Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Machines that are considered ‘ out of the way ’ in a corner of the room will be relatively more unsociable if they block off a doorway or interrupt television viewing . |
| 2 | Jim Lauderdale is like a neutered Dwight Yoakam , though his tribute to George Jones and Gram , ‘ The King Of Broken Hearts ’ suggests he could be exciting if he loosened up a taste . |
| 3 | I still think of this when I rip up an old vest for a piece of silver-polishing rag . |
| 4 | But the pitch was wet when I picked up a swag against them at Bradford . |
| 5 | She would pretend to be frightened when he jumped out , would call out to him to be careful when he crept along an overhanging branch and hung , skimming the water . |
| 6 | Keeping informed of the latest international research and developments in the field is easy if you take out a subscription to Applied Linguistics . |
| 7 | It was dark when we took up a position among thick briars and long grass . |
| 8 | There have been an enormous series of changes over the last ten or fifteen years , and maybe some school teachers would be glad if it slowed down a little bit to make their life a little easier , I do n't know . |
| 9 | Is it enough to assume you are comparatively fit because you walk up a few stairs or stretch and bend a little as you go about your household chores ? |
| 10 | ‘ What in the world … ? ’ began Rose , feeling quite bewildered as he let out an amused laugh . |
| 11 | like a cabbage white as I forked out a fiver |
| 12 | The Irish backs missed tackles while Penaud was authoritative , Sadourny incisive and Viars electric as he clocked up a record 24-point haul . |
| 13 | Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day . |
| 14 | ‘ People from the UK are astounded when they walk down a cookie aisle in the US , as it may be 60 feet long . |
| 15 | ‘ But I will be happy if he snaps up a chance or two . ’ |
| 16 | Their colonization of Brazil was even more momentous since it opened up a source which during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led the world in the production of gold . |
| 17 | Right from the beginning , we argued that the revolutionary process in El Salvador could only be carried out through a popular war in which the incorporation of the civil population is essential When we take over a village or settlement and the enemy forces are ousted … we begin the work of consciousness raising about the situation of the country together with the work of organizing the local population . |
| 18 | A fortnight after she had made this earth-shattering discovery she was amazed when he stuttered out an invitation to the cinema . |
| 19 | Sigibert 's eastern troops were furious when he patched up a peace with Chilperic . |
| 20 | His usually placid , cheerful features were contorted with rage and she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse upon Ellen and upon her and upon the Wilson family and upon the English and upon everyone and everything he could think of . |
| 21 | It 's nice when you pick up a guitar , knowing it to be a company 's idea of what a first electric should be like , and finding that they 've got it just about right . |
| 22 | The girls squealed as their feet sank into six inches of mud , but they persevered after encouragement from the boys and found the bottom much firmer as they waded out a few more feet . |
| 23 | Now the water was chest-high — more than that as we struggled round a corner , to meet a great frothing wave . |
| 24 | … those countries which I could not visit in my proper person , I have so attentively read about , that as I turn round a globe I can almost fancy that I know the appearance and characters of the portions of the great world itself which lie mapped out under my eye , and observe all that is going forward on its surface . |
| 25 | No one was really surprised when he checked out a week later after an argument about drinking beer in his room . |
| 26 | Both women had been surprised when he turned up a second time . |
| 27 | Theresa Stevens , 21 , was beaten , repeatedly stabbed and strangled as she put up a desperate fight to save herself . |