Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must be awful being old and put away in a home because no one will have you at home and look after you . ’ |
| 2 | She rose and plunged and rolled and staggered and behaved generally in a most frisky fashion . |
| 3 | While Fiona was still on her way the medics stuffed Harry full of antibiotics and other palliatives and put stitches where they were needed , and by the time she 'd wept briefly in my arms he was warm and responding nicely in a recovery room somewhere . |
| 4 | When she had chosen the least remarkable and staggered downstairs in a pair of high-heeled purple boots the others got their revenge by wheezing about the room in hysterics once more . |
| 5 | The answer you gave to the question may have been brilliant and put together in a language marked by brevity and clarity . |
| 6 | These are similar to ceramic tiles , but are unglazed and come only in a range of earth/terracotta/red colours as they are made from unrefined clay . |
| 7 | It can be torn up and stuffed into awkward shapes ; cut to size and layered ; and used on the horizontal or held vertically in a grid . |