Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just for the hell of it last night I thought I ‘ d go through the scores so far and pick the best possible legal team . |
| 2 | It was a wonder they had not all mauled each other to death long ago and left the damp , chilly coastline unpeopled except for howling birds . |
| 3 | It fell from favour when the railway came to Kyle of Lochalsh and the ferry there was developed : modern roads have since made this alternative approach much easier and avoid the high crossing of the Mam Ratagan Pass on the old route . |
| 4 | Then Graham switched on his intercom and snapped , ‘ Tell Sam Sir Daniel 's on his way down , wants his car at the front , ’ before sitting down heavily and sweeping the two newspapers on his blotter into the wastepaper basket beside his desk . |
| 5 | Just turn the machine right o tape right over and use the other side . |
| 6 | Roll over again and swing the top leg forwards with foot flexed . |
| 7 | Roll over again and extend the top leg forwards . |
| 8 | He dragged his eyes away again and watched the labouring backs of the sailors . |
| 9 | They take the book of Revelation more literally and believe the second coming of Christ is imminent . |
| 10 | As we suggest in more detail in Chapters 2 and 3 , you will be able to find materials more easily and see the best arrangement for them when you have formed a sense of what you are looking for . |
| 11 | They quickly learned to respond more rapidly and pressed the incorrect switch relatively infrequently ( Fig 5.1 ) . |
| 12 | Last night , England manager Bob Bennett said Gooch still intends to return home early and miss the two-week end-of-tour trip to Sri lanka where Alec Stewart will captain England . |
| 13 | Pausing at the door he turned once more and extended the middle finger of his right hand towards the bed . |
| 14 | One of those interested in the opportunities for détente was Winston Churchill who was British premier once more and became the first major European statesman to advocate a relaxation of tensions with Russia . |
| 15 | If the ILP members were " to the Left " of their leaders , then it was logical that they should advance still further and join the Communist Party . |
| 16 | But their debts paid , they took off again and rode the '80s boom in commercial property . |
| 17 | With Speed pushing right up and supporting the 2 forward … would enable him to make his runs into the box , also get on both flanks to cross , or get on the end of Wallace crosses … |
| 18 | ‘ If yu keep straight on and take the first turnin' on your left , yu 'll be at Sunset Cottage in quarter of an hour . ’ |
| 19 | Oh then she come straight in and cornered the bloody paper . |
| 20 | Devlin had called her to come up quickly and see the impressive sight of Grand Harbour 's floodlit fortifications in the distance . |
| 21 | ‘ My father would make me stand up straight and sing the national anthem four times . |
| 22 | ‘ We will go to Mrs Gracie 's , as it is what you want , my dear ; and I will get up earlier and walk the extra distance ; no doubt it will do me good . ’ |
| 23 | I got up occasionally and touched the cold glass . |
| 24 | A picture rose in her mind of Dawn enfolded in his arms when they were alone in his surgery , and it tormented her so much that she got up hurriedly and put the little dog in a cage to await Robert 's collection . |
| 25 | Then a shapely arm followed , and then the hamadryad leaned right out and grasped the astonished wizard firmly and , with that vegetable strength that can send roots questing into rock , drew him into the tree . |
| 26 | The fact that the passive brings about alterations of word order gives it a special function in writing , because it provides one means by which a writer can link sentences smoothly together and achieve the desired emphasis . |
| 27 | He came out quickly and closed the secret door . |
| 28 | There are several ways that you can find out more and let the Regional Council know what you think about the Draft Structure Plan : |
| 29 | I sang the first sixteen bars in a soft velvet voice , standing perfectly still and letting the sad lyrics speak for themselves . |
| 30 | ‘ And after that , ’ Woolley said , ‘ you will come back here and stop the German air force from examining the hole which their artillery has just blown in the British Line , a hole about the size of Lancashire , and that will be the biggest waste of time of all , because the German Army found that hole an hour ago , and is now galloping through it as fast as its little legs will carry it , heading in the direction of … ’ he snipped the final toe-nail and straightened his leg to study the fault' … us . ’ |