Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv prt] [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 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So stand by for a new trade war , as America is accused of dumping subsidised security services on world markets ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She was badly let down by a married man — Irish , I think . ’ |
| 13 | Basically , I just sit down with a little Pignose amp and a tape recorder and play all night . ’ |
| 14 | You already stalk around like a haughty prince , ’ she teased . |
| 15 | These incidents scarcely add up to a coherent narrative , and the chronology is uncertain . |
| 16 | And even if you just pop in for a welcome drink , look out for our Happy Days bar promotions . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You thus end up with a whole batch of specific tasks to carry out , some over several months , even years . |
| 19 | To ensure you get a full charge , just leave on for a half hour or so longer than normal . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He said that dozy cow only decided she was going to try and fucking pull out with a great big juggernaut coming down . |
| 22 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
| 23 | We had just come out of a 12.30 matinee and the street was burning in the sun and those who had come out of the theatre was cool and real but the others in the street were moving in a white light that had them like shadows . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | foot size is a two , they usually end up in a three erm in flat shoes like this for the width I 've got very big feet |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | I always end up with a dry throat in here with all this heat |
| 28 | People who feel that way are quite special and always end up in a mangled mess . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |