Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This 40 Minutes Special ( BBC 2 ) was produced by Agnieszka Piotrowska , who never makes a bad programme and has n't made a better one than this . |
| 2 | Whitlock thought of the Italian restaurant and moved closer to get a better look . |
| 3 | Add the onion and fry together fur a further minute . |
| 4 | Once the news of the invasion reached New York , the UN Security Council quickly adopted Resolution 660 , condemning Iraq 's action , and went on to vote a further 11 resolutions on related matters by the end of the year . |
| 5 | Now , as the taxi proceeded on its uninterrupted journey beneath a blue veil of a sky flocked with white clouds , she felt her natural curiosity nudged into wakefulness , and leaned forward to obtain a better view of the wide tree-lined road with its four carriageways for motor traffic and its two bicycle lanes , intrigued despite her earlier uninterest . |
| 6 | Baffled office workers opened their windows and leaned out to get a better view . |
| 7 | The more poppy numbers such as Come Back Baby and Slide Away have a fuller sound with the addition of violin and drums . |
| 8 | Fortunately , the Historic Buildings Councils , from their inception in 1953 , recognized the special problems and significance of garden buildings and have often offered a higher than normal proportion of grant aid to secure their restoration . |
| 9 | What does my hon. Friend think of the actions of Derbyshire county council , which refused one low-cost tender because it came in the wrong coloured envelope and ended up accepting a higher tender from its own work force at an enormous extra cost to charge payers ? |
| 10 | Charlotte 's companion said with quickening interest , and set off to have a closer look . |