Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diniz also had stayed , and had found his way out into the yard , and the broken pillars of the loggia , where he had found somewhere to sit out of the wind . |
| 2 | By Saturday they had both recovered sufficiently to fall in with the rest of the company for pay parade , waiting in a long queue to collect five shillings each from the paymaster . |
| 3 | Most of them would not go on , but three were brave enough to go down into the valley . |
| 4 | Shop manager , Jim Willcock 's been allowed home from hospital , but he 's not well enough to go back to the co-op in Cam . |
| 5 | ‘ Now they are working hard to get me fit enough to go back on the list — and they 're the only ones giving me hope , ’ says Anthony . |
| 6 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 7 | I wanted only to go down to the summer-house and watch the leaves falling until night fell with them . |
| 8 | In a fierce , raw and , at times , downright nasty battle , Barnes led his besieged troops to glory only to hit out in a variety of directions afterwards . |
| 9 | We got in to drive down to the medina . |
| 10 | The problem is to develop a device which as well as demonstrating a high degree of efficiency in converting wave energy into electricity , is also robust enough to stand up to the buffeting and corrosion of the sea . |
| 11 | And for those determined enough to stand out from the crowd by virtue of understatement , that may well be enough . |
| 12 | In the end she made the decision to combine Episodes Three and Four together , losing one whole episode entirely to tighten up on the drama . |
| 13 | She swam in what she hoped was the direction of the stairs , only to come up against a wall . |
| 14 | But none of them had been interested enough to come up with an offer . |
| 15 | Nothing is more infuriating than reading about something that appeals to you , only to find out at the end that you are not eligible . |
| 16 | ‘ Find a stick long enough to reach up to the cab , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Waves burst over the cockpit into the saloon only to pour out through the manhole each time the bridge-deck broke free for a moment . |
| 18 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 19 | There was a relationship between Jean Simmons ( then married to Stewart Granger ) and Burton which was so close that he continued embracing her , publicly , after the stroke of midnight one New Year 's Eve , only to look up to a slap in the face from Sybil , who instantly left the party — for New York . |
| 20 | My own guess , in the latter case , is that sheer ecstasy came with the discovery that it was possible not only to walk out of a marriage , but to do so and flourish , and that the rest of her life was devoted to recapturing this outrageous , outcast joy . |
| 21 | Just at that moment when everyone was crossing their fingers on her behalf , so she looked up and told Jim that she felt she would do better to play out at an angle . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , ’ Forester said urgently , and Carson could imagine his knuckles going white as he gripped the payphone receiver hard in an attempt to get his point across , ‘ my chance at having a kid 's been ruined , and the police and the government have got their heads together to cover up for the killer . ’ |
| 23 | They may also know of people seeking work for a few hours or days per week , perhaps to help out with the garden , or heavier household tasks , or shopping . |
| 24 | For organizations and clubs first timing it in this area Kinloss Canoe Club can always provide an experienced canoeist guide ( usually an instructor ) to join your flotilla and paddle along to give up to the minute on the spot information , or if you wish , to lead on the water , all at not cost , especially on the Findhorn . |
| 25 | Currency markets followed the trend , with the dollar opening sharply higher , only to drift back during the afternoon and close just under half a pfennig up at Dm1.6370 . |
| 26 | During the last ten years Britain has changed , very often for the worse , the nature of work has changed and we the trade union Movement have not changed fast enough to keep up with the pace . |
| 27 | This may be one or two characters in most commercial systems ( Tappert et al , 1990 ) , but need only be fast enough to keep up with the writing . |
| 28 | War boars are evil minded creatures that will take every opportunity to maim , bite , and kick their Orc masters but this does n't really bother the Orcs who are on the whole sensible enough to keep out of the way . |
| 29 | It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply . |
| 30 | It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply or at the project 's on/off switch . |