Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She reached the other side unscathed just as the man gave a grunt of triumph and twisted his victim 's hand behind her back , wrenching what looked like a purse out of her hand . |
| 32 | Another typical exercise , which is aimed at stretching the legs , consists of sitting on the floor with the upper body leaning forwards and the legs wide apart and grasping an ankle with both hands . |
| 33 | But perhaps he could think of no words bad enough because he began to cry instead , loud , gasping sobs , eyes wide and streaming . |
| 34 | Migration and urbanisation went together , and in the second half of the nineteenth century the countries chiefly associated with it ( the United States , Australia , Argentina ) had a rate of urban concentration unsurpassed anywhere except in Britain and the industrial parts of Germany . |
| 35 | ‘ I was a bit nervous beforehand but it turned out to be very easy , ’ said Personal Account Manager Anita Cooper . |
| 36 | The older woman seemed to find the story intriguing rather than depressing . |
| 37 | Keep most of the galls intact so that the larvae can develop undisturbed . |
| 38 | And though the surprise early closing of the bar peeved more than one punter ( and certainly one reviewer ) , the blasting semi-hardcore rendition of ‘ Bad Motorcycle ’ sent all home with a smile of their lips . |
| 39 | And though the surprise early closing of the bar peeved more than one punter ( and certainly one reviewer ) , the blasting semi-hardcore rendition of ‘ Bad Motorcycle ’ sent all home with a smile of their lips . |
| 40 | We saw the obstacle course where the dogs learn to imagine they are six feet tall so that they can keep their blind owners safe from hurting themselves on low objects . |
| 41 | Yet Morgan ( 1972 ) wrote that British East Coast N. lapillus refused to attack L. littorea even when starved for 4 months . |
| 42 | The pair want to hear from anyone who had relatives serving with the Tyneside Scottish even if they can only give the name , rank , serial number and home address . |
| 43 | There is a procedure by which a plaintiff in a private action may be able to seek redress for a public law wrong even though he or she can not establish sufficient standing in accordance with the above rules . |
| 44 | Mr Ueberroth was enlisted to help rebuild South Central even before the ashes had ceased glowing . |
| 45 | The Swedes at one time , they designed er a stabilizer which was er a type hydraulic rather than a mechanical hydraulic er er stabilizer , and subsequently all the materials that I was talking about , the levers and you know , all the rest of it , were not required , and it shrunk the size of the thing er so low you know , that er the British manufacturers had to look , because the Swedes were then in the market er in a competitive way to take on Brothers or anybody else who were prepared to er produce them under licence . |
| 46 | Taylor is left with an unenviable patching-up job , making the B international tomorrow and the following night 's senior clash almost meaningless in his build-up to the European Championships . |
| 47 | Indeed , one of the lay witnesses said that he considered a breach of the peace unlikely even if the police had not been there . |
| 48 | I mean I 've just come through there and I had a car today and a girl was telling me her father erm opened his door last week er cataract and the , the wife , the granny blind too and there , the man from the water board was just going to switch off your water , just okay if I check your taps , three hundred pounds out the house |
| 49 | By using the time to improve the production process , Intel will be able to make more of the chips available initially than it usually can when it launches a new part , Paul Otellini , vice-president of the company 's microprocessor group noted — a shortage of 80386s in the early days caused disenchantment with the company at many customers for the chip , who encouraged other companies to clone the chip in the hope of ensuring steady supplies . |
| 50 | The form begins with the practitioner standing naturally , his feet shoulder-width apart and his arms hanging loosely by his side . |
| 51 | The rebels — whose version of Islam is North American rather than Arabian — went to jail , and the outside world forgot about them . |
| 52 | and er eighteen feet wide so that you can get a dozen down there seated if necessary , you know , yeah |
| 53 | They came to his home uninvited once or twice and they would waylay him as he emerged from work at the factory . |
| 54 | The civil year was divided into three conventional ‘ seasons ’ — called time of inundation , sowing time , and harvest time — and each of them was divided into four months , these being of course conventional too and not connected with the moon . |
| 55 | ‘ They hit the bar and we were a bit lucky there but we deserved a break because we fought right to the death on a very heavy pitch . ’ |
| 56 | Erm I have been a bit hoarse lately but that 's neither here nor there . |
| 57 | ‘ It was a bit unusual then and there was very little help in the way of nurseries or creches . |
| 58 | Dysart had said Cornelius was older than his contemporaries at Breakspear and this man did indeed look nearer fifty than forty , unruly iron-grey hair framing a gaunt high-boned face , the brow hooded enough and the nose sufficiently hooked to add a sinewy hint of predacity to his relaxed and smiling features . |
| 59 | For Augustine , mystical experience operated in the gap between the Creator and creature , enabling man to recognise his own true nature and so come to a knowledge of God — a process possible only because of the Incarnation , the love poured out from the being of God to his creatures which revealed how He could be known . |
| 60 | Miss Rose-Marie , the micro-celebrity , is 35 years old rather than 29 as she claimed ; |