Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walked slowly down the pavements . |
| 2 | The cloud rolled effortlessly and relentlessly down the slopes of the volcano , spreading out into a broad fan which rapidly engulfed St Pierre , and in the next two or three minutes killed all but two of the population , and set the town ablaze from end to end . |
| 3 | Liturgical song does matter and has done so down the centuries since the early days of the Church . |
| 4 | Without , with a rouble paycheck or , worse still , a rouble pension , life is slipping inexorably down the tubes . |
| 5 | The tide had turned long ago and the sea had slushed gently down the sands , withdrawing into its channels , then back into the deep water far out in the Estuary . |
| 6 | Yes , there were gateways here in this Castle , where midnight footsteps trod purposefully down the halls … |
| 7 | The blinds pulled , by her domestic decree , halfway down the windows discouraged all hope . |
| 8 | Grip lashes with the curlers as close to the roots as possible and hold for five seconds , then repeat halfway down the lashes . |
| 9 | Although the soil of Craven was good loam , little corn was grown , even less up the dales ; oats alone could withstand the damp climate and formed the staple food of the common people . |
| 10 | He has described how on that summer morning he tip-toed alone up the back-stairs to the bedroom where her body lay : |
| 11 | oh yes , but not in the ordinary er there was a huge place , where you could put tables all round the tables , you see , and , and er it was a and er I liked it , I , when they were busy , you see , I used to , especially if they had an order for these hundreds of cups of tea , er , you see , I used to go down and give a hand then , I used to like it , you see , somebody would give a shout and I would come down from the office and and left them anyway and then er I heard of this job . |
| 12 | My experience on Old Father Thames is limited to the Tattershall Castle just down the Houses of Parliament . |
| 13 | No doubt they see themselves as devoted middlewomen , bringing the truly important work of the time to the avid masses , but all they are really doing , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) is fucking up the lives of both sets of people . |
| 14 | The money on offer was cheap — ’ and normal financiers will not back the games business ’ , says Mr Hagger . |
| 15 | John Gummer , the fisheries minister , has already angered fishermen south of the Border by stating that the British delegation will not back the demands of English catchers for an all-out ban on imports . |
| 16 | We should broadly back the Americans . |
| 17 | ‘ I know grace rooteth not out the affections of a mother , but putteth them on His wheel who maketh all things new , that they may be refined ; … |
| 18 | The Syrians drove effortlessly through the Palestinian positions on Bhamdoun while the Phalangists attacked the Palestinians further down the mountains . |
| 19 | This package lets you add different patterns , shades and backgrounds to all TrueType fonts , thus making sure your productivity will slide further down the tubes . |
| 20 | At all of these stations separate third-class waiting-rooms were supplied further down the tracks . |
| 21 | But it had been years , even then , since Elvis was top of the Hit Parade , and if all he had to offer the world was slicked-back hair and a sulky pout , the Dead Loss was set to slip a lot further down the charts , and Mary was n't going to be there to see it . |
| 22 | Our passes were only valid for Arussi ; consequently , when we reached Haro , a small administrative post further down the banks of the Webi , we were held up by Abyssinian officials and a mob of their compatriots . |
| 23 | If the reason for travelling to work in the past was to get one 's hands on the work being done , then in the future , as many people 's work will be to deal primarily with information , the information can travel cheaply down the cables to the worker at home . |
| 24 | They laughed and skied quickly down the mountains . |
| 25 | Nevertheless he moved quickly down the corridors — shabby , ill-lit alleyways which , even at this early hour , were busy — knowing that every minute brought closer the chance of Herrick being warned . |
| 26 | Unlike Ted , he had risen rapidly up the ranks , was voted Rookie of the Year in 1987 , made it into the Top 16 at the end of '88 , and was tipped to become a challenger for the world title . |
| 27 | Walks vary from a gentle stroll to the neighbouring resort of Thumersbach , from where you can return by boat , through to more challenging rambles using the cable car further up the mountains . |
| 28 | We are yeah we had video at number three about three or four years back , and we thought that was great and we never dreamed of going any further up the charts you know so it 's great that this one 's gone to number one . |
| 29 | These are hollow and are connected to poison glands further up the legs . |
| 30 | It was the middle of March and the snow had receded even further up the slopes . |