Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Remember , Miss Carter wanted me to go pupil-teaching and then take a teacher 's course , well that 's one thing I could do ; it 's not too late , I 'm only twenty-two .
2 ‘ Are you suggesting that Barney made up his mind to kill Angy and cold-bloodedly chose a method that would throw suspicion on someone else ?
3 BLANKED a complimentary letter from the ‘ Proud To Be Plain Club ’ ( ‘ we believe a woman can look average and human in public and still play a role in society ’ ) asking her to be club mascot .
4 You can be schizophrenic and still make a will that .
5 Both the Delanos wrote books for children and adults in an effort to encourage the population to become more literate and hopefully generate a sense of pride in the history of the island .
6 However , local Electricity Boards have the right to inspect and test any electrical work they think may be unsafe and also to refuse a supply .
7 ‘ Come on , Francis , what about if you were forty some and straight and never kissed a man before ?
8 As well as being profitable and actually paying a dividend back to Detroit for the first time in years , Vauxhall is an important part of the GM empire for political reasons .
9 Everything needing a temporary home found its way into the stable and then became a permanency .
10 If wild animals have access to your garden you may need to prevent them trying to dig up your pet 's body ; make sure that the grave is as deep as possible and perhaps place a paving slab over it .
11 His total of eight stolen bases in the A's 4-1 series victory was a post-season record , he scored eight runs in total and even managed a couple of homers himself in Saturday 's 6-5 win in the SkyDome .
12 She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off .
13 Probably the original intention was merely to contrast the procedure with that of a public inquiry ( where , of course , the inquiry is in full view of the public ) but for a long time the bogy of officials beavering away in private and then producing a report which damned some poor individual or organisation , without those officials being in any way accountable , was viewed with grave suspicion .
14 When he found it , he tapped along the feed pipe at random and then gave a couple of good , square bangs on the connectors before he tried the starter button .
15 The program can be configured for left or right handed players at the press of key and also provides a tuning facility via the PC speaker .
16 Social organization is complex and always includes a variety of classes , orders and groups .
17 this prevents civilians from becoming far too powerful and then becoming a dictatorship .
18 Robyn heard Luke 's voice as if from a distance , deep and unexpectedly showing a trace of concern .
19 She had left Anne , fur-clad and ostensibly reading a book of hours that Prince Richard had given her , on a stone seat near the entrance to the rose-garden .
20 I have now had the opportunity to look over the attached and also asked a colleague to do a quick proof-read .
21 In the context of claims for personal injuries , it is clear that ignorance of the law dissuades potential claimants from seeking advice , and most people only seek legal advice after first obtaining advice from other services , which may be ill-informed and thus cause a person with a claim not to pursue it .
22 She was so glad that Len was back by her side , and yet she dared not tell him why , because he would only be angry and perhaps start a fight and worry afterwards anyway .
23 In phytophagous insects the mandibles are bluntly toothed and often bear a molar or crushing surface near the base of the biting margin .
24 Only a few reports concerned the fate of oesophagitis , and then with relatively short follow up , although the typical patient is young or middle aged and thus has a life expectancy of several decades .
25 His was undone to the waist , he had no cap , his slacks were dirty and crumpled , he was unshaven and badly needed a haircut , he wore plimsolls , loosely tied with bits of string .
26 Some have been initially successful and then suffered a relapse , suggesting that at least some of the cases owed their success more to the Hawthorne effect than to a deeper understanding of people .
27 How industry can turn green and still turn a profit — balancing environmental liability with shareholder responsibility will be held on 19–20 March 1992 in London .
28 Just because you are thin and never suffer a day 's illness does not mean that you can embark on an energetic walking programme without building up to it .
29 The mother has since been married again and divorced and now has a co-habitee of three years ' standing .
30 The Seagram Grand National looks to be an ideal race for Royal Cedar , who jumps economically without being spectacular and never put a foot wrong here .
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