Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work up and down the head covering the entire area . |
| 2 | The dark-haired beauty will walk down the aisle wearing a lavish £20,000 traditional silk wedding dress at a Catholic Church in Santa Monica near Los Angeles . |
| 3 | Presumably Keith had found the Regent not far away , for only the day following the great cavalry host appeared over the lip of Scremerston Brae once more , to descend to the Spittal . |
| 4 | Suddenly a flock of all-dark shearwaters appeared , only the underwing showing a pale smudge . |
| 5 | It is not only the partner bearing the heavy end of the load who may feel aggrieved . |
| 6 | ‘ From a planning point of view it would not have been a major worry , although only the force staging the original tie could police the second replay because all the liaison work for the first match would have been done . |
| 7 | Proceed along the road taking the last turning before the flyover into Orchard Road . |
| 8 | Generally the curriculum following the three ‘ R ’ s , tonic sol-fa notation for music , Irish and English history , drawing ( both freehand and scale ) , geography and in later years a little elementary science . |
| 9 | Robert Sherwood ‘ could not detect a single flaw — not one error of taste or of authenticity ’ and he particularly appreciated the absence of ‘ scenes wherein the doughboys dash over the top carrying the American flag ’ . |
| 10 | The Fabs are still the act logging the most US Number Ones since 1955 , 20 in all , while Paul McCartney ( 32 ) is the most successful writer , followed by John Lennon ( 26 ) , the all-time ace producer being George Martin ( 22 ) . |
| 11 | Alternatively , pare off the rind using a swivel-type peeler . |
| 12 | Two of the doors were numbered , and Alison opened up the door bearing an eight . |
| 13 | It was only this January that the Canadian government stepped in to prop up the project taking a 6.5 per cent share which has subsequently been sold to the Murphy Oil Company of Arkansas . |
| 14 | This principle is also the explanation underlying the famous experiments of Cleve Backster , when he discovered that his house plants responded by changes in their electrical activity not only to actual physical abuse , but also to his mental intention to abuse them . |
| 15 | This is because in England there is no statute or code setting out the law governing the continuing care of the terminally ill ; nor are there more than a handful of cases that have been decided by the courts.l None the less , legal principles undoubtedly do exist and obviously condition the choices made by doctors . |
| 16 | A Special Movement Order had to be obtained from the Department of Transport before permission to carry out the operation involving the 25ft-wide loads could be obtained . |
| 17 | A Special Movement Order had to be obtained from the Department of Transport before permission to carry out the operation involving the 25ft-wide loads could be obtained . |
| 18 | The first line of the article stated : ’ Kent County Council has pledged to help sort out the shambles surrounding the International Rail Link . ’ |
| 19 | Cut out the flesh leaving a thin border . |
| 20 | It is often the person facing the greatest difficulties who is capable of feeling joy in life . |
| 21 | Just a few minutes ago the ambulance carrying the two boys arrived at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 22 | Even the breeze lifting the honeyed hair from her neck was hot . |
| 23 | The man 's trousers snag on the stone and start to come down again , then the branch holding the grating shifts and the iron grid falls down , thumping into the man 's chest . |
| 24 | In words where the syllable following a velar consonant is spelt ‘ an ’ or ‘ on ’ ( for example , ‘ toboggan ’ , ‘ wagon ’ ) it is rarely heard , the more usual pronunciation being , . |