Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any thoughtful linguist must wonder from time to time if such a legacy can have been shaken off completely in the relatively short time during which scientific linguistics has existed . |
| 2 | In absolute levels , we have fallen off only from the historically high 1980 figures . |
| 3 | Remember — it 's always worth turning up even for the most popular events , but we suggest that you check with the Box Office on availability first . |
| 4 | And then you 're going up again on a surprisingly gentle rebound . |
| 5 | The low flute-notes here stand out clearly against the almost inaudible muted trombone chord . |
| 6 | rushing round inside of the literally going round the worlds and then down and then . |
| 7 | Not that the atmosphere was gloomy : it is a curious fact that as a general election approaches , excitement builds up even in the most hopeless fight . |
| 8 | During its 1947 eruption , the Icelandic volcano Hekla ejected ash at a rate estimated to be nearly 100,000 cubic metres per second during the first half hour , slowing down subsequently to a more modest 30,000 cubic metres per second . |
| 9 | If the oil film breaks down momentarily for a very short period of time that little bit of carbon that four percent carbon in the cast iron will actually stop the aluminium sticking to the cylinder . |
| 10 | Why not just leave — set up home in a more tolerant spiritual pew ? |
| 11 | Matchsticks almost fell out , stepping back awkwardly like a badly constructed puppet . |
| 12 | Hijras ( eunuchs ) are referred to in the very earliest of Hindu texts , the Vedas , written in the second millennium B C. Here castration was seen as a degrading punishment meted out only to the very lowest in society . |
| 13 | These had been brought up sharp in a mathematically exact line by one of those old-fashioned razors that the previous generation had employed for more antisocial purposes . |
| 14 | No one was , however , and life went on normally until the very last moment . |
| 15 | The passionate question was involuntary and , regaining a measure of both control and fighting spirit , she went on quickly in a lightly mocking tone , ‘ And what 's Cavell Fielding 's reaction going to be when she does know about these … plans you have for escorting me ? |
| 16 | And then she looked down again at the neatly typed list in the book , open on the floor in front of her . |
| 17 | The registrar laughed to himself and then looked up thoughtfully at the endlessly turning fan . |
| 18 | It went out live as a one-part play from the studios at Alexandra Palace . |
| 19 | When dealing with regression to an earlier stage in this lifetime , I like to try and go back initially to a relatively happy time in the patient 's life . |
| 20 | Both brothers laughed out loud at the deliberately comic delivery of his English phrases as they shook hands . |
| 21 | They seem based on what is essentially a largely Viennese-inspired ‘ received tradition ‘ tempo assumptions which go back only to the later 19th century at the earliest . |
| 22 | ‘ Steady on , ’ said Alex , laughing , slipping back easily into the comradely banter she 'd always enjoyed . |
| 23 | Much of the time on the screen he wanders around helplessly in a freshly starched little Dior number looking for a line worth saying . |
| 24 | Let me come on , let me come on then to a more disgraceful excuse er that er the leader of the council talked about . |
| 25 | Miss Mates , who had removed the tea things , came bustling back , said to Dr Neil , ‘ Mind you are ready for surgery , ’ and brought him a plain black coat which he put on instead of the rather sporty Harris tweed one which he was wearing . |
| 26 | Some of these materials were tried out effectively at the most recent course described above . |
| 27 | The latter impression is largely due to the work of the tuba player , Bob Stewart , who plods along throughout in a delightfully flatulent way . |
| 28 | A fine and storming time was had by all ( to put it mildly ) , the degenerate nature of the evening summed up perfectly by the mildly amusing spectacle of one SHAUN RYDER being carried out of the venue at the end of the night , screaming out the directions to his hotel to his sweating , grumbling slaves . |
| 29 | With a sigh she slid down further into the blissfully warm bed , realising she was no longer in the least uneasy at the thought of Penry only feet away beyond the bedroom wall . |
| 30 | With a half-shudder , she left the lower bowel and set off gingerly along the rather treacherous surface of the greater intestine which coiled before her — a tunnel she was n't too sure she saw the light at the end of . |