Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as her stomach gave another helpless rumble of hunger , she sank down weakly on to one of the chairs and unceremoniously began ripping off the tin foil . |
| 2 | But it must never be forgotten that the political , economic , cultural transformation of the world by European influences went on right down to 1945 and beyond . |
| 3 | The engine steams slowly in at one end . |
| 4 | it 's only on for two minutes |
| 5 | He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him , which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility . |
| 6 | The barrister came down along with two others , their silk gowns rustling , their noses lifted a little against the dusty air . |
| 7 | Hope gazed intently on its red wings , black spots , a large butterfly , he thought , and a very easy life too , bumping gently along from one of those mauve flowers to another . |
| 8 | May I make the further suggestion that when it is all over on 9 April we get the right hon. Gentleman a new job — a walk-on part in a re-run of ’ Crossroads ’ or as a substitute for Ken Barlow . |
| 9 | Crilly touches me all over with one hand , keeping the other on my stomach . |
| 10 | Knott did his best with another fifty but it was all over with eighty minutes to spare ; all out 203 and victory by 231 runs . |
| 11 | ‘ It was all over in 45 minutes but it seemed an eternity , ’ said Colin . |
| 12 | Bailey is Britain 's number five and 240th in the world … the difference between them showed today … iit was all over in two sets … |
| 13 | Bailey is Britain 's number five and 240th in the world … the difference between them showed today … iit was all over in two sets … |
| 14 | Of course it must be agony for him to go shopping for me ( what does he do at the chemist 's ? ) , so I suppose he prefers to get it all over in one go . |
| 15 | Paint a blown egg all over in one colour and varnish it . |
| 16 | Boards can be painted all over in one colour , or individually to form a formal or striped or variegated pattern ; they can be stencilled , given a border , or topped with all sorts of imaginative decorative effects ( see Paint Finishes , pages 368–79 ) . |
| 17 | It was all over in 60 minutes , thus confirming what everyone knew anyway — that Navratilova , at 34 , is still probably the best grass court player in the world . |
| 18 | They said it would be all over in 30 seconds . |
| 19 | It was all over after 41 laps when Hill 's engine blew … his hopes and those of all the home fans were up in the smoke … |
| 20 | we could have had it all over by three o'clock . |
| 21 | And at Fort Worth airport he asked a crowd of thousands : ‘ Do you think you 'd be better off with four more years ? |
| 22 | Provided the provisional calculations are reliable ( which is a topic for another day ) , farmers can be forgiven for some confusion in any debate about whether they were really better off in 1992 than in 1991 and whether they ‘ felt ’ better off ! |
| 23 | The world , at least the British world , was better off in 1901 than it had been in 1801 , so why should it not be even better in 2001 ? |
| 24 | There will be other forms of contingency strategy , where home care spending — perhaps up to one-third of the overall allocation — is deliberately held back until the residential and nursing home spend settles down into a recognisable pattern . |
| 25 | This assumes that patterns and trends which can be identified in past ( historical ) sets of data may be projected forward , especially under stable economic , market and organisational conditions , for the purpose of forecasting perhaps up to one year ahead . |
| 26 | It estimates that 42,000 people will leave this year , 55,000 next year , and perhaps up to 60,000 the year after . |
| 27 | ( ii ) Second reading In his discussions with the Leader of the House relating to the Bill , the Minister will have arranged for certain times ( usually a day or two , but perhaps up to eight days ) to have been set aside for the second reading debate . |
| 28 | An ordinary page printer can , of course , only produce a black and white image which can incorporate a few levels of grey , perhaps up to 16 for a 300dpi PostScript printer . |
| 29 | The surface of each of the dendrites which branch out from the neuronal cell body is covered with synapses — perhaps up to ten thousand in all — arising from the other neurons which thus make contact with them . |
| 30 | Four federal agents and perhaps up to 15 cult members died . |