Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The row has brought many French roads to a standstill — and hit the pockets of British Hauliers caught up in the jams . |
| 2 | Therefore there is a further Doppler shift upwards in the bat 's perception of the pitch of the echo . |
| 3 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 4 | European Alexandria lingers on in the Italianate architecture , the long lines of balconies along the seafront , in the old shop signs in French and Arabic , in the Greek cafes like Trianon 's and Pastroudis with their air of idleness and neglect , and in old-fashioned pensions like the Hotel Normandie . |
| 5 | He turned in a sparkling performance for Derry against eventual All Ireland champions Down in the Ulster semi-final at the Athletic Grounds . |
| 6 | They were quite intimidating to a poor Waaf struggling along in the teeth of a gale , on a bike in a skirt . |
| 7 | Coton had made a brilliant save from Speed , again demonstrating his great versatility at right-back , to preserve that advantage and the City goalkeeper , voted No 1 in the League by his fellow professionals , went on to make other important stops from Fairclough and Wallace to thwart a predictable Leeds rally early in the second half . |
| 8 | And as someone else pointed out yesterday , he always leaves Deane on no matter how unhappy a game he 's been having — against L'pool a brill Wallace came off in the 8 ? th minute , an unsettled-looking Deane stayed on , and the crowd went bananas at Wilko . |
| 9 | Although mean TSF increased significantly in the PEN group , this improvement is likely to be clinically irrelevant as no differences were found in the number of patients with abnormal TSF values before and after the trial . |
| 10 | It some ways it was worse than when she 'd fled Rocamar because now there was this new memory to contend with , and she had seen how marvellous Marc looked even in the chaos of a big city , away from the romantic backdrop of the mountains . |
| 11 | The chief danger from the resurgence of the far right in Western Europe lies not in the likelihood of its achieving any real influence , but in the reactions to it of centre right parties . |
| 12 | The Blackmen made their way down Lower Ormeau to the city centre , where they connected with buses to take them to Last Saturday marches elsewhere in the province . |
| 13 | After his retirement in 1944 Normand stayed on in the department as officer on special duty for maintaining liaison with military organizations . |