Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be careful that you do n't end up writing a novel or get bogged down in pseudo poetry with no end in view . |
| 2 | Erm now okay I accept that erm what you 're getting now or starting to get through in some areas is a higher degree of expectation , but if we 're not achieving that then I think it 's something to do with what we 're , the way in which we 're , we 're operating rather than the fact that it is n't achievable . |
| 3 | Scarlet supposed she should be grateful that her daughter had not shaved her head , tattooed her nose or chosen to go around in floor-length black , hung about with chains and crucifixes like so many of the girls on the streets . |
| 4 | On this basis , art treasures which have been misplaced , lost or have ended up in private collections should either be returned or covered by compensation from the guilty party ’ . |
| 5 | Ringed plover and sanderling pass through in great numbers on their way further south . |
| 6 | But he was a bit of a womaniser and got mixed up in some scandal ; I never knew the whole story . |
| 7 | And came running back in stark terror a few minutes later as if all the hounds of hell were after him , and Preston , who thought they were , a half-length behind all the way back to the alley behind their two houses where they stopped to get their breath back before they went in . |
| 8 | He hated the sun and used to curl up in shadowy places . |
| 9 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 10 | It is appropriate here to step back from the detail of party politics and to attempt to draw out in general terms the conditions producing this weakening hold of governments over popular support . |
| 11 | You may decide to ponder on why sometimes you are the centre of attention and why at others you are an outsider , or how alliances are formed , or why a group works well in one situation and becomes bogged down in other circumstances ' ? |
| 12 | There is a great natural temptation for new members to cast doubts on the worth of pursuing an existing project and to want to push off in new directions . |
| 13 | Human relationships can not usually be kept within neat bounds by both partners , but tend to spill over in deep emotions of pain and anger . |
| 14 | The league 's newest club , who switched from the North West Durham League during the winter , lost their first two games of the new campaign , but have bounced back in recent weeks with wins against Mainsforth and Hetton Lyons . |