Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] and [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of religious intolerance that still lives on today and causes Salman Rushdie to live in fear of his life . |
| 2 | The approach is easy , forward down gently and landing number one is acceptable . |
| 3 | Perhaps we should be getting back to the roots of organisations like the RA and footpath preservation societies in encouraging people to wander more freely and make use of neglected local paths . |
| 4 | Put up with what 's going on , because the reality is , there 's nobody in Northern Ireland prepared to stand up now and give evidence in open court , because if they do they 're dead before the week is done . |
| 5 | Using your fingers , press quite firmly and move fingers and scalp over the bone . |
| 6 | She had just finished an article about pawnshops , the meat of which had been supplied by Rose , who had come round again and invited Sally-Anne to tea at the Buildings . |
| 7 | To stir up mischief , no doubt , and to eye Jean Bruce , the blacksmith 's daughter — they had been seen strolling about in the gloaming more than once , laughing quietly together and holding hands . |
| 8 | The crowd came together again and hid Filmer and his flower and I felt the tension in my muscles subside , and realized I had n't known I had tensed them . |
| 9 | Concern with labour productivity , they believed , would lead slave-owners both to behave more humanely and find ways of giving slaves greater autonomy in their labour . |
| 10 | To help pupils study more effectively and encourage self discipline . |
| 11 | I came home later and found Kelly shaken . |
| 12 | She , in whom a natural clear spring of charm flowed vigorously , who expostulated , articulated and knew her own mind with commanding grace — in private , not in public of course ( before others who were not family , such confidence in a girl would seem an outrage ) — could not speak up now and tell Rosa what she felt . |
| 13 | Assuming he was murdered , assuming that the murderer went first into the kitchen , then he could have crept back silently and attacked Berowne from behind . |
| 14 | What if his Mum came back unexpectedly and found Lee in the house ? |
| 15 | ‘ My guess — it 's no more than that — is that somebody came around earlier and told Mrs Tanner that there 'd be a couple of hundred quid in it for her if you showed up . |
| 16 | At the top of the next gradient , the line crossed over the railway by some timbered cottages and then turned right again and descended Ringstead Road which was narrow and on a steep gradient . |
| 17 | Most of these are basically simple , involving sitting or lying down comfortably and focusing awareness on a pleasing thought ( ‘ Still and calm … still and calm ’ or whatever ; or invent your own ) ; a soft ‘ nonsense sound ’ ( a mantra ) that you repeat under your breath ; on the rise and fall of your chest as you breath ; or successively on different parts of the body , starting at the toes and working upwards . |
| 18 | Stand up straight and show respect to your superiors — or you will feel the irons of An Dap about your ankles again ! " |
| 19 | If the engine fails on take-off , keep going straight ahead and crash land . |
| 20 | Erm I would say that in the past the loyalist paramilitaries , apart from the obvious thing which was easy going out just and killing catholics as they 've been doing recently . |
| 21 | The last time they were in office Labour said the same thing , those earning less than a certain amount would not pay tax , however , in reality everybody paid out more and remember Harold Wilson 's pound in your pocket speech ? |
| 22 | The next time the band plays in that town , kids will run out early and buy tickets . |
| 23 | She turned round slowly and looked Jake in the eye . |
| 24 | I turned round quickly and saw Greta Ross . |
| 25 | Group welfare officer Sheila Redmond said : ‘ It is important that all women employees treat smear testing very seriously and take advantage of this opportunity . |
| 26 | Exasperated police blamed drivers for going too fast and ignoring fog warning signs . |
| 27 | At one time ( it is thought in the late 1800's ) , there was a devastating fire caused by the mill stones turning too quickly and creating sparks which easily ignited the dusty dry building and much of it was destroyed . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm going to go up there and ask Gaskell what he thinks he 's playing at . ’ |
| 29 | By tomorrow , which was Wednesday , I was breathing shallowly but without mechanical help , sitting propped up sideways and drinking soup ; talking , attached to drainage tubes and feeling sore . |
| 30 | He walked away then and left Artemis trying to puzzle out what her father meant by putting her mother in the past tense . |