Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He travelled widely after graduating with a second-class BA ( ordinary degree ) in 1878 and spent a year as a stockman in Queensland , Australia . |
| 2 | There was no question that he could have gone into some major productions and worked with some of the more notable directors ; he refused point blank , especially after seeing On a Clear Day . |
| 3 | It is as if , for these youngsters , the space they share on the North Bank is a way of magically retrieving the sense of group solidarity and identification that once went along with living in a traditional working-class neighbourhood . |
| 4 | Only before embarking on a major expedition have I seen the tension surface in Andy . |
| 5 | I 'd only just come in from seeing to a sick sow — I 'm a pig farmer ; Mrs Langton here at Broom House knows me well . ’ |
| 6 | When he returned they lived together before marrying in a quiet register office ceremony in December 1986 . |
| 7 | STUNNING pop singer Sophie B. Hawkins was upset when she was given the thumbs down to appearing in a white sumo-style nappy in her new video . |
| 8 | This stronger sense of learning also carries with it the idea that ultimately the student is able to evaluate it for him or herself , and form a personal view about its validity ( by reading the relevant articles , by listening to the different views of the authorities on the topic , and perhaps by assisting in a clinical trial ) . |
| 9 | Many areas that appear to be hazard-free on current maps may merely by passing through a temporary period of quiescence . |
| 10 | He did so by insisting on a crucial distinction between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith . |
| 11 | Is it not then possible that Satan , in his opposition to Christ and man , and wishing to destroy all that God has given , could do so by appearing in a godly angelic light ? |
| 12 | And even those modern fictional texts , such as the novels of Samuel Beckett , that seem dedicated to demonstrating the impossibility of communicating anything to anybody about anything , do so by alluding to a paradigmatic act of storytelling , a paradise lost of communication : |
| 13 | The river was in flood and tradition maintains that Coilus was able to cross only by leaping onto a large rock in mid-stream and from it to the farther bank . |
| 14 | On Oct. 9 , shortly after appearing before a special tribunal [ see below ] , she accused him of " naked aggression " against the judiciary , and added that she regarded him as her main opponent . |
| 15 | My sympathies , however , were very much with the wretched fellow who had the courage to own up that he could not face the prospect any longer of flying against a lethal enemy . |
| 16 | Being brought before a disciplinary panel is not like appearing in a public criminal court . |
| 17 | AFTER READING Jon Wilde 's espousal of marital bliss ( ‘ Modern Times ’ ) in your June issue , I was surprised to discover that he is not above indulging in a masturbatory fantasy over our beloved future queen in the self same issue ! |
| 18 | Further , the employment of an agent may be such as to give him an authority to contract on behalf of his principal generally with regard to a wider or narrower class of affairs ; and as between the principal and third parties such authority can not be limited by restrictions imposed by the principal , but not known to third parties . |
| 19 | These are itchy and painful and eventually crust over before disappearing after a further week or two . |
| 20 | When I first realised that most of the bites were not simply ‘ line ’ bites ( and you can test this easily by casting in a baitless hook ) I tried every conventional trick in the book to hit them . |
| 21 | These types of questions can not be answered easily by looking at a conventional map . |
| 22 | It is rather like looking for a single straw in a haystack . |
| 23 | It was a little like talking to a wooden puppet . |
| 24 | Wheel clamps are n't on the list yet , but it 's still worth asking for a few quid off your annual premium . |
| 25 | ‘ When Vinnie swore the other day in the Blackburn game he became the first player to be sent off for swearing at a fellow professional . |
| 26 | A PALESTINIAN stabbed to death a Jewish man and wounded a woman at a Jerusalem bus stop yesterday before fleeing to a nearby Arab area , Israeli police said . |
| 27 | After an admirable talk by Geoffrey in the morning , we were all given the afternoon off before reassembling for a hula-hula party in the evening ( when off duty , staid Scottish lawyers are inclined to let their hair down even further than their English counterparts ) . |
| 28 | Individuals may sometimes rent a stall on a ‘ one-off ’ basis , usually by waiting until a particular time ( eg 11.00 ) to see if the regular trader turns up . |
| 29 | Dyeing beings after the wool has been cleansed , usually by washing in a weak solution of soda and soap , when it is immersed in an alum-bath for about 12 hours . |
| 30 | To increase the definition I finished off by drawing with a fine line , using a ZIG Artist Sketching Pen . |