Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were still traces of ethnocentrism in the nationalist viewpoint elsewhere in the report : for instance , they still referred to ‘ the historic integrity of Ireland ’ ( New Ireland Forum 1983–4 : i. 28 ) , implying an almost naturalistic concept of Irish unity , when as a political unit Ireland only ever existed as a British-administered territory . |
| 2 | The walls had long ago disappeared under a solid mass of posters and playbills , some of them so old that they 'd faded completely . |
| 3 | Have got today ( Monday 17th ) off ( yippee ! ) but have n't done much — slightly hungover from last night , I went to see Tex Mex with Ruth & Euan & some of their friends , the food was great , & so today had a long lie in then went to a few shops … which were n't open because it 's an Edinburgh holiday … |
| 4 | You must realise that the King not only fell from a great height but the sea pounded his body to and fro against the rocks . ’ |
| 5 | He talked for a little longer then fell into a heavy sleep , and I left him . |
| 6 | The value of these data , not currently collated in a systematic or comprehensive fashion , will be considerable for detailed research into local electoral behaviour and party competition . |
| 7 | Puzzled by the incident , she went on , but less than a dozen paces further on came to a sharp stop . |
| 8 | She hardly ever spoke in a normal voice . |
| 9 | ‘ I am unable to be confident from Mr. Eliot 's writings , ’ iris Murdoch once reproachfully wrote in a theoretical defence of realism , ‘ that he has ever enjoyed and admired any novel . ’ |
| 10 | Hence the reaction of fear and hatred was all the more hysterical when the spectre of social revolution once again irrupted into a confident capitalist world . |
| 11 | Sympathetic to Germany , hostile to the entente with France , and unmoved by Belgium 's plight , he campaigned for neutrality in 1914 , and , as soon as this effort failed , launched the Union of Democratic Control , which opposed annexationist war aims and later also called for a negotiated peace . |
| 12 | For these women , speaking out often led to a wider debate on sexuality and gender . |
| 13 | Moreover , ventilation is impeded by the bad , confused method of building of the whole quarter , and since many human beings here live crowded into a small space , the atmosphere that prevails in these working-men 's quarters may readily be imagined . |
| 14 | I ai n't never played with a proper doll before . |
| 15 | Small areas of rot can be cut out and filled with two-part epoxy resin , which should give a strong permanent bond , with the advantage that several layers can be applied in just a few hours , and then easily sanded to a fine finish . |
| 16 | She normally did this quietly in bed before getting up and almost invariably began with an early breakfast followed by three or four hours ' work on her current novel . |
| 17 | Hostess work in some of the clubs involved little more than chiselling money out of tourists for fake champagne , and the money that changed hands for street assignations almost invariably led to an instant disappearance with no follow-through . |
| 18 | On the train ride home , the compartment no longer seemed like a compact travelling home . |
| 19 | Every time he looked her way , that frightening compulsion went sweeping through her , the urge to let him look , let him absorb her until nothing was left and she no longer existed as a separate , individual entity . |
| 20 | The Danzig Senators argued that the only way forward now lay in an immediate return to the Reich , but they were still afraid that this would provoke an invasion of the city and war with Poland . |
| 21 | The walls of the buildings most commonly consisted of a single row of vertical timber planks or baulks with wattle panels inserted into grooves down their edges . |