Example sentences of "[adv] and [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilots played poker and bridge endlessly and with a furious concentration , while in the background a gramophone wheezed out over and over again a well-worn recording of Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle ? and the Squadron 's mascot , a young lion cub called Whiskey , prowled amiably about the mess . |
| 2 | The man went on waiting , almost as if he were teasing Stephen , and when at last he did move , it was suddenly and with a strange dancing skip . |
| 3 | Such rationalization is , however , of great interest to the historian because it reveals something of the social processes involved in gaining respect for scientific work both inside and outside a scientific community . |
| 4 | He had dealt with everything when her mother died and he had dealt with it competently and in a kindly manner , but , left to herself , she would have gone to Glyn . |
| 5 | He looked like a Fred to me , being short , shaggy , pimply and with a big nose , and we were all delighted when he was on night duty with us because he then got the job of hauling the heavy haybox into the building and ladling out large dollops of this unidentifiable meal onto our plates . |
| 6 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 7 | ‘ Why ca n't we move away entirely and to a new system which after proper and full consultation would set prices and regimes periodically ? ’ |
| 8 | I interviewed them individually and in a separate room . |
| 9 | Cut , move to a new position further away and at a different angle . |
| 10 | She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws . |
| 11 | Aloofness , detachment , distancing , flippancy , all variations on a theme — a sustained effort to remain above and beyond a threatening world . |
| 12 | Finally and with a great sigh , Robyn forced herself into action . |
| 13 | The union will also try to provide a better class of men for the Merchant Service , and will see that crews join their ship punctually and in a sober condition ; it will help shipwrecked mariners ; it will provide assistance to members travelling in search of work ; it will establish a sick benefit and a burial fund . |
| 14 | Town 's nerve held out just and with a 5-4 aggregate , they booked their place to Wembley . |
| 15 | Looking at the total expenditure and the economic projections , ministers decided broadly and in a preliminary way what limits had to be set for spending in the next financial year ( then about nine months away ) . |
| 16 | In both the Sacred Dance and the Grandstand Frescoes , the priestesses are shown seated in places of honour , centrally , prominently and with a clear view of the ceremonies being conducted before them . |
| 17 | We believe we are doing our bit in this respect , successfully and over a long period , by land . ’ |
| 18 | By presenting the information on a videodisc which managers could view quickly , locally and at a convenient time , BT reduced the cost of the exercise to £15 per manager . |
| 19 | ‘ meticulous experiments have convinced me that this ratio ( 1:100 ) between the quantity of diluent and that of the medicine being dynamized is far too low to develop the medicinal substance properly and to a high degree with a large number of succussions unless force is used … |
| 20 | Well of course there , there is this worry , and , and they have to be used erm properly and in a helpful way . |
| 21 | ‘ Under the National Curriculum every school must provide sex education and it is important that we teach it properly and in a responsible way . |
| 22 | That prevents the proper delivery of claims by those who are really in need being dealt with properly and in a timely manner . |
| 23 | We got up at 5.00am and after a delicious breakfast we got underway to meet our van . |
| 24 | Other authorities followed slowly and on a smaller scale . |
| 25 | A fair proportion of the ducks were obviously hit but carried on and got to a point where the hunters could not pick them up , so a lot of those animals died slowly and in a great deal of pain . |
| 26 | I think erm effectively and with a powerful hand is another way of doing it . |
| 27 | To achieve this effectively and on a large scale the teaching force would have to concentrate upon the narrow limits which had been set . |
| 28 | However , a group of retailers , eg Spar or VG grocers , may join together to advertise effectively and at a reasonable cost . |
| 29 | He pressed it gently shut and it held ; loosely and with a slight gap , but it held . |
| 30 | The figures for black youngsters excluded indefinitely and for a fixed period were also above average . |