Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theda gasped , glancing down at her hurting hand and back up to find a malevolent twist in the old lady 's wasted features . |
| 2 | Sartre took the opposite course to Merleau-Ponty and sought instead to define a new authentic Marxism . |
| 3 | Starting with the creation of the German night fighter force the author makes good use of eyewitness accounts from former Luftwaffe pilots , and goes on to portray a vivid account of what life was like serving on a night fighter unit . |
| 4 | Beyond Broadford , the region of the Red Hills is bypassed and after rounding the head of Loch Ainort , the road comes alongside Loch Sligachan and turns inland to reveal a first sighting of the mystic spires of the Black Cuillin , the grandest mountains in all Britain — a journey of twenty-five miles from the ferry . |
| 5 | Semi-finalist at her first attempt at the age of 14 in 1990 , Capriati has largely flattered to deceive since and has yet to reach a Grand Slam final although she did capture the Olympic gold last year . |
| 6 | Whitlock thought of the Italian restaurant and moved closer to get a better look . |
| 7 | For most cuts , the work is steadied against the foot plate which can be angled to bring it into contact with the workpiece ; because the teeth of the sawblade tend to become worn close to the foot plate , the plate can be unclamped and moved forwards to bring a fresh section of the blade into use . |
| 8 | Tip in the rubble or ballast and tamp down to form a firm base , leaving sufficient depth for mortar and slabs |
| 9 | Rose flushed with annoyance and seemed about to make a sharp retort . |
| 10 | So here we go , boot toecaps are suitably polished , draw the leg back slowly and stand by to put a large boot into architects . |
| 11 | And when two black holes collided and joined together to form a single hole , the area of the horizon of the final hole would be greater than the sum of the areas of the horizons of the original black holes . |
| 12 | If you run It backward you will see the pieces suddenly gather themselves together off the floor and jump back to form a whole cup on the table . |
| 13 | France now came out openly on the American side and began actively to prepare a new invasion to take advantage of England 's difficulties overseas . |
| 14 | The oak door opened easily , and swung back to reveal a wide hall . |
| 15 | The visiting party , who were the first and last ever to get a good look at the crater of Perboewetan , found it to be about 1,000 metres in diameter and about fifty metres deep , with a small pit , also about fifty metres deep , in the centre of the crater floor ; it was from this pit that the steam cloud was escaping with a great roar . |
| 16 | Or if two black holes collided and merged together to form a single black hole , the area of the event horizon of the final black hole would be greater than or equal to the sum of the areas of the event horizons of the original black holes ( Fig. 7.3 ) . |
| 17 | At first glance Gwen John and her brother Augustus were opposites : he was flamboyant , domineering , possessed of a fluent natural talent and hugely prolific ; she was retiring , reclusive and worked hard to produce a limited number of small works . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , these are the key principles held by those who see themselves more as multiculturalists , and continue explicitly to take a critical distance from antiracism ( cf. |
| 19 | Ian ‘ 2-bit ’ Osborne takes a critical look at potential Megatape games sent in by readers , and advises how to make a good one . |
| 20 | In other words , let us avoid a priori assertions about human nature and try instead to perform a systematic explication of indigenous ideas concerning human nature and social and cosmological relationships . |
| 21 | Partial calm was restored when the prisoners were released during the afternoon , but representatives of the Majlis continued to demand that those responsible for the attack be found and punished , and went on to declare a general mobilization of Crimean Tatars . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Always in the leading group , McMahon pushed to the front before the last where he was challenged by the favourite Over the Edge , but keeping his mount perfectly balanced and running as straight as a gun barrel , McMahon found something left in the ‘ Tank ’ and went on to score a snug success . |
| 24 | THE Border Golfers ' Association , which began with the amalgamation of seven clubs in 1893 and went on to play a major role in the development of the Scottish Golf Union , will launch a season of centenary celebrations at Kelso on Sunday . |
| 25 | Bobby Neill , who won a British featherweight title in the 1950s and went on to play a significant role in the development of such top-class boxers as Alan Rudkin and Alan Minter , has said : ‘ … hungry fighters ? |
| 26 | In spite of his size , and like many big strikers , Dave was a sensitive fellow and pre-match tension was a real problem for him in his earlier days , but he overcame that worry successfully and went on to make a substantial and positive contribution to Palace 's return to the big-time , before moving to Derby County in a £400,000 deal in the spring of 1980 . |
| 27 | He studied law at the Moscow State University , and went on to become a full Communist Party member two years later , in nineteen fifty two . |
| 28 | A group called Simplicity was launched in Oxford and went on to become a national success . |
| 29 | He did , however , and went on to become a leading citizen . |
| 30 | One mother who beat cancer as a child and grew up to have a healthy daughter is Sally Scott . |