Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lynx rose high enough to clear the grey walls , swung eastward and accelerated to a speed of 120 knots . |
| 2 | Motherwell took 27 minutes to create their first chance when Chris McCart carved out an opening for Joe McLeod , but the striker hesitated long enough to allow Brian Irvine to block the effort . |
| 3 | After many trials with cross-spars and bridles , the Geisha flew well enough to win Joel a trip to Japan ! |
| 4 | Ben Hanbury 's three-year-old completely missed the break in that 16-runner event and in the circumstances did extremely well to finish sixth , 12½ lengths behind Musicale . |
| 5 | It was not long after that , though , that the rain decided once again to make an appearance and Ven decreed that it was in for the rest of the day . |
| 6 | Urgent talks began in London and Brussels as the UK tried yet again to negotiate a way round the EC rules . |
| 7 | The Olympians had slightly further to swim , and while the juniors were allowed to crawl Moorhouse was made to swim the breast stroke at which he won gold at Seoul 5 years ago . |
| 8 | And after these peoples , others had come : now and then , Davide passed , in a clearing in the grove , a stone hut , white and conical in shape , like the turbans of the Saracens who were overlords here long ago and who built these shelters for summer days when the heat in the grove swelled too burstingly to bear . |
| 9 | In the last few years , however , the Government began more frequently to provide a formal written response , and last year they undertook to respond in writing to all reports within two months of their publication . |
| 10 | Her body looked diminished , almost shrivelled , in the huge chair , and the gnarled hands on the arms began very gently to shake . |
| 11 | Everyone then processed back to the Salle des fêtes , where coffee was served ; the Emperor left shortly afterwards to go to his study , where he could smoke his cigarette ; the male guests who shared his habit were allowed to retire to the smoking room , while the Empress remained behind with the ladies . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was caused by the complicated influences of the valley where the men seemed so often to remain unmarried , sometimes perhaps because , as Beuno held , their mothers said there was no one good enough for them , sometimes because there simply was n't anyone . |
| 13 | The sergeant hesitated long enough to decide he would be wasting his time by further argument . |
| 14 | ‘ I just hope the police reacted quickly enough to catch them . |
| 15 | The tourists came here principally to win the Test series and they proved to be worthy winners . |
| 16 | Well , she went and got the Deputy Head and she was a bit upset about it , and then after that our biology group was chopped right down , more or less cut in half , and most of the boys went somewhere else to do their biology while the rest of us stayed with that teacher and we got on a lot better then , you know . |
| 17 | The lion got near enough to blow hot oniony breath into her face . |
| 18 | I had stopped seeing the nightmare shape when I shut my eyes but every so often the pigeon stirred just enough to keep me awake . |