Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At dinner the undergraduate in his second year got on well with the ex-prime minister , which is a mark up to both sides .
2 He trusts me , we got on well in the old days .
3 Nisbet , with his first goal of the season , ultimately revived Rangers ' European ambitions and no matter how fortuitous his strike was , it may yet turn out to be of inestimable value to an Ibrox team who clung on bravely in the closing stages .
4 A few crofting families clung on there until the 19th century but the island is now uninhabited .
5 The excavators at Silchester and Caerwent had found great quantities , but regarded it as merely so commonplace and ordinary , that they hardly bothered even to mention it , thus ignoring the important principle laid down earlier by the great Pitt-Rivers , who attempted to record everything he found ‘ however small and however common … common things are of more importance than particular things , because they are more prevalent ’ ( 1898 , 27 ) .
6 Very often they moved on again after a short stay , for they found that reality was harsher than their dreams .
7 She watched as Simon wandered on through into the all-white kitchen , the door swinging shut behind him .
8 He sank down on to a convenient chair and shook his head dolefully .
9 Max appeared disappointed by the reply as he peered down again at the grisly work on which he was engaged .
10 Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window .
11 When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head .
12 Chapman had kept a close watch on Speirs ' feud with Bradford City , and moved in just at the right moment .
13 Grandparents who moved in only at the very end of their lives , just for a few last months , rarely left much of a mark unless earlier contact had been important .
14 Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request .
15 Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request .
16 I revived as I felt myself go hurtling through the air and crashed down on to the wooden planks of the scaffold .
17 In central London , a middle-aged woman had a lucky escape when a 40ft tree crashed down on to an open-top bus on Victoria Embankment .
18 Then , lurching to his feet , he moved over on to the only empty seat in the shrine — a patch of floor covered with a sheepskin rug .
19 They all moved off together down the tawny dust of the road , close beside the shingle banks and black deeps of the river .
20 The SEC 's New York office is making informal inquiries into several instances when a share price moved up ahead of a favourable announcement about the restructuring of the company 's debt .
21 Its dominance over other media built up steadily through the 1980s ( Table 6.13 ) .
22 There followed a period of comparative quiet , while the water built up again behind the top step and those beneath .
23 Yeah , well before sh he was born , she stopped doing them and er she phoned up out of the blue and so said to her , no they live at Bognor I think or something .
24 The Olympic 800 metres finalist moved back up to the 1500 metres where he first made his name as a junior and led from gun to tape to win in 3 mins 39.58 secs .
25 The Borderers , coached by Jim Telfer , beat Glasgow High/Kelvinside 27–16 at the Greenyards in their final game to win the major championship and hold off Edinburgh Academicals ' challenge , Kelso , relegated last season , moved back up to the first division .
26 The Physics department moved out completely to the new building and Chemistry — abhorring a vacuum — expanded to take over the space vacated .
27 In winter some continued ashore , reinforcing their tents and huts for extra warmth , while others moved out on to the inshore sea ice , living in snow houses and feeding mostly on fish and seals .
28 On 20 January 1920 a detachment of Polish soldiers in greatcoats and four-cornered caps waded out knee-deep in the icy Baltic .
29 There was a plop as it landed in the water , then it thrashed around wildly for a few seconds before settling down .
30 They rode through just before the first of the big gate timbers descended in an explosion of sparks .
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