Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stay in this position for some time , then slowly sit up through a curved spine — a great way to relax ! |
| 2 | And , yes , I saw the incident at Southampton , where Mark Nicholas was eventually given out to a disputed close catch and then brought back to the crease . |
| 3 | Again , many decisions which are successfully carried out in a given period may not turn out to have been the best possible courses of action . |
| 4 | But then , despite the gloss given by the court flatterers , the unspoken tensions in the palace eventually build up into a civil war which topples the old order . |
| 5 | because the work is more effectively carried out by a single-purpose organization rather than by a government department with a wide range of functions ; |
| 6 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 7 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold . |
| 8 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for cold . |
| 9 | With the genre scenes , part of the secret lies again in the way natural-sounding dialogue is skilfully caught up into a formal musical structure . |
| 10 | Then a Leed rang up saying that he was there and that the particular aviatical chant in question had been initially struck up by the away end , and only joined in by a shameful minority ( ahem ) of Leeds fans . |
| 11 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 12 | It 's as if my mind has suddenly broken through into a new area , a space , a vast capacity which I never dreamt I had . |
| 13 | Treleaven , from Hayling , only got in as a last-minute replacement when Michael Welch , on EGU duty in Spain , crushed his thumb in a door and had to scratch from the Salver and Sunday 's Hampshire Hog at North Hants , where he should have been defending . |
| 14 | The only place where this type of sedimentation seems to be going on at the present day is in the ocean depths , where the deposits consist mainly of the remains of minute pelagic organisms , literally raining down from a watery heaven , plus volcanic dust raining down more intermittently from the aerial heaven above . |
| 15 | Only goes up to a certain height . |
| 16 | The alleged plot was said to have consisted of five so far unsolved supermarket killings in which 28 people died and which were apparently carried out by a clandestine right-wing movement to discredit the state [ see also p. 34893 ] . |
| 17 | ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would . |
| 18 | His marriage seemed like the Atlantic Ocean to her , something vast and unknowable which she could not attempt to bridge but only fly over at a terrible speed . |
| 19 | If the country 's nuclear experts really are as bright as they would like us to think , they should be bright enough to come up with a convincing case for spending so much money , or to find cheaper ways of demonstrating the technology . |
| 20 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 21 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 22 | Mildred tried to shriek , but it only came out as a frenzied croaking . |
| 23 | On my last day there I was literally pushed out of a small news agent 's shop by a pair of youths for requesting a box of matches in English rather than in French ; I even tried my one and only French joke on them and said ‘ Quel fromage ! ’ but it got me nowhere — but out ! |
| 24 | Recently , we had enough saved up for a nice flat after having lived in one room for a year . |
| 25 | Mm you basically saving up for a complete system ? |
| 26 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 27 | It was a pleasant voice , with an undertone of humour , and Alexandra was immediately jealous , envisaging Matthew and his secretary in his office , laughing together , sharing jokes about his work , perhaps going out for a quick meal before they both went home . |
| 28 | But the wine-makers are winning , so watch out for a new wave of pretty , vibrant , strawberry-scented Australian Pinot — unlikely to be cheap — but Pinot seldom is . |
| 29 | You can choose between matt , satin or gloss finishes for the degree of shine you want , and can then merely wipe down with a damp cloth to keep clean . |
| 30 | So stand by for a new trade war , as America is accused of dumping subsidised security services on world markets ? |