Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meal was finished , his father had returned to the newspaper , rather deflated at his family 's lack of appreciation of his vice-presidency , and his mother had finished her ice cream and was rising from the table . |
| 2 | If tempers have flared , and especially if you have been badly treated by your employer , the urge to retaliate with every means at your disposal will be enormous . |
| 3 | White Face was presumably trusting to his second compartment , ‘ the part that never hatched ’ , to see him along his course . |
| 4 | This targets them towards the most important part of the prey , where they can do most damage with their first contact . |
| 5 | Lucy felt embarrassed and more than a little annoyed with her aunt . |
| 6 | Its function is basically to cover a woman 's hair and hide the shape of her breasts but it can be worn in a variety of ways , draped round the top half of her body and head , folded over her chest and hanging over her shoulders or loosely placed round her neck . |
| 7 | He ignored this and leisurely got into his undershirt . |
| 8 | Michael Banks clutched at his chest and slowly tottered to his knees . |
| 9 | However , at the outset it may be said that to some extent the political objective of requiring the Community legislative institutions to bear those considerations in mind would appear already to be being observed ; for example , Council Decision 92/421 on tourism policy expressly refers in its recitals to ‘ the need to comply with the subsidiarity principle ’ . |
| 10 | The monument to Chaloner Chute , also designed by him and in a seventeenth-century classical style , was eventually erected after his death by his cousin T. L. Chute . |
| 11 | CHEESE AND TOMATO : Hard cheese is n't moist enough to encourage bugs to grow , and tomatoes are rarely contaminated from their greenhouses . |
| 12 | People rarely asked for your invitation card . |
| 13 | These people are rarely honoured in their lifetime . |
| 14 | Any course modules successfully completed throughout their career can then be included in a record of achievement , ensuring an up to date record of professional development undertaken . |
| 15 | A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible . |
| 16 | She slowly got to her feet , her eyes wide with fear . |
| 17 | Then I slowly got to my feet and they all started laughing happily as if I was n't dead after all . |
| 18 | He remained there for a few seconds then slowly got to his feet and moved to the door leading into the hallway . |
| 19 | Peter glowered back at his brother , then slowly got to his feet . |
| 20 | Although still used for storage , the mill is slowly deteriorating and largely silent , long since stripped of its fulling stocks , its Boulton and Watt steam engine and water wheels . |
| 21 | Pitts Mill , now sometimes known as Oaklands Farm Mill , has been luckier and has , at least structurally , survived , although long since stripped of its manufacturing machinery . |
| 22 | Constance was getting a little irritated with her friend . |
| 23 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he agreed , seeming a little irritated by her interruption , as if , as when he was giving a lecture , he preferred to hold the floor . |
| 24 | Anna Zborowska posed for two nude paintings , presumably painted in her rooms at the Sunny Hotel with Lunia acting as chaperone . |
| 25 | Cattle , herded down to it along drove-ways used from time immemorial , slowly graze across its moist levels . |
| 26 | I confess I was a little shaken by my playmate 's tone . |
| 27 | The Bishops of Rochester now mostly lived at their Palace at Rochester or Lambeth , the houses at Halling and Trottescliffe being allowed to decay owing to the expense of maintaining them . |
| 28 | MOSCOW — Nagorny Karabakh , already effectively partitioned between its feuding Armenian and Azerbaijani communities into two armed camps , was yesterday facing further turmoil after the shooting by troops of an Armenian demonstrator in the capital , Stepanakert , on Tuesday , Rupert Cornwell writes . |
| 29 | Once the gales have blown themselves out and the depressions have ‘ filled ’ or moved away , we usually get a spell of settled weather when things return to normal.The few days of settled weather allow me to spend some hours fishing offshore for ling and tusk which , as well as providing me with relaxation and sport , is satisfyingly justified in my own mind because it is providing food for the family during the winter to come . |
| 30 | He had been with UNACO for two years and , despite his maverick tendencies , he was widely regarded by his peers as the best field operative in the organization . |