Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb base] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , in the east Midlands , three towns lying fairly close together that illustrate well the physical consequences of this situation — Nottingham , Leicester and Stamford . |
| 2 | ‘ You get that lot below and break out the wet-weather gear . |
| 3 | Just fill in and send off the Free Trial Card . |
| 4 | Turn seed-heads upside down and tap out the tiny seeds on to white paper , so they are clearly visible . |
| 5 | If you had told any of Britain 's hard-pressed post-war chancellors that they could expand the economy vigorously and turn round the external accounts by 6.5 per cent of GDP without adverse consequences , would they not have jumped at the chance ? |
| 6 | Forsooth , my lord , quoth 1 , your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters , now , I hear say , be become so great devourers and so wild , that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves . |
| 7 | As Kalchu and I and some of the other men set out for home , they started to gather it up and hack off the dead branches that jut out from pine-trunks like thin stumps of arms . |
| 8 | I decided to have a clear out and throw out the same number of old pairs . |
| 9 | Since that was my route home I could glance back every so often and see how the untangling process was going . |
| 10 | It was instinct — the natural reaction of a predatory male — that made Ibn Fayoud smile back and press down the automatic window beside him . |
| 11 | All she wanted was to turn the clock back and shrug off the ghastly realisation that her marriage was not what she 'd thought it was . |
| 12 | Take an advanced lesson tomorrow and call up the poorest performer in your team ( there must be one ) arid make him or her feel really good about the challenge ahead . |
| 13 | ‘ go around and hold up the northern half of this wood . |
| 14 | It is an Aboriginal understanding that the fauna and flora of the landscape has an ‘ increase centre ’ — an area of high electro-magnetic energy , where the performance of correct rituals will release the life essence or Kurunba stored there and bring about the desired increase . |
| 15 | Throw your body-weight forwards and pull back the leading fist , using this combination action to snap punch into the opponent 's face . |
| 16 | I could then walk much faster and push up the average daily mileage . |