Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet every afternoon , a group of journalists weaves its way along several gloomy corridors and up various flights of stairs to a cold , windy place with impressive views over the gilded roof of the Houses of Parliament , Westminster Bridge and the River Thames . |
| 2 | They accepted with alacrity the prospect of a glimpse of the world inside , and all three of them went along dark portrait-hung corridors and up panelled staircases to the room of one Flora Piercy , a second-year History student of considerable sophistication , who offered them a glass of wine . |
| 3 | But that 's through high trees and up steep hills . |
| 4 | ’ ( ‘ Outside ’ was quite a sumptuous place in its little way ; a good walk from the house , along a winding path between yew and box trees and down some artistically rounded white steps , to a trellised porch with chequered black and red tiled floor , where an escort might wait on a dark night . |
| 5 | The afternoon was spent following Divina Galica through the trees and down any difficult , fast run that she could find . |
| 6 | Go forward on track through field ; in next ( second field ) , proceed close to right edge , at end of field which is to right and beyond the hedgerow , turn right on track which leads down through gates and up left side of the third field . |
| 7 | Following well-rehearsed dismounting drills , the riflemen poured out of the Warriors and in next to no time were providing their own fire support as the Warriors reversed away at high speed to give covering fire from positions where they would be less vulnerable to short-range anti-tank weapons . |
| 8 | Of these , four-fifths were women and over four-fifths were part-time workers . |