Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since preview audiences rated it both best and worst thing in the film — presumably depending on level of squeamishness — it obviously made an impression . |
| 2 | Parents seek right to sue over injury to foetus |
| 3 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
| 4 | The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken ; the piece of paper followed , slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake . |
| 5 | Again both sides of industry are closely involved in their preparation , and in addition the Commission believes that trade unions should be " properly consulted in preparation of standardisation measures , and in the management of these Directives " . |
| 6 | The steady rise in quality of the materials produced and developed at Dudley Teachers ' Centre , for instance , is an excellent example ; the centre has an enthusiastic warden and much of the work has developed under the stimulus of an outstanding educational adviser , but the content of the materials has been developed by local teachers with admirable results ( mostly limited at present to print-form ) . |
| 7 | And in the years of glut there is always a slatted wooden tray in some cool , dark attic , which the writer nervously visits from time to time ; and yes , oh dear , while he 's been hard at work downstairs , up in the attic there are puckering skins , warning spots , a sudden brown collapse and the sprouting of snowflakes . |
| 8 | Iceland : the Althing , which began to discuss the agreement on Aug. 17 , eventually voted in favour of ratification — requiring only a simple majority — on Jan. 12 , 1993 . |
| 9 | In each case , therefore , the agreement between the parties or the court order should be properly carried into effect by way of a conveyance , severance , transfer or declaration of trust , the form of which is the subject of this chapter . |
| 10 | In the indictment Bunyan was accused , among other things , of ‘ devilishly and perniciously abstaining from coming to Church to hear Divine Service ’ . |
| 11 | Well more misery for Forest another defeat more injuries less to go from strength to strength and we 'll be right back . |
| 12 | On the other hand , his determination to win became such that he frequently appeared to condone his fast men bowling in an intimidating fashion , which obviously led to criticism from press and public . |
| 13 | The Emperor , popularly supposed to be immortal , only endured by virtue of adamantine , anguished courage and will power . |
| 14 | In a climate entirely dominated by Tit for Tat , Suspicious Tit for Tat does not prosper , because its initial defection triggers an unbroken run of mutual recrimination . |
| 15 | The haulier will not necessarily know from week to week what products are to be transported — if any — but must have a range of vehicles available to cover all eventualities . |
| 16 | We , we felt at the end of the seventies that there was no question that the eighties was going to be a decade of increasing food shortages , and widespread famine , that is , people literally dying for want of food . |
| 17 | The strategies naturally varied from case to case , but all addressed the broad goals outlined above and all included a publicity programme of meetings , brochures and media coverage . |
| 18 | It was a sort of cabaret to the main business of the halt , which was the consumption of quite a lot of a bear which had incautiously come within bowshot of Hrun . |
| 19 | Among them was a young officer who was riding a mule ( which stubbornly stopped from time to time ) and roaring with laughter . |
| 20 | This lack of discrimination suggests that the general knowledge required is not highly related to attainment in mathematics . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you know that in the mythology of Earth the concept of freedom only came into existence after male and female ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil . |
| 22 | ‘ It is an achievement to play games at the moment , as we are literally living from hand to mouth . |
| 23 | Its marbled , fine-grained beef is of very good quality and taste and it is well worth the rather long wait for maturity in spite of the lack of size . |
| 24 | The young pedlar cast him a wary glance and apparently decided on practicality over valour . |
| 25 | He knows that he is only looking at ink on paper , yet his nervous system responds to it in the same kind of way as it might respond to a real woman . |
| 26 | Any batteries that do not come out should be gently moved from side to side to allow them to unhook . |
| 27 | Most are malnourished , only saved from starvation by water and food provided en route by the Red Cross . |
| 28 | It took them five overs to score their first run and they were only saved from disaster by captain Allan Lamb . |
| 29 | People who give up cigarettes very commonly report explicit ( and guilty ) dreams about smoking in the first few weeks , even though there is every reason to believe that sleep actually becomes less disturbed on withdrawal from nicotine . |
| 30 | His first , 11 weeks after the crash took place on December 20 when he was gently transferred from hospital by ambulance , strapped to a stretcher . |