Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But despite flying back to the more forgiving climate of Cairns , his fever showed no signs of leaving him . |
| 2 | Here 's a tough but effective way of honing in on the most meaningful elements of your life . |
| 3 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 4 | As you can see , unless you feel that there is something suspect about the property , such as an extension which you feel may be badly constructed , or it is very old ( say , 18th century ) it is really not worth paying out for the more in-depth survey in the initial stages , which costs twice as much as the ordinary valuation survey . |
| 5 | Coburn wrote his first four part storyline in two sections , starting with the quest for fire plot , which he named ‘ The Tribe of Gum ’ before going back to the very first episode , which had to be a more collaborative effort with the Script-Editor and the Producers . |
| 6 | Before moving on to the more advanced aspects of wave riding let us consider what should happen in the first attempts . |
| 7 | We might feel tempted to say that Wittgenstein 's account may be true of sensations ; but that there is no such thing as a sensation of blue , and so there is no reason why a private linguist could not start by naming the way things look to him before moving on to the more difficult talk of the way things actually are . |
| 8 | Could always be relied upon to break down on the most dangerous stretch of the motorway . |
| 9 | There was something about cutter work — glamour , adventure , battling the elements , or just plain escapism — call it what you will , but once you had experienced it you had great difficulty in settling down to the more prosaic existence ashore . |
| 10 | It 's very amusing , and you 've explained it amusingly to us , but er , there 's a lot of truth , I think in er , what you say and er how can we , er make the best of these unwelcome guests who insist on turning up at the most inopportune times , when we 're trying to enjoy ourselves . |
| 11 | At the same time , however , he earned massive public support for standing up to the most widely feared and despised Soviet institution . |
| 12 | It is worth shopping around for the best quote possible . |
| 13 | The guide prices indicated are the manufacturers ' recommended retail prices — it 's worth shopping around for the best buy . |