Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE fight is on to include an old power station site within a country park . |
| 2 | Reshevsky went on to lose an interzonal play-off for the World Championship in 1964 and was beaten again in the quarter-finals four years later . |
| 3 | Fairbrother went on to hit an unbeaten 64 and Lancashire roared to their third Benson & Hedges Cup Final in four years as Wasim Akram destroyed Leicestershire . |
| 4 | At the gates , frustration turns on the police , once again called on to enforce an industrial relations strategy . |
| 5 | They came home from the sortie on Sunday knowing that the next time they sit down to pick an Under-25 international side they will be looking for three new skips . |
| 6 | On the first occasion I had been down to visit an isolated village , on the south face of Kala Agar ridge , that had been abandoned the previous year owing to the depredations of the man-eater , and on the way back had taken a cattle track that went over the ridge and down the far side to the forest road , when , approaching a pile of rocks , I suddenly felt there was danger ahead . |
| 7 | Then along came an entrepreneurial Yorkshireman called Thomas Stamford Raffles . |
| 8 | And then along came an old battered AC30 , which Lance , my guitar tech , gave to me . |
| 9 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |
| 10 | On one Borrowdale route , Deja Vu , he left a long sling dangling down to aid an injured second . |
| 11 | Brought in to fill an unfamiliar forward role John –Bishop made his presence felt with well-taken goals in the 21st and 31st minutes . |
| 12 | Horse-hoeing a field above part of the forest that would soon come down to form an additional hundred acres of pasture for Handley Farm , Seb listened to the growing hubbub . |
| 13 | In the next throne along lounged an elegant young man — summer business suit , Cal tan , thick , unlayered rug : I took him for an actor . |
| 14 | Then I went in to face an English Corporal of ten years ' service , who had a bad reputation . |
| 15 | Thus , they are viewed as having in mind an analytical model which they believe explains how the economy works . |
| 16 | Not to mention the profit being made by private clinics when rich girls are flown in to have an artificial hymen put in so that the rituals of defloration may continue . |
| 17 | Again it was the industrious O'Shea who played in a precise , low cross and Nick Wells raced in to strike an unstoppable left-foot volley . |
| 18 | Daunting as that may sound , it 's nothing to what a maker the size of Rover must go through to get an average family car into fully type-approved production . |
| 19 | Australia went on to win an exciting Test with Simpson ( 89 ) and Thomson the batsman ( 41 not out ) helping to set India 340 to win in the fourth innings . |
| 20 | She broke off to acknowledge an old man trudging by : ‘ Good day to you , Mr Ivey ! |
| 21 | Sister explained to me , ‘ The poor old dear 's in a fine twitter as she thought the bus was stopping , not starting — ’ Sister shot off to meet an anxious young woman with a baby in her arms and a small tearful boy hanging on to her skirt . |
| 22 | ‘ What nonsense , Jane , rushing off to visit an old lady who has never loved you ! |
| 23 | The 27-year-old former road worker , who will leave his toddler son Liam with Joanna , swaggered off puffing an imaginary cigar . |
| 24 | I was holding off buying an away shirt , as I did n't want to wear a shirt that had never won a game . |
| 25 | He still went on to do an enormous lob over Coton 's head , and what seemed like half an hour later the ball sneaked itself over the line . |
| 26 | Gorbachev went on to give an emphatic answer in his keynote address to calls heard from both ends of the political spectrum for his resignation not just from the party leadership , but also from the presidency . |
| 27 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 28 | I have to look at the matter more broadly , and consider also the effect of a valid assignment made before winding up became an imminent prospect . |
| 29 | Greg looked up to see an elderly man , with rimless glasses , droopy moustaches and a slight air of remoteness and authority . |
| 30 | Quiss looked up to see an overhead cable-car system of what looked like lengths of knotted string and bits of chain , running through little metal wheels set in the ceiling and carrying , on small hooks , cups and mugs and plates ( so that was why they had a hole at the edge ) , forks and spoons and knives of every description . |