Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one was , however , and life went on normally until the very last moment . |
| 2 | And then she looked down again at the neatly typed list in the book , open on the floor in front of her . |
| 3 | The registrar laughed to himself and then looked up thoughtfully at the endlessly turning fan . |
| 4 | Both brothers laughed out loud at the deliberately comic delivery of his English phrases as they shook hands . |
| 5 | Miss Mates , who had removed the tea things , came bustling back , said to Dr Neil , ‘ Mind you are ready for surgery , ’ and brought him a plain black coat which he put on instead of the rather sporty Harris tweed one which he was wearing . |
| 6 | A fine and storming time was had by all ( to put it mildly ) , the degenerate nature of the evening summed up perfectly by the mildly amusing spectacle of one SHAUN RYDER being carried out of the venue at the end of the night , screaming out the directions to his hotel to his sweating , grumbling slaves . |
| 7 | With a sigh she slid down further into the blissfully warm bed , realising she was no longer in the least uneasy at the thought of Penry only feet away beyond the bedroom wall . |
| 8 | With a half-shudder , she left the lower bowel and set off gingerly along the rather treacherous surface of the greater intestine which coiled before her — a tunnel she was n't too sure she saw the light at the end of . |