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Sentences with act

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  • The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism. [VERB]
  • A patient will usually listen to the doctor's advice and act on it. [VERB + on/upon]
  • Police are warning children to be extra vigilant about their safety after a man performed a lewd act in front of students outside a western Sydney school.
  • If we don't act now, nothing will stop the worst polluters.
  • ...a gang of youths who were acting suspiciously. [VERB adverb]
  • He acted both as the ship's surgeon and as chaplain for the men. [VERB + as]
  • But earlier this week he capped years of outrageousness with what just might be the ultimate act of subversion.
  • Chris acted astonished as he examined the note. [VERB adjective]
  • ...the law firm that acted for Diana during her marriage split. [VERB + for]
  • He's taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system. [VERB + on/upon]
  • She confessed to her parents her desire to act. [VERB]
  • Language interpretation is the whole point of the act of reading. [+ of]
  • There were moments when I wondered: did she do this on purpose, was it all just a game, an act?
  • ...an Act of Parliament. [+ of]
  • Act II contained one of the funniest scenes I have ever witnessed.
  • This year numerous bands are playing, as well as comedy acts.
  • His mind acted quickly
  • The glass acted as protection
  • She usually acts like a lady
  • To act the fool
  • To act tired
  • Caught in the act of stealing
  • Don't act the child
  • act like a lady
  • We must act now to forestall disaster
  • The fence acts as a barrier
  • He's acting for the committee
  • Acids act on metal
  • He acted very angry
  • An act of goodwill
  • But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
  • He was caught in the act of stealing.
  • “H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what [. . . ] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”
  • Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?
  • The minute you let it be known you're planning a sales campaign everybody wants to get into the act.
  • To put on an act
  • If you don't act soon, you will be in trouble.
  • I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.
  • He's acting strangely - I think there's something wrong with him.
  • He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn't worry.
  • act on behalf of John
  • High-pressure oxygen acts on the central nervous system and may cause convulsions or death. Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies.
  • He's been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.
  • He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.
  • This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!
  • A heroic act.
  • Caught in the act.
  • An act of Congress.
  • The act broke up after 30 years.
  • The politician's pious remarks were all an act.
  • He acted promptly in the emergency.
  • I am required to act before noon tomorrow.
  • To act as manager.
  • The medicine failed to act.
  • To act well under all conditions.
  • Act interested even if you're bored.
  • He acted in three plays by Molière.
  • His plays don't act well.
  • In my absence the assistant manager will act for me.
  • To act Macbeth.
  • To act outraged virtue.
  • He acted the fool.
  • We children enjoyed our uncle because he didn't always act his age.
  • The factory must clean up its act and treat its employees better.
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