Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stay in this position for some time , then slowly sit up through a curved spine — a great way to relax ! |
| 2 | It leaves me like a right fool out in the bloody open . ’ |
| 3 | But then , despite the gloss given by the court flatterers , the unspoken tensions in the palace eventually build up into a civil war which topples the old order . |
| 4 | Sweetman turned a furious smeared face at us , then drove his garish boat hard at Wavebreaker 's hull to gouge a long scratch down to the bare metal . |
| 5 | His marriage seemed like the Atlantic Ocean to her , something vast and unknowable which she could not attempt to bridge but only fly over at a terrible speed . |
| 6 | In my discussions with the police , it was one of the buildings we offered them , and I went with erm , the new inspector to look at that , and I still said they were somewhat put off by the cold austere sort of feeling of the place . |
| 7 | Here you can sit in an arch-lined square , shop for the region 's wonderful food and wine , wander the Saturday market , or perhaps walk up to the medieval hilltop castle and village of Montefioralle where the views stretch forever . |
| 8 | The three equations taken together embody both of the major predictions outlined in the rational expectations macroeconomic model developed in chapter 4 . |
| 9 | A full service history is essential and mechanical repair can be expensive , so shop around for the top examples . |
| 10 | But the wine-makers are winning , so watch out for a new wave of pretty , vibrant , strawberry-scented Australian Pinot — unlikely to be cheap — but Pinot seldom is . |
| 11 | The first time I get on , it is often after spending a few hours with them , and I kinda transfer over from the stable door to their backs . ’ |
| 12 | As soon as they sight a predator approaching , they swiftly dart round to the far side of a tree-trunk before performing the rigid ‘ statue ’ response . |
| 13 | So stand by for a new trade war , as America is accused of dumping subsidised security services on world markets ? |
| 14 | The method will depend on the variety so look out for a good reference book , such as Pruning by Christopher Brickell , £7.99 , Mitchell Bleazley — part of The Royal Horticultural Society 's Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening series . |
| 15 | So look out for the strong , the peculiar , the characteristic symptoms , any general symptoms that run through the case in different areas of the body and any chances in the mental state of the patient . |
| 16 | The line of the Great Central Railway south of Leicester through Catesby Tunnel and on to Brackley , is a superb example where an appreciation of the engineering involved in the construction of the last great main line in England can be obtained In a different landscape are the deep cuttings and high embankments south-east of Overstrand , Norfolk which suddenly open out into a vast grass amphitheatre-like area the site of Mundesley Station only opened in 1898 . |
| 17 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 18 | Only stare up at the gaping hole in his cage and feel the terror of the sky beyond and look at where the broken end of the great branch that had fallen spiked out into the wild sky above as if broken part lay about him , its smaller branches and torn bark fretting on the cold wind . |
| 19 | You 've got , again , a much more stable population , there are n't nearly so many teachers , young women teachers who leave the system to get married and then perhaps do n't go back at all , or only go back on a part-time basis . |
| 20 | These remarkable flies with wasp-like markings hang motionless in the air — hence the name of hover fly — and suddenly shoot off to a different position ; their flight is a series of sudden darting movements . |
| 21 | Drawing once again on the detective genre , Pynchon complicates the linear hunt for information , partly by rendering every detail as ambiguous as possible and partly by having Oedipa literally go round in a huge circle when she is pursuing an ‘ underground ’ mail courier . |
| 22 | Oh we go all ups and down go all over the playing field |
| 23 | Surrounded by extensive and enclosed grounds it is perfect for children who can play in complete freedom while their elders relax on the lawns that gently slope down to an attractive swimming pool . |
| 24 | It is my belief that anorexic speech ( or , more literally , behaviour ) consists of two quite separate and often contradictory texts , and that it is only by studying them both , in order to fit them together and so come up with an amended text , that we can understand what is going on inside the anorexic herself . |
| 25 | England 's batsmen looked in decent enough form yesterday on a shirt-front pitch , nor does the heat appear to be causing them undue distress . |
| 26 | So plan now for a wonderful display next summer , but use the winter to make a plant trough to bring colour to paved or gravelled areas . |
| 27 | Even by the 1980s , seminar teaching had found little hold there despite a decreasing proportion of staff to students . |
| 28 | Most guitarists know people who can outplay them in some way and so most register somewhere on the meek and self-effacing scale . |
| 29 | She was badly let down by a married man — Irish , I think . ’ |
| 30 | Basically , I just sit down with a little Pignose amp and a tape recorder and play all night . ’ |