Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten minutes later he was down and seated across from a young duty captain as they travelled the fast-link that connected the City to the spaceport . |
| 2 | The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk . |
| 3 | Knit two rows and bind off for a round neck or cast off for a V-neck . |
| 4 | During the half-halts , be strong with leg and positive with a blocking hand , then relax and sit quietly with a light contact , repeating this until the penny finally drops . |
| 5 | It occurred to her that most people , her former self included , would not walk away from an attack by a homicidal transvestite and sit down to a healthy breakfast . |
| 6 | In reality , individuals may not be able to borrow and lend freely at a given interest rate . |
| 7 | A diver absorbing excessive nitrogen must ascend to a designated depth to reduce the pressure and remain there for a specified time for what is known as a ‘ decompression stop . ’ |
| 8 | We spent a day ashore on Barentsøya where the Dutch party went off inland on their own and met up with a polar bear with two cubs , which ran off when they saw the party . |
| 9 | Well really when I had the same thing , you know , and goes back for a little bit this morning and er same sort of thing . |
| 10 | He deals , breaks and rides out for a local National Hunt trainer to keep in the sport and would be delighted with any financial help — large or small . |
| 11 | It would have an educational benefit and bring home in a dramtic way the frightening nature of serial killers . |
| 12 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |
| 13 | If they are unusually anxious or irritated , they may find the noise just too much to deal with and stalk off in a feline sulk rather than squat down for a good meal . |
| 14 | PARIS — The French Army , fatigued by khaki , is to get a new ‘ modular ’ uniform designed by Pierre Balmain and made up in a grey-blue colour known as Terre de France . |
| 15 | The shirt comes right down over the feet , and threaded through with a woollen thread at the ankles , with tassels at the end . |
| 16 | I scattered pennies and rode on like a young lord through Aldgate and into London . |
| 17 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 18 | When it begins to set , splash a little water on to it , and rub gently with a pointing trowel in a circular motion , to smooth flush , leaving little or no sanding . |
| 19 | Jean-Luc Roussel himself had come to the hospital and fretted and fluttered about like a true Cockney sparrow . |
| 20 | In this way , with one small rock fall following another , the flow continues to advance , very slowly , clanking and rattling forward like a shuffling slag heap . |
| 21 | Tyrone Evans had been brought into the court 's car park when he overpowered his guard and got away in a blue Renault . |
| 22 | Police at Ames , Iowa , are looking for a one-legged burglar who stole a three-legged Labrador dog from an electrical contracting business and got away in a stolen pick-up truck . |
| 23 | One startling apparition a few seats away was masked , and got up like a Chinese mandarin , with clacking claws for hands emerging from generous silk sleeves . |
| 24 | Darlington was only the second date on the tour and got off to a bad start with a trip from Manchester through freezing fog arriving late and cold . |
| 25 | Duncan had been appalled to find that women had the vote ‘ down South ’ and got off to a shaky start in the motor trade when one of the local spivs conned him into thinking a Pina Colada was the latest model Ford built in Spain . |
| 26 | Well I 've been off work for a bit and got back to a massive 156 messages from the group ! |
| 27 | At the end of the incubation period , the gel piece is transferred into a new plastic tray containing 300 ml of freshly made DMS-stop buffer ( 0.5 M β-mercaptoethanol , 150 mM Tris-HCl , pH 7.3 , 5 mM EDTA ) and shaken vigorously on a rocking platform for 10' at 37°C ( at this temperature DMS is rapidly hydrolysed accelerating its inactivation ) . |
| 28 | But the walls themselves were constructed with an infill of mud bricks , set in mud mortar , and smoothed over with a beautiful mud plaster . |
| 29 | But actually there is one important thing they can do which would certainly improve world economic prospects : resist the temptation to put up new protectionist barriers , and push ahead with a speedy conclusion of the Uruguay round of trade talks . |
| 30 | There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place . |