Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knows the kinds of places she likes to work , sleep and eat in , and will instinctively seek out the right type of office , hotel , or restaurant . |
| 2 | Recommendations were made that would eventually phase out the broad gauge . |
| 3 | Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event . |
| 4 | Better carry off an embarrassing situation with as much panache as she could muster . |
| 5 | Foucault thus does not merely set up an alternative history , but contends that that alternative is part of a displacement that is in the process of replacing the history that preceded it . |
| 6 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 7 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 8 | On the contrary , if the student body were to take its right to learn ( Lernfreiheit ) seriously , and were to be vigilant in seeing that it enjoyed the kinds of academic freedom I spelt out earlier , it would necessarily take on an assertive role . |
| 9 | ‘ The policy of peaceful coexistence … does not only hold back the revolutionary struggle , but promotes its upsurge … the might of the Soviet Union serves as a decisive obstacle in the way of imperialist plans for unleashing a new world war . ’ |
| 10 | Even then , they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas . |
| 11 | I can only point out the immoral lifestyle that accompanied his profession and the evidence of spiritual deceit . |
| 12 | I agree , and I hope Gloucestershire will eventually bring in a legal budget . |
| 13 | New occasions of conflict were now appearing and would eventually break up the long peace , and as this became clearer so did the essentially competitive nature of the European system . |
| 14 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
| 15 | In this way you will soon build up a comprehensive set of notes for revision . |
| 16 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 17 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
| 18 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
| 19 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
| 20 | It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print . |
| 21 | As he gazed out , down the enormous length of the ship , he could just make out the dark outline against the lighter sea , and the rectangular shapes of the deck-covered containers . |
| 22 | Between the ranks of bared heads ( one or another of which would occasionally turn to take a quick glance of inspection at his own face ) he could just make out the graceful figure of Mrs Wright herself , kneeling on a hassock in front of the table . |
| 23 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
| 24 | Yes , through the gloom she could just make out the dried-up fountain in the middle of it , and , straight ahead , the huge studded doors of a church . |
| 25 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
| 26 | Through the middle kitchen window he could just make out the open gate , the wooden ramp covering the steps and the first huge saddle-back sow ambling down into the yard . |
| 27 | I took a few cautious steps forward to where , by craning , I could just make out the ghostly crescent of the beach opposite the pier . |
| 28 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 29 | The threats against the Jews were no doubt correctly ‘ read ’ in government and Party circles as an indication that a war would somehow bring about a final show-down with the Jews . |
| 30 | Right can you just move back a little bit more so I can actually |