserves, you'd have use massive manpower to cordon off the state, moving inward, sweeping every single building you came to.

• When coal fires were the norm, households would employ a sweep to ensure their chimneys were spotlessly clean.
• When your chimney is swept, the sweep will use the amount of soot he removes as a guide to often the chimney needs cleaning.

• As long as Jaques survived Yorkshire were in with a shout but after hammering 70 from 46 balls he top-edged a sweep at Dalrymple and lobbed a catch to Weekes at leg slip.
• Ponting tried a lazy sweep and merely top-edged it to Vaughan at short fine leg.

• One TV critic even claimed we were doing it as a ‘craven ratings stunt for sweeps.’
• The Golden Fleece here would appear to be a Nielsen rating during sweeps.

• A tree-lined driveway ends in a sweep in front of Old Hall, where there is a large front lawn and the grounds are surrounded by mature trees, secluding it almost completely.

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• But the whole sweep of history is to her as a closed book.
• By turning your head, you seemed to take in the whole sweep of Irish history, from the Vikings to the plantation.
• When the festival works best, it works - like any festival in any of the arts - because it has acquired a critical mass that gives it a sweep and scope greater than the sum of its individual parts.

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