Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stay in this position for some time , then slowly sit up through a curved spine — a great way to relax ! |
| 2 | But then , despite the gloss given by the court flatterers , the unspoken tensions in the palace eventually build up into a civil war which topples the old order . |
| 3 | His marriage seemed like the Atlantic Ocean to her , something vast and unknowable which she could not attempt to bridge but only fly over at a terrible speed . |
| 4 | But the wine-makers are winning , so watch out for a new wave of pretty , vibrant , strawberry-scented Australian Pinot — unlikely to be cheap — but Pinot seldom is . |
| 5 | So stand by for a new trade war , as America is accused of dumping subsidised security services on world markets ? |
| 6 | The method will depend on the variety so look out for a good reference book , such as Pruning by Christopher Brickell , £7.99 , Mitchell Bleazley — part of The Royal Horticultural Society 's Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening series . |
| 7 | The line of the Great Central Railway south of Leicester through Catesby Tunnel and on to Brackley , is a superb example where an appreciation of the engineering involved in the construction of the last great main line in England can be obtained In a different landscape are the deep cuttings and high embankments south-east of Overstrand , Norfolk which suddenly open out into a vast grass amphitheatre-like area the site of Mundesley Station only opened in 1898 . |
| 8 | You 've got , again , a much more stable population , there are n't nearly so many teachers , young women teachers who leave the system to get married and then perhaps do n't go back at all , or only go back on a part-time basis . |
| 9 | These remarkable flies with wasp-like markings hang motionless in the air — hence the name of hover fly — and suddenly shoot off to a different position ; their flight is a series of sudden darting movements . |
| 10 | Drawing once again on the detective genre , Pynchon complicates the linear hunt for information , partly by rendering every detail as ambiguous as possible and partly by having Oedipa literally go round in a huge circle when she is pursuing an ‘ underground ’ mail courier . |
| 11 | England 's batsmen looked in decent enough form yesterday on a shirt-front pitch , nor does the heat appear to be causing them undue distress . |
| 12 | So plan now for a wonderful display next summer , but use the winter to make a plant trough to bring colour to paved or gravelled areas . |
| 13 | Even by the 1980s , seminar teaching had found little hold there despite a decreasing proportion of staff to students . |
| 14 | She was badly let down by a married man — Irish , I think . ’ |
| 15 | Basically , I just sit down with a little Pignose amp and a tape recorder and play all night . ’ |
| 16 | You already stalk around like a haughty prince , ’ she teased . |
| 17 | These incidents scarcely add up to a coherent narrative , and the chronology is uncertain . |
| 18 | And even if you just pop in for a welcome drink , look out for our Happy Days bar promotions . |
| 19 | The only exception to this is that the test machine arrived without one of its little rubber feet , something that I feel might happen quite regularly , given that they just screw in with a small self-tapping screw , and have no supporting adhesive to really make things permanent . |
| 20 | You thus end up with a whole batch of specific tasks to carry out , some over several months , even years . |
| 21 | I try to think of something smart to say to hide the fact that I 'm beaten , and finally come out with a pathetic ‘ I could n't stay in this stink without puking on the carpet . |
| 22 | He said that dozy cow only decided she was going to try and fucking pull out with a great big juggernaut coming down . |
| 23 | If we are to consider effective follow-up of the family concerned as an equally desirable function for the church to perform , then we very quickly face up to a major logistical exercise . |
| 24 | but I said to him , I 'll go and buy vinyl and we can come back into the same position , and he ai n't no good at sticking vinyl up , I always go round with a bloody |
| 25 | I always end up with a dry throat in here with all this heat |
| 26 | People who feel that way are quite special and always end up in a mangled mess . ’ |
| 27 | Before , you might be able to say , if you have n't got the right results , you can get away with padding out your lab report and writing a lot of background , so that would bung your mark up a bit , but this year , you can do that and you still end up with a bad mark if you 've got bad results . |
| 28 | But early evidence of the implementation of audit and the battery of other quality initiatives in the NHS suggest that doctors , nurses , managers and other staff , not to mention consumers , still step delicately in a ritual dance which recognises established prerogatives and power . |
| 29 | The candidate will start with one version of the law and then gradually veer round to a contradictory version — thus making sure that the right rule is there somewhere , even though he can not pick it out . |
| 30 | It says right get on to a new line . |