Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polar plants grown experimentally in temperate regimes thrive better and produce more per unit area , performing best in temperatures 5–20°C higher than at home . |
| 2 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 3 | She is dying inside and crying out for love , just like me . |
| 4 | John 's slight built made him a tantalising opponent , but he had scorching pace and neat control , while also possessing the ability to cut inside and shoot powerfully for goal himself , so that he could always be relied upon to contribute several useful goals each season . |
| 5 | At end cross road , take signposted bridleway via gate opposite and turn left in field ; faint grassy path gradually diverges from hedge on left and where bank of trees immediately on right ends , track becomes very clear and zigzags downhill . |
| 6 | If they call you names or they spit at you , or or whatever , it 's better to walk away and live another day than to get your head kicked in and end up in hospital . |
| 7 | but Reggie , Reggie will come in and go straight to bed , he 's been up since about quarter to four |
| 8 | Tactfully joining in and getting out of conversation can be difficult . |
| 9 | If the dishwasher breaks down they 'll get stuck in and wash up by hand . ’ |
| 10 | She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen , but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted . |
| 11 | they let them go out and they do n't know where they are , but the majority of of children that do it year in and running up to Christmas time they do exactly the same at Christmas , |
| 12 | While agreeing with the spirit of Jameson 's suggestion that an avant-garde sensibility may displace and make strange the regularity of everyday television , it is not enough to appeal to an already formed avant garde — formed in another place or at another time and for another purpose — which can be hauled in and held up to television as a template of value . |
| 13 | She put the phone down and got out of bed . |
| 14 | We 've got to recognise , if there was no following policy , any thief or drunk driver only has to put their toe down and drive away at speed , comfortable that police wo n't follow them and that is far more dangerous in the long run for the public . |
| 15 | So a policy of making them pay , sit down and shut up at football matches will not make any difference . |
| 16 | I 'm supposed to keep my head down and stay out of sight . |
| 17 | According to hearsay , Bez had managed to break his arm — twice ; Shaun was there in body but his head was elsewhere ; and there were persistent rumours of rifts between the pair and the rest of the band , who just wanted to get their heads down and get on with work rather than get on one . |
| 18 | For simple layering , candidates must have one or more young branches that can be bend down and secured just below ground level 12–15in from their tips . |
| 19 | Break down and cry right in front of you ? |
| 20 | Braintree prevented the try but were offside in doing so and went in at half-time 6–0 down . |
| 21 | There were racetrack express buses , I found , going from the city to the Downs , so I went on one at about six o'clock and strolled around at ground level looking for some way of conveying to Bill Baudelaire the water samples which were now individually wrapped inside the nondescript plastic carrier . |
| 22 | Given the wide range in dates represented by the fragments ; the fact that no two have yet been found to fit together and vary considerably in size ; and the lack of any signs of wreckage ; the current hypothesis is that the statues were already broken when they were loaded into the transport ship to be taken for re-use elsewhere . |
| 23 | They got their rods and landing nets together and set off for home . |
| 24 | Tom put two and two together and set off in search of the youths , asking the Security Guard to summon the Police . |
| 25 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |
| 26 | But now , get yourself away and get back on time if you want to get off early tonight . |
| 27 | At last Fairham tore his gaze away and filed out in front of Nicholson . |
| 28 | The long slow hours of four in the morning , when a man and a woman lie awake in the dark , and one of them keeps on talking , while the other turns away and groans out for sleep . |
| 29 | ‘ This produced a pretty farcical scene really with us both stopped on the track , but I managed to get away and hang on for second . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're insatiable ! ’ she cried as she pushed him away and slid out of bed . |