Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At dinner the undergraduate in his second year got on well with the ex-prime minister , which is a mark up to both sides . |
| 2 | He trusts me , we got on well in the old days . |
| 3 | Nisbet , with his first goal of the season , ultimately revived Rangers ' European ambitions and no matter how fortuitous his strike was , it may yet turn out to be of inestimable value to an Ibrox team who clung on bravely in the closing stages . |
| 4 | A few crofting families clung on there until the 19th century but the island is now uninhabited . |
| 5 | We see action in one area not as self-contained or hermetically sealed , but as spilling over to affect and be affected by what goes on elsewhere under the same roof . |
| 6 | The emotional and mental link tying the child to its mother is usually very powerful , and goes on well after the physical birth itself . |
| 7 | I sit down here in the absolute silence with my reflection , in a sort of state of mystery . |
| 8 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |
| 9 | In Glasgow , Fazzi Brothers ' Caffe-Bar , adjoining the Cambridge Street branch of the family 's 70-year-old delicatessen business , fits in nicely with the Glaswegian notion of la dolce vita : sparky but unhurried conversation , compulsive people-watching , searching critiques of the nearby Sauchiehall Street shoe shops , and comparative study of each other 's purchases , all washed down with copious amounts of coffee and a plate of voluptuous cakes . |
| 10 | Nonetheless it fits in beautifully with the black and white timber-framed houses and cottages which are so much part of the county . |
| 11 | The excavators at Silchester and Caerwent had found great quantities , but regarded it as merely so commonplace and ordinary , that they hardly bothered even to mention it , thus ignoring the important principle laid down earlier by the great Pitt-Rivers , who attempted to record everything he found ‘ however small and however common … common things are of more importance than particular things , because they are more prevalent ’ ( 1898 , 27 ) . |
| 12 | The statues came tumbling down all over the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | When pressed down half-way , at which point it can be caught in a notch , the note is raised a semitone ; when pressed down farther to the second notch the note is raised another semitone . |
| 14 | He heard a gasp from the crowd of people gathered below , he seemed to hang forever in mid-air and then , miraculously , he was crashing down on to the opposite roof . |
| 15 | The rate of depreciation slows down significantly in the second and third years but still runs at around 20 per cent a year . |
| 16 | Huy 's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first . |
| 17 | The new format certainly appeared to go down well with the packed crowd . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah just like to know the company Ah 'll be keepin' down there in the Southern Ocean . ’ |
| 19 | She was walking on ahead up the narrow path now , he following behind pushing his bike , when he said , ‘ Your people live here ? ’ |
| 20 | This led to a good deal of overlapping and interdepartmental rivalry , notably between the foreign and war offices : propaganda in the neutral states which it was most important to influence was in fact carried on largely by the British diplomatic missions there , often supported by groups of expatriates and local anglophiles . |
| 21 | To date it is a subtle but important change of mood that , with luck , will grow stronger over the winter — allowing spring to bring those green shoots of recovery that the Treasury and the Chancellor have been banging on about for the last two years . |
| 22 | No sooner has it done so than another baby joins on behind in the same way and within a few seconds , the entire litter has formed a caravan behind their parent . |
| 23 | She watched as Simon wandered on through into the all-white kitchen , the door swinging shut behind him . |
| 24 | Yes , well fortunately this whole Gulf thing seems to have died down will be dying down just at the right time . |
| 25 | Max appeared disappointed by the reply as he peered down again at the grisly work on which he was engaged . |
| 26 | Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window . |
| 27 | Because the polling system is new and complex , the results will not be known for several days , but most observers expect the local party 's candidates to come in far behind the Popular Front and other unofficial groups . |
| 28 | It will nearly always be easier subsequently to reach agreement to extend the partnership than to persuade an elderly partner to stand down voluntarily before the contractual date : hence the relative unpopularity of agreements which simply permit a partner at his option to retire upon reaching a certain age . |
| 29 | Larger areas of track can be lifted off by applying Sellotape , pressing down firmly onto the offending artwork , and then lifting off sharply . |
| 30 | So how about having a look at disability — perhaps then we 'll be seen as people and not charity cases capable only of living our lives in day centres away from the public , instead of blending in harmoniously with the able-bodied world . |