Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the treatment , I did feel refreshed rather like waking up after a good night 's sleep . |
| 2 | A NIGERIAN Air Force plane crashed shortly after taking off from Lagos , killing all 163 on board — most of them military officers . |
| 3 | The idea was to record and tour with the band , but Knopfler saw an essentially fun project with his mates develop into something which came close to getting out of hand . |
| 4 | Last week Mr Cojuangco came close to getting back on the board of San Miguel , the country 's largest firm , which he once controlled . |
| 5 | Following the experience of the war , when Britain came close to running out of food , farmers were entreated by successive governments to increase production . |
| 6 | I turned away from looking down at my father and faced into the corner , sighing mightily and whispering ‘ Oh my God , ’ to myself , away from the mouthpiece . |
| 7 | The girl curtsied again before scuttling off down a nearby passage . |
| 8 | Windeler glanced across before giving in to the slope and changing down through the gears . |
| 9 | Really , it was because she looked forward to getting out of the house by herself ! |
| 10 | Fabia knew that her mind was made up then , even though she could n't have said with any conviction that she looked forward to going up to that large , elegant house again in a week from now . |
| 11 | Heaven for him meant them being given a lift in a girlfriend 's second-hand Fiat and , whereas other toddlers of fifteen months or so usually toted teddy bears or other furry animals , he never went anywhere without taking along at least one toy car . |
| 12 | Parents there voted overwhelmingly against opting out in the final ballot . |
| 13 | Garry smiled weakly before turning back to Roman . |
| 14 | His season was cut to just four races , the first three of which he won impressively before going down to Forest Sun in the Rendlesham Hurdle at Kempton already suffering from a bug . |
| 15 | His eyes flickered past her and he smiled faintly before turning back to her and loudly questioning the validity of the original invoice . |
| 16 | Bobo responded immediately by reaching out with a begging gesture , palm upwards and fingers slightly curled . |
| 17 | Corbett heaved a sigh of relief , told Ranulf to keep his questions to himself and , head down , rode quietly along turning over in his mind what Bruce had told him . |
| 18 | He wondered vaguely about going back to Mrs Short 's boarding house and getting a pen and paper . |
| 19 | They even stayed overnight before making off with their haul . |