Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It comprises nearly 150 oil paintings , collages , gouaches and sculptures from all periods of Picasso 's career and is a rich illustration of the opinion advanced by John Richardson in the first volume of his biography of the artist that still-life was a subject which Picasso ‘ would eventually explore more exhaustively and develop more imaginatively than any other artist in history ’ . |
| 2 | Yet state censorship has arguably come much nearer and become more sinister with the Spycatcher affair and the more recent Section 28 . |
| 3 | I know that I mean he 's actually thick enough to go up there and sign on in his overalls . |
| 4 | She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed . |
| 5 | If you freeze your Brazils ( 24 hours is ample ) they not only crack more easily but separate delightfully . |
| 6 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 7 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 8 | I ai n't checked them , I 've been on holiday I 've only come back today that 's been drawn has it ? |
| 9 | " I m sorry , Mr Beamish , but he 'll be away all day and I thought I 'd better come along rather than leave it till tomorrow . " |
| 10 | Waste containers should be large enough to take broken glass and be economical , but small enough to lock safely away and change frequently . |
| 11 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 12 | Even my wharped mind had only got as far as thinking . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'd only got as far as having a preliminary psyche dissection on Daine , ’ said Trefusis , ‘ but the Yggdrasil probes suggest he had a similar-although far more pronounced — set of personality deformities . |
| 14 | The better-known Cabinet Ministers moved in a stately fashion as if speed of foot might trample accidentally a party worker bent upon homage ; better to tread slowly so as to receive fittingly the admiration of many . |
| 15 | Well , you wo n't all fit in there , so park up opposite and come on in . |
| 16 | Let's not chance that decision , let's all move forward together and cooperate and make it work . |
| 17 | Most horses naturally slow down slightly when asked to move away from this sort of attraction , but a marked reluctance to go forwards could indicate nappiness . |
| 18 | This has to be the most awesome wall around , so get down there and get cranking — be warned though , within four hours of it opening four people had damaged their tendons : remember always to warm up first ! |
| 19 | " You 'd better ride back now and check the baggage carts , " he said sharply . |
| 20 | These could be hung from a decorative pole , perhaps set well above and extending beyond the sides of the door , to enable the curtains to be drawn well back . |
| 21 | Before it reached it , though , the road suddenly dipped down again and ran into a shallow hollow filled with sunshine . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd better go round there and apologise right away . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well you 'd better go home then and get your tomato ketchup . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We will only go as far as suggesting some of the market leaders like Sage and Pegasus , then we let the customers decide ’ . |
| 25 | I could only go out there and do what I was doing before , which is … labouring . |
| 26 | The men tell us we 'd better get off now and spend the night somewhere . |
| 27 | ‘ Better get out there and warm up , son ’ , my mates said , sniggering . |
| 28 | Better get out there and have a look just the same , Cesena told him with a hint of malice . |
| 29 | " If you will only sit down patiently and wait , our master , who is the most generous man in the world , will certainly give you a good supper when he comes back . |
| 30 | The Conservatives would not always win under the electoral system of 1918 , but they would rarely do so badly as to allow anyone else to win . |