Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together . |
| 2 | If you go down and ask in a polite way , then you might get what you want . |
| 3 | Bardsley put his teacup down and said in a melancholy voice , ‘ I was thinking of taking him into partnership , but business has n't been that good lately . |
| 4 | Nutty wound the window down and smiled in a civilized fashion . |
| 5 | Jess resisted , primly folding her hands , looking down and waiting in a resigned-servant manner for permission to go . |
| 6 | COME ALONG AND JOIN IN A FUN-PACKED DAY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL AGES |
| 7 | The solution is to make use to layers to separate out the drawing into smaller sections that can be worked on and redrawn in a reasonable time . |
| 8 | If there is too much liquid left in the pan , pour it off and reduce in a separate pan ( so the meat does not overcook ) . |
| 9 | Vologsky might as well try to take off and escape in a hot air balloon . |
| 10 | I intended to sub-contract it to one of my former students , a very , very skilful young man who had been with us on a fee-paying course for one year and then gone off and worked in a local workshop for another 18 months . |
| 11 | The body was too large to bring on board , so the head was cut off and preserved in a pickling vat aboard the Monongahela . |
| 12 | old Army General , line up and get in a single line |
| 13 | The ‘ lady ’ in question was heavily made up and dressed in a tight sheath of black and gold lurex that ended provocatively at mid-thigh . |
| 14 | It had been opened up and re-stitched in a different coloured thread . |
| 15 | Wrap the marzipan in cling film or polythene to prevent drying out and keep in a cool place until needed . |
| 16 | You see the only way that you can really discipline them is when you have a school where the rules have been very , very strict from the moment that they went into that school and they have had their noses held to the grindstone with work up to their brows and they just do n't think of being tiresome and anybody who is tiresome is pulled out and put in a special room on their own , called a sin bin an which is rather boring and made to work even harder ! |
| 17 | I The seller shall prior to completion of the purchase carry out and complete in a good and workmanlike manner and with good quality materials the following works to the property , namely : J AB the [ wife ] of the seller hereby acknowledges that she has no claim to or interest in the property hereby agreed to be sold adverse to the interest of the buyer and in consideration of the buyer entering into this agreement she hereby agrees that if so required she will join in the [ conveyance ] [ transfer ] [ assignment ] [ lease ] for the purpose of vesting the said property in the buyer free from incumbrances . |
| 18 | It was growing dark , and she thought of sleeping on a bench or under a tree in a remote part of Regent 's Park , but she was afraid that , having spent the night out and returning in a dishevelled state , her landlady might assume the worst and not let her in again . |
| 19 | He lay there , a saline drip in his arm , his head tilted back and held in a vice-like contraption . |
| 20 | He clasped and unclasped his wiry hands two or three times as though wringing out a rag , pulled his legs on to the bed , sat back and replied in a raucous whisper . |
| 21 | Though she did stop him before he could get further than to spin her round and begin in a supposed-to-be-seductive tone , ‘ If you want the thrill of a lifetime , Leith — ’ |
| 22 | Swan glided round and headed in a straight line towards the edge of the forest , and of course the vast cloud of smoke came hurtling after it . |