Example sentences of "[be] [adv] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin with , it is more likely to get an early warning of the cheetah 's approach , for even when its own head is down grazing , other heads are up and scanning the surrounding country ready to sound an alarm with a snort . |
| 2 | I have been there and seen the remarkable progress that is being made . |
| 3 | ‘ What do you think ? ’ the Captain asked Marshal Guarnaccia once they were outside and walking the two or three yards back to Headquarters . |
| 4 | ‘ ( The state ) thinks a security confrontation is enough and rejects the real way to ensure full security and real peace , ’ Gamal Badawi wrote . |
| 5 | Then he was up and levering the round boulder free , not listening to it crash down the mountain , doubting if the attackers would hear or see — and , if they did , whether they would be persuaded that it was his own body tumbling — but it was one extra little chance that cost him only a few seconds . |