Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It leaves me high and dry as far as the debt 's concerned . |
| 2 | For a while , Jem manages to restrict Scout who does n't realise how serious everything is and wants to run to Atticus , but eventually she breaks free and runs as fast as she can to him . |
| 3 | Days began early and ended late so that maximum distances could be travelled . |
| 4 | Her ribs were clear , her hipbones stuck out like mountains on a desert relief map , her thighs were straight and looked even longer than usual . |
| 5 | I did n't repeat this in case it was untrue but heard about 9am that it was true and had been broadcast . |
| 6 | The 10-month-old Italians were said to be ‘ stable and doing as well as can be expected ’ at London 's Great Ormond Street children 's hospital . |
| 7 | Facts were to do with the material conditions of life described as precisely as possible and counted as accurately as possible . |
| 8 | The lenses will be as small and thin as possible and fit as loosely as appropriate in order to maintain the health of the eyes . |
| 9 | The stress concentration at a crack tip was first calculated by Inglis in 1913 , as we have said , and his results are classic and correct as far as they go . |
| 10 | For various reasons the main one of which was a lack of understanding of our problems , our local administration were often unsympathetic and went so far as to accuse us of non co-operation at times , especially in the matter of rest days . |
| 11 | People fell sick and died more often than they committed offences against others ; in the overwhelming majority of cases lineages collected contributions , and larger entities were not involved . |
| 12 | But the bricks were soft and crumbled uselessly away when he removed the moulds . |
| 13 | Would you personally be more motivated and work more effectively if you were to receive a share of the profit at the year end ? |
| 14 | Tamar , Lady Lassiter 's life was tidy and secure once again and she determined that it would now remain so . |
| 15 | But if you decide to separate , be firm and stay apart so that you can find out how to cope alone . |
| 16 | Oozing , not bright red , but mixed , it 's mixed bleeding really you 've got from capillary and very often in any injury you 'll get mixed bleeding , but are you going to be too concerned and analyze too carefully whether it 's blood from a vein or blood from an artery if it 's pouring out ? |
| 17 | I had not seen him since 1982 , but when we met again in his home near Salzburg in March 1988 to record radio and television interviews on the occasion of his 80th birthday he was quite unchanged , as courteous and welcoming as ever and perfectly settled within himself . |
| 18 | Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this . |
| 19 | Both the girls were small and looked exceptionally so as they crossed the Bridge with their handcart . |
| 20 | I delighted to know that the Medau Society is flourishing and going more strongly than ever in its fortieth year . |
| 21 | They , you , are our inspiration , the reason we 've come as far and done as well as we have , the energy that drives us forward into the future . |
| 22 | Rye is very tolerant of poor , acid soils , is extremely frost-hardy and ripens much earlier than other cereals . |
| 23 | This chapter is relatively succinct and goes little further than identifying the major ideas concerning classification theory that have emerged during the twentieth century and before , and indicating their applications . |
| 24 | The next day , instead of being calm and gentle to ride , he was frightfully excited and pulling much harder than ever before . |
| 25 | Women wedded to men 's systems , arguing for resources and significance , have little alternative but to accept the context as given and learn as effectively as possible , to pitch in with the rest . |
| 26 | The ingratitude comes out into the open and sets as hard as marble . |
| 27 | They start off slow and get then faster and faster . |
| 28 | They become invisible and ignored too quickly if their needs are not constantly presented to the public and to politicians . |
| 29 | By his own account , Mr Tyson is thrifty and states quite proudly that neither he or his wife Rosie are a burden on any form of social or government support . |
| 30 | The streets curved and twisted as pleasantly as the river , but were shaded by fine lime trees , now breaking into delicate leaf , instead of the willows , soon to shimmer summer through , above the trout-ringed reaches of the River Pleshey . |