Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are a reasonably good rider and can get experienced help , you may enjoy bringing on a just broken four-year old — though youngsters with potential ( whether obvious or in the current owner 's imagination ) can carry big price tags . |
| 2 | She sits on a little wooden bench , and seems to be engaged in animated conversation with the empty space beside her . |
| 3 | His picture sits on a little wooden cabinet in the lounge , a young man wearing a denim jacket and a hint of a smile . |
| 4 | Perhaps it goes on a little too long and the sweetness can tend to cloy , but it was beautifully played . |
| 5 | The idea is that you bring along a fully licensed copy of a rival business application , buy a Microsoft Office Trade-In pack , which includes a mouse mat , voucher and pre-paid envelope , post the voucher with proof of ownership and Microsoft sends you Office 3.0 , which has a recommended price of £575 . |
| 6 | He lived in a little hired house five minutes from the church , on a stipend of £260 a year . |
| 7 | In Ayr , they lived in a little thatched cottage and Bel obtained employment as a washer-woman to support herself and her son , albeit in the dire poverty of her class in that time . |
| 8 | Anna and her mother lived in a little detached house which looked as though it had been sliced off from some larger building . |
| 9 | He would also like to see the hierarchy between professors and younger scientists , stronger in Germany than in the UK and US , broken down a little . |
| 10 | Just rub in a little every night and morning and make child 's play out of keeping your skin looking young . |
| 11 | These lay down the marvellously patterned and polished surface characteristic of cowries . |
| 12 | We completed the first four Munros with relative ease , since there is little rising or dropping between peaks , and cruised along a gloriously flat section of the ridge having fantasies about lunch . |
| 13 | Because it is so bizarre it is not possible to go down a very new route of comedy without appearing derivative . |
| 14 | I have had many pleasant discussions with him , but I must say to him and to the House in all firmness that to ask us to talk about justice as politicians is to go down a very dangerous road . |
| 15 | I wandered on a little further , catching glimpses through the trees of a deep valley and hills beyond . |
| 16 | I was astonished when we began walking down the now weed-strewn path to feel a familiar feeling of fear and expectation . |
| 17 | Petion moved down the sparsely decorated hall to keep an eye out for anyone approaching . |
| 18 | This changes , subtly , the colours and tones down the most garish of shades . |
| 19 | Let us consider in a little more detail some of the main features of British elections ( in other words , election of the House of Commons ) before proceeding to a consideration of the current controversy surrounding the electoral system . |
| 20 | ‘ The Headmaster wants it moved along a little . |
| 21 | Cook over a very low heat , stirring constantly . |
| 22 | They must attempt to innovate over a very broad front using people and structures which are still firmly in place from the ancien régime . |
| 23 | She strained over a little more . |
| 24 | ‘ Haw — ha — ha — ’ he gasped , putting one hand on another pump to steady himself as he bent over a little and looked at his feet , the other hand on a knee , his chest heaving . |
| 25 | Nature has been banished , technology and its concomitant values reign over a harshly masculine world . |
| 26 | Experts now solve the problem by placing them in a separate order which , they believe , branched off a very long time ago and did not lead to more advanced forms . |
| 27 | Yet revisionist work underlines the enormous difficulties that would have confronted even the most gifted of tsars in shoring up a rigidly conservative regime . |
| 28 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 29 | But now it was all opening up a little . |
| 30 | He drew up a very elaborate Writer 's Guide to explain what he had in mind to the authors he planned to canvass for Doctor Who . |