Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv prt] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A steep scramble down an ivy-covered slope leads one into a place of great natural beauty alive with the earth spirit force . |
| 2 | This descends alongside the ridge wall over High Pike and Low Pike and then diverges due south in a direct line down a steep slope to Bruntscar . |
| 3 | Obispal spotted a lone purestrain Stealer lurking some way down a dismal arcade lined by shuttered clothing stores . |
| 4 | A BOOZY taxi driver drove 14 miles the WRONG WAY down a dual carriageway at night . |
| 5 | The car was eventually stopped after driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway . |
| 6 | The history class working in a structure of earth-coloured sticks tucked half way up a steep slope . |
| 7 | We climbed far enough to find some specimens of the Mount Cook lily ( which is n't a lily at all , but a giant buttercup found only at altitude in this part of the South Island ) , and while the others rested I went across to investigate a steep track up a snow-filled gully . |
| 8 | okay , right let's define this task up a little bit |
| 9 | At intervals , Fusil flagged away each quintet up an innocuous-looking farm track . |
| 10 | Therefore , the fourth way to underline effectiveness is to slide forwards slightly on the front foot , drawing the rear foot up an equal distance if there is a danger that otherwise the stance will stretch out . |
| 11 | We did 0–60mph in 5secs in the Rocket … drove a Volvo we loved … lived with a Ferrari for a month … built our own Caterham 7 … took a Lamborghini Diablo down a German autobahn at 201.4mph — and test the new Ford Escort , and liked it . |
| 12 | Lay it on top of the potted peat down a little bit . |
| 13 | His later published account describes bad food , hard work over a fourteen-hour day , beatings and injury from unguarded machinery . |
| 14 | The Roaches Valkyrie is one of the longest routes in the area , finding a sneaky way up a superb buttress with engrossing climbing , good protection and exemplary rock . |
| 15 | These findings are in line with those of smaller polls which have shown Labour opening up a small lead on the Conservatives . |
| 16 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 17 | It is no good signing up a new member and then losing two others . |
| 18 | That will bring the eventual budget down a fine tune particularly with regard to er recommendations of the housing committee with regard er to the erm which clearly there will be some people . |
| 19 | We had made an early start that morning and after a long stiff climb up a bare hillside entered a forest of wild olives and massive juniper trees resembling cedars , many of them festooned with lichen . |
| 20 | Orange and red light is rapidly filtered out , and only 25 metres down a red wetsuit looks almost black , while a cut at this depth oozes green blood . |
| 21 | There 's a Bruckner CD video where at one point the conductor is filmed doing absolutely nothing , whilst the orchestra is busy starting up a new paragraph of the music . |
| 22 | He stressed that a tightly organized vanguard party could tip the industrial proletariat into action against Czarism without first building up a mass membership or electoral strength like the German SDP . |
| 23 | The BAA intends that a qualification scheme will soon be in place , with a graded multi-tier system of certificates available , from Assistant Supervisor ( where one is merely allowed to assist with abseiling a small group down a short drop ) through the Abseil Instructor and Abseil Coach . |
| 24 | From here the last leg is a simple but muscle-tearing walk up a large boulder field to the summit of Ben Nevis . |
| 25 | THIS is a long descent — roughly 13 miles down a beautiful valley past the little church at Capel-y-ffyn and the ruins of Llanthony Priory to Llanfihangel Crucorney . |
| 26 | Virtually anything is possible here and , for a relaxing change of pace , it is worthwhile hunting out a slow boat instead of sticking to a frenetic dash in the fast lane . |
| 27 | After a five-hour descent down a treacherous ridge , she and her two sherpa guides reached the relative safety of the expedition 's Camp Four at 26,000ft . |
| 28 | If he had known what fate lay in store for his beloved Boks perhaps State President F.W. de Klerk would have decided against holding a midweek reception for the three teams about to lock horns for the supremacy of the Southern Hemisphere some 200 metres down an old mine shaft on the Johannesburg Reef — Shaft 14 , Gold Reed City , to be precise . |
| 29 | Erm looking now at page three hundred and fifty seven er paragraph seven three two oh seven three one and seven three two , page three hundred and fifty seven where the report makes the point that er when legal proceedings are entered into they tend to create further barriers and make it m less and less likely that th there can be conciliation between estranged partners erm and paragraph seven three two points out a growing need fo or speaks of a growing need for conciliation . |
| 30 | It was a good seven-hour jeep-lurch , even with Abu at the wheel , and for the last two hours we drove over a tyre-tearing track down a parched spit of land . |