Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had thought that he might slip in for a quick snack that would keep body and soul together before he went back to his room to brood about the situation that he had handled so badly . |
| 2 | His room was on the first floor of the college , looking down into a narrow street that ran beside it . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's the tables done , ’ Sally said , coming in with a great draught that stirred the fire and puffed curls of smoke from under the mantel-shelf . |
| 4 | Synthetics soon replaced cotton , an ostensibly practical move that saved players from being bogged down in a waterlogged kit that ripped easily . |
| 5 | Then the heavy cloud began to break up and the pearly rays of the morning sun beamed down on a spume-streaked sea that glistened in shades of emerald and jade . |
| 6 | Finzi 's sinuous melodies for the solo instrument are made to sound as though the soloist is improvising them , and with extreme daring she uses the widest possible dynamic range down to a whispered pianissimo that might be inaudible in a concert-hall . |
| 7 | When a black hole is created by gravitational collapse , it rapidly settles down to a stationary state that is characterized by only three parameters : the mass , the angular momentum , and the electric charge . |
| 8 | When he eventually gave up and drove away , he was weighed down by a leaden conviction that he would never return . |
| 9 | They had seen little of Rosemary Talbot during the last four months , so it was n't until they had been in their flat for a week and Leith went across the hall to invite Rosemary and her husband over for a celebratory drink that Leith learned that Derek Talbot no longer lived there . |
| 10 | It therefore came as a shock in early afternoon when reports began to filter through of a massive disaster that had overtaken the centre on the Pratzen Heights . |
| 11 | Comb through with a wide-toothed comb that has rounded ends , or a wide-apart nylon-bristle styling brush . |
| 12 | This is appropriate , for the story that the letters not so much tell as adumbrate comes through with a wistful fragrance that is very affecting if one reads slowly . |
| 13 | But in the Novell/USL transaction there are myriad specific details being worked through in a definitive agreement that would simply be inappropriate to discuss publicly . |
| 14 | Conceivably , the shipping company could be sold off as a going concern that might bring it up to about 1Op in the Pound . " |
| 15 | They regularly assert that the significance of an observed action is symbolic ( rather than functional ) and they start off with a basic assumption that emotions and attitudes are just as much observable characteristics as colours or structures . |
| 16 | I spent hours trying to come up with a brilliant argument that would demolish the ‘ no deals ’ policy in seconds and solve everything . |
| 17 | What 's more , BT appears to have come up with a superb product that is available to everyone , not just business users . |
| 18 | It wants vendors to use the P5 code name until the chip is formally announced , and has invited employees to come up with a new name that stresses 80386 and 80486 compatibility — so the RISC 86 suggestion did not get a warm welcome . |
| 19 | Japan may thus end up with a financial system that is caught halfway between freedom and regulation , and more dangerous than either . |
| 20 | Originally intending to go on stage , drop ten poems and have them recorded for vinyl , Galliano have enlisted the help of former Style Council keyboardist Mick Talbot to come up with a calling card that bodes well for the future . |
| 21 | By studying regions of the proteins the proteinase cuts , they have come up with a small molecule that can block this scissor action . |
| 22 | People just jump straight in , do the first bit , erm , having done the first bit , they then think about how they 're gon na fit in the next bit , and you end up with a rambling mess that er , does n't fit together , does n't work together too well . |
| 23 | A MONTREAL donor has come up with a smoking cud that he claims is better than 85 per cent effective . |
| 24 | Director Atom Egoyan weaves sex , censorship and second-hand experience into his theme , and ends up with a reflective movie that 's also both faltering and uncertain |
| 25 | He was lying at the bottom of the steps where he 'd fallen , pulling up into a near-foetal curl that he could n't prevent . |
| 26 | The relationships can now be changed , delays between activities inserted and the whole built up into a complex network that can be displayed as a PERT chart by using the optional unit . |
| 27 | He looked up in a thoughtful way that made Carrie nervous but all he said was , ‘ Well , Carrie , I 'm much obliged to you ! |
| 28 | The ‘ progressive ’ parent who believes in total involvement in shaping the disposition of children may end up in a stifling relationship that offers precious little access to the outside world . |
| 29 | The contrary relation will therefore show up in a sentential context that specifies , or at least implies , that a single event is being referred to , such as I only met Mary once , and that was today/yesterday or ( somewhat less convincingly ) It was today/yesterday that I met Mary . |
| 30 | or they came by something where somebody turned up in a little van that was n't a Post Office van and I had to sign . |