Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frances moved over positively to switch on the radio . |
| 2 | If you feel it will be difficult to stand back sufficiently to carry out the sorts of procedures we have discussed in this chapter , then it may be best to avoid them . |
| 3 | But she found she was n't proof against his sudden closeness , nor his smiling charm as his eyes tried yet again to seek out the curves of her body hidden so discreetly from his probing by her chosen armour . |
| 4 | SIR — In turning over a new leaf , the Labour Party would do well also to turn over a new blossom . |
| 5 | She let her lashes flutter down briefly to shut out the sight of Lucenzo 's smouldering eyes , which seemed to be mesmerising her into surrender . |
| 6 | And , on the day itself , we turned up early to sort out the club . |
| 7 | They ca n't see far enough to make out the hollow . ’ |
| 8 | This cars turned round even to go out the bottom of there 's been an accident oh . |
| 9 | If she 's so anxious about my welfare and morals it 's a wonder she has n't come stamping up here to check out the situation for herself . |
| 10 | He sits up straight to do up the buttons or velcro fastenings . |
| 11 | Insurance firm Minet stepped in yesterday to take up a last-minute offer to sponsor the event , while BSkyB will provide satellite coverage . |
| 12 | They perform the function of a rite of passage whereby the reader is enabled not only to glimpse imaginatively the possibility of a reality which transcends the limitations of sense and intellect but also to validate it . |
| 13 | In Berlin Bismarck followed events in France with increasing interest and , judging the moment precisely , began once again to push forward the candidacy of Leopold of Hohenzollern to the still vacant Spanish throne . |
| 14 | She had wanted so desperately to find out the truth about Luke , but now that was the last thing she wanted to know . |
| 15 | But from the way he reached out slowly to pick up the bottle and said , " In the meantime — my treat ? " |
| 16 | Within a very few weeks of his father 's death , Lewis found himself obliged once more to take up the routines of an Oxford term : weekly tutorials , college meetings and lectures . |
| 17 | Given a more positive ride on her previous outing - again at Newmarket - she stayed on gamely to fend off the well-handicapped Kiveton Kabooz . |
| 18 | She kicked off her shoes on the carpet , and slid back silently to listen down the well of the staircase ; and picking up from this level only minor and ambiguous sounds , she went quickly down again one floor , to where she could lean cautiously over the glossy black banister , and train both eyes and ears upon any activity in the hall below . |