Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It remains true that sport is really all about competing well rather than winning , but when defeat becomes too common , particularly in activities in which we think we should excel , the moment may have come to do something drastic . |
| 2 | I know it , I looked in there and that was cos they 've got ta stay here now have n't they ? |
| 3 | Now you 've got ta got there yet . |
| 4 | They were sheep who had decided that this was no time to waste energy panicking when it could be used for galloping away as fast as possible . |
| 5 | ‘ One , ’ Maria admitted shortly , despising herself for confiding even that much . |
| 6 | To use an analogy from short sight : people who wear glasses are relieved of the effects of their short sight for as long as they continue to wear them and for as long as they remember that there are still some things ( such as seeing clearly underwater ) that they can not do even if they are wearing glasses . |
| 7 | Which makes new Gold for Cooking just about the only way you can cut down on fat without cutting out most of your favourite dishes . |
| 8 | There is still a good case for booking ahead now , but look for high resorts , preferably with a glacier as well as access to some non-skiing activities . |
| 9 | He had been stopped by the police several times for driving too slowly . |
| 10 | This seems to me to make parody and irony worth understanding more precisely . |
| 11 | Well you 've got to react you 've got ta act fairly quickly on that though have n't you . |
| 12 | It is safe to say that the entire nation is filled with a believing trust in the Führer such as has never before existed to this extent . |
| 13 | Sustad does not give interviews because he dislikes reading about climbing about as much as he dislikes talking about it . |
| 14 | But others criticised her for interrupting too often and looking unprofessional as she slumped in her seat asking him about his O level exam achievements . |
| 15 | I must apologise for returning somewhat dryly to the procedural point that has been raised during the debate . |
| 16 | He explained his reason for returning so hurriedly to the crew of the Stranraer goods train . |
| 17 | ? ) On a more serious note , my thanks are due to Dr. Peach , the Tutor for Graduates , for being available and interested without being intrusive , and to the Principal for understanding so well the fears and uncertainties of being new on the job . |
| 18 | the best training for surveying now interestingly we recently had a a thing about this from gosh . |
| 19 | The experts have only to accept that the joint sessions also used groups of models kitted-out for each occasion by Rembrandt from his well stocked theatrical wardrobe and used them for painting as well as for drawing , to come to realize that their efforts over the last seventy years have been largely misdirected . |
| 20 | FILM beauty Kim Basinger was in pain last night with a foot stress fracture — after pedalling too hard on an exercise bike in a Hollywood gym . |
| 21 | It was simply that he could judge such things after living so closely with her for however many years . |
| 22 | Vic Williams , the British soldier imprisoned for desertion on the eve of the Gulf War , was released on parole on 23 April after serving just over half of his 14-month sentence . |
| 23 | There has , nevertheless , been time to watch him and he appears to be hitting shot after shot pretty well exactly where he wants it . |
| 24 | There has , nevertheless , been time to watch him and he appears to be hitting shot after shot pretty well exactly where he wants it . |
| 25 | A former actor , Cooke started work on the book after growing ever more frustrated at the lack of decent roles . |
| 26 | Like many cephalopods , it has a curious life cycle : after growing very rapidly , reaching sexual maturity in just four months , it dies after a single breeding session . |
| 27 | Ai n't no cause fer partyin' yet awhile . |
| 28 | If anything , she was relieved at the outcome –f that particular incident — Josie had been right when she 'd said that after going so far Lucy was now marking time and getting no further . |
| 29 | Clive Brittain 's triple Classic heroine was sent off favourite , but , after pulling hard early on , faded in the closing stages behind the locally-trained winner Tokai Teio . |
| 30 | He went on : ‘ We 're going to have a jolly good time after waiting so long for this . ’ |