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 She hardly ever spoke in a normal voice .
8 ‘ 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 . ’
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 For these women , speaking out often led to a wider debate on sexuality and gender .
12 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 .
13 I ai n't never played with a proper doll before .
14 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 .
15 On the train ride home , the compartment no longer seemed like a compact travelling home .
16 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 .
17 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 .
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