Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] and [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good example of Airdrie 's dogged persistence came when Alan Lawrence , looking far too frail to survive amid the Rangers defence , somehow wriggled clear of Oleg Kuznetsov on the right and flew the ball to the head of Owen Coyle , who headed high and away from Andy Goram as the goalkeeper twisted to his left . |
| 2 | The boundaries came thick and fast for Lawrence 's side — but it was the number seven batsman the crowd wanted to see . |
| 3 | Many of them have never acted before and came thick and fast to auditions with high hopes for a moment 's glory on ’ Inspector Morse . ’ |
| 4 | I arrived bright and early at Brian the falconer 's house for day one of my course . |
| 5 | Consortium Developments Ltd , a company established by Bovis , Barratt , Wimpey and Beazer , was behind the spectre of Stone Bassett and fought long and hard for permission to develop an area of 12,000 acres and build 6,000 houses . |
| 6 | Whenever she did , I prayed long and hard for protection for Gary . |
| 7 | As time went by , Mr Utterson became calmer and more at peace with himself . |
| 8 | In the warmth at home we planned out possible routes and looked long and hard at Robin Collomb 's guide to the Ecrins Park ( West Col Productions 1986 ) and at IGN sheet No. 241 , Meije and Pelvoux . |
| 9 | Cardiff looked long and hard at Rohmer as Duvall drew level , reinforcing his authority . |
| 10 | The Nix 's say they thought long and hard before fostering Kenan . |
| 11 | The Nix 's say they thought long and hard before fostering Kenan . |
| 12 | She spoke low and earnestly to Sir Thomas . |
| 13 | She sounded tense and close to tears . |
| 14 | Like all boys of his age , including my own son , he never seemed to get enough to eat , and yet in spite of the bread , pancakes and cake he remained thin and hard with muscle . |