Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ ( The state ) thinks a security confrontation is enough and rejects the real way to ensure full security and real peace , ’ Gamal Badawi wrote . |
| 2 | Two major " betrayals " in five years were more than enough and created the permanent attitude of mistrust towards leadership which characterized radicals in the labour movement from then onwards . |
| 3 | His work with The Miracles kept him in hits until 1972 , when he finally went solo and delivered the gorgeous Smokey , which might have promised more than it delivered but which ultimately — on ‘ Baby Come Close ’ , ‘ Just My Soul Responding ’ and the personal protest of ‘ Holly ’ — established him as the great single Romeo of modern soul . |
| 4 | The gunmen continued to fire at the house after he managed to scramble inside and slam the front door shut . |
| 5 | ‘ Take care of yourself , kid , ’ Whitlock said softly then went inside and closed the sliding door behind him . |
| 6 | We gazed , open-mouthed at the stately triple towers and the flying buttresses , then went inside and found the famous Lincoln Imp in the Angel Choir , and J. bought me a small silver imp for my charm bracelet . |
| 7 | Tensely , the airmen looked below and saw the crowded train reach the North Queensferry side in safety . |
| 8 | The 6,020 square-metre terrace is capped by three unequal cones , admitting light to the areas below and symbolising the classic triad of the visual arts : architecture , painting and sculpture . |
| 9 | All you have to do is study the grid below and find the hidden words . |
| 10 | Tapes cut in and overlaid the unearthly siren-call of the electro-acoustic instrument , and Minerva 's cello answered the melodic tonality with a delicately offhand echo . |
| 11 | Shepherd switched the hologram off , then reached in and lifted the flexible plate up . |
| 12 | I 'm not sure whether practical , i.e. using a soldering iron , construction projects , are within Practical PC 's scope and readership but if readers are interested why not write in and sway the editorial decisions ! |
| 13 | He reached in and wrenched the little bundle of plastic bands out of my hands , and I sat there , silent , watching as he fumbled the bands into position with the little cup to hold the weapon under his right armpit . |
| 14 | When I did return , I locked myself in and heaved the great oak table against the door and fastened the windows . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't want anyone bursting in and getting the wrong idea , like you have , ’ Donna said , smiling again . |
| 16 | But if Ken wanted to sit in and watching the good results coming in |
| 17 | go in and ask the following questions , just write what the questions are |
| 18 | It should provide a place where children can meet and talk with adults who live in and serve the local community — the fireman , the nurse , the secretary , the shopkeeper , the police officer , the craftsman and craftswoman . |
| 19 | I thought that I would go in and explain the whole thing to him and explain that there was no point in creating trouble unnecessarily . |
| 20 | It also meant that the boys could see in and witness the general untidiness of his tiny room . |
| 21 | I tucked her in and took the empty cup to the kitchen . |
| 22 | Oh then she come straight in and cornered the bloody paper . |
| 23 | Even if you have a technician on call to deal with equipment it is a very good idea to teach yourself how to set up , plug in and check the obvious things when something goes wrong . |
| 24 | It ended in a fight — I hit him , he hit me — then the teacher came in and broke the whole thing up . |
| 25 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 26 | ‘ You know well enough , James — you must have thought — once the government is resolved , and we have talked ourselves hoarse and there is no ink left in the country — then the dragoons will come in and cart the young men away as though we have done nothing . |
| 27 | She got in and held the door-open button . |
| 28 | We should hope that all our students have opportunities to engage actively in and experience the personal satisfaction of working with and for others in the community . |
| 29 | Marx , in particular , had already noted this fact in several places , but he explained the phenomenon of internal division as a transitional one ; as evidence of a stage in which private property and individual families were coming in and undermining the communal descent group . |
| 30 | We 'll go in and find the right moment to speak to her . ’ |