Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 2 | The glass canopy , dating from when the property was used as a garage , and the existing facade would remain intact but the building behind would be demolished and rebuilt . |
| 3 | They scattered across the dirt plaza that gave the low-lying village its air of consequence ; those whose homes lay uphill began their journey with scuffling games of last-lick which ceased as the road became steep and the heat too strong . |
| 4 | I say this because the Sloth so far has done nothing and it appears he does n't plan to do anything except now he is reading a James Michener book . |
| 5 | The ghetto-blaster lies less than a metre away from the lip of the jacuzzi . |
| 6 | ‘ The head was smashed open and the face badly bruised . |
| 7 | This worked very well , but in 1988 people were pushing in from the sides instead of joining the queues , and tempers were becoming frayed and the situation somewhat dangerous as people trampled over the numerous electricity cables and water pipes . |
| 8 | I 'm afraid I 'd have to rewire this guitar in a more commonsense manner , so the toggle switch points towards the set of controls in use ( that 's the key , I think ) , and also so that the volumes sit fore and the tones aft , the way Gibsons and Fenders do . |
| 9 | As for happy hours , I 'd say that 50% of pubs in Leeds have a happy hour at least once a day so if you were looking for something to celebrate each and every day then this might come up ( along with the anniversary of the death of the guy who drove the stephenson steam train on it 's maiden journey , and the all too sad occasion of the 7th anniversary of the cat that lived 4 doors down that was callously knocked over by the no. 40 bus ) |
| 10 | In terms of percentage of income invested in R&D the USA scored lowest and the FRG highest , Japan being only slightly above the USA . |
| 11 | The time seemed endless and the water deep . |
| 12 | The knock on his studio door came less than an hour later . |
| 13 | It seemed inconceivable that a man as fantastic as Damian Flint could find her attractive , and as she realised that that was what she truly thought of him she felt her hands move caressingly on his strong throat and her eyes move down unsteadily to study his mouth . |
| 14 | At Karlsruhe , the Rhine had finally turned blue and the river here is the boundary between the Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg . |
| 15 | The anti-Hoxha demonstrations were put down by the police and troops with increasing force , and on Feb. 23 it was officially reported that two demonstrators and a policeman had been shot dead when a crowd reportedly tried to storm the Tirana military academy ( the opposition claimed up to 30 dead , and attributed some of the shooting to clashes between rival pro- and anti-reform factions within the army ) . |
| 16 | But the bank announced rates will remain unchanged and the 100-index hardly moved . |
| 17 | Erm , of course it has to be remembered that all these lectures , or at least most of them , were erm voluntary compulsion and the men used to turn up because they were told to and er whether or not they showed little or no interest very often and it was all erm well a bit of a waste of time . |
| 18 | The law of nuisance , therefore , affords little or no protection either to a complainant who is unduly sensitive to an odour emission , or where the use interfered with is a sensitive one , as when the taste of biscuits manufactured under controlled conditions , was adversely affected by odorous fumes from a source a few miles away . |
| 19 | We communicated in spasmodic shouts , for Archie was growing deaf and the wind outside was showing no sign of abatement . |
| 20 | Lord Wilberforce sought to rebut this but the request clearly , in the minds of some , showed that the court was not independent or impartial . |
| 21 | I mean today 's the only day I 've had free and the phone just has n't stopped ringing . |
| 22 | The grass grows high and the gardens wild in front of these houses , and some of the houses have slogans painted on the wall . |
| 23 | ‘ These thieves sound credible because the cards really have been stolen . ’ |
| 24 | The complex was rebuilt after a firebomb attack more than a year ago , and its owners certainly have made the most of the opportunity . |
| 25 | Yeah but he 's had one and a half then . |
| 26 | When she 'd gone to work for the Bradfords Paddy had been left on his own and it had got worse than a pigsty then . |
| 27 | But at the height of Charlie 's love-affair with Celtic the romance turned sour when the player flatly rejected what he believed was an insulting financial offer from the Celtic board . |
| 28 | Got eighteen and a half today on the pools ! |
| 29 | Then Nigel got injured so the thing never came to a head . |
| 30 | The defence which had been suspect all season became vulnerable and the forwards simply could not score goals , so poor Palace fell out of the bottom of Division Two . |