Example sentences of "[adj] [indef pn] [adv] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rufus keeps both hoodlums separate and talks to each one quietly so the other can not hear . |
| 2 | In the corridor she glanced first one way then the other before hurrying along to Jessie 's bedroom . |
| 3 | He left hold of one arm and thrust his hand into his coat pocket and brought out what looked like a narrow tube ; then glancing first one way then the other , he said : ‘ This wo n't hurt you and you 'll come quietly . ’ |
| 4 | Topaz was pulled first one way then the other by dressmakers . |
| 5 | But a bridge ( ‘ Residents Only ’ ) led him across to the main channel of the Cherwell , where the water was still flowing fairly swiftly after the week 's earlier rains , and where pieces of debris were intermittently knocking into the sides of the banks , and then turning and twisting , first one way then the other , like dodgem cars at the fun-fair . |