Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 2 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 3 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 4 | However , she could only get up a little way before she tumbled backwards , as the jar had a heavy glass base which proved impossible to overbalance . |
| 5 | Even then , they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas . |
| 6 | I agree , and I hope Gloucestershire will eventually bring in a legal budget . |
| 7 | In this way you will soon build up a comprehensive set of notes for revision . |
| 8 | We can thus build up a hierarchical data structure in storage , of fields of characters ( terminated by a word mark ) grouped together in items or records . |
| 9 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 10 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
| 11 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 12 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
| 13 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 17 | Right can you just move back a little bit more so I can actually |
| 18 | Julian then found by laying three equal sized tubes end to end , they would exactly fit along a double bar between two uprights and would not roll off because the bars were near and parallel to each other . |
| 19 | The sociologist of religion ( usually ) does not just plonk down a whole lot of data and let the reader make what he or she will of it . |
| 20 | A new town may physically take up a small space , but the end result can be seen from far and wide . |
| 21 | You know , they might just get up a little way and then some bureaucracy knocks them down again and they 're back where they started . |
| 22 | Biological systems tend to normally pick up a particular isomer in most cases , if they pick up the wrong one it will affect , for example the protein chain it will affect , ultimately , its three dimensional structure and therefore , it 's function . |
| 23 | G Chairman , if I could just pick up a deliberate accuracy rather than |
| 24 | This is an extremely dangerous area and it is an area in which the CTO can easily pick up a considerable amount of tax if practitioners are not fully aware of the dangers . |
| 25 | Yes you would you just wonder whether Forest back four might just push up a little bit higher and let the ball carry through to the keeper every time . |
| 26 | Even if there is no suspected infestation , these firms will usually carry out a no-cost survey , often recommending a precautionary treatment ( and guarantee ) . |
| 27 | Thicker yarns are more effective for large designs and lighter colours will usually show up a complex design more clearly than small designs , |
| 28 | why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come |
| 29 | After a time the circuit should settle down to a state in which the usual combinations of inputs to the cell are relatively ineffective , while any unusual combination can still set off a strong response . |
| 30 | Courses in the humanities may encourage a personal response from the students , but do they always open up a full range of rival positions ? |