Example sentences of "slowly and [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An aircraft accident investigation is a long , painstaking process in which the sometimes complicated sequence of events comes to light only slowly and frequently in the wrong order . |
| 2 | They left the superstructure and moved slowly and carefully along the starlit open deck , the increasing wind hammering and buffeting at their bodies . |
| 3 | A curious little line of figures comes round the side of the Admiralty , walking slowly and wearily through the late summer afternoon in Indian file . |
| 4 | He looked up through the clear patch of windscreen at the clouds moving slowly and peacefully across the upper reaches of the sky . |
| 5 | However , per capita food production in Africa has been declining slowly and steadily over the last few decades . |
| 6 | They moved slowly and steadily towards the stranded taxi and then they stopped . |
| 7 | Move your hand slowly and smoothly along the required line and stop squeezing a little before you reach the end of the line ( because the flow continues after the pressure ceases ) . |
| 8 | The 1,3-compounds with alkyl substituents — eg — tend to rearrange slowly and spontaneously to the corresponding 1,2-rings . |
| 9 | He moved slowly and cautiously through the dead roots and broken timber . |
| 10 | He moved slowly and cautiously across the pitch-dark room until his knees touched the edge of the bed . |
| 11 | The doorbell pealed and Julia shot upstairs from the basement , flung herself through the green baize door and then walked slowly and decorously across the black and white tiled hall . |
| 12 | She turned and regarded him , and after a moment walked slowly and deliberately to the Ancient Throne of Niall of the Nine Hostages and seated herself on it . |