Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Easy to plumb in and cheap to operate … and say goodbye to tea towels ! |
| 2 | Distributed applications will need to include distributed object functionality built in and ready to use . |
| 3 | The cats jumped down and padded to meet her . |
| 4 | be careful in the dusk , remember mirror , signal , manoeuvre once you start to overtake move quickly passed the vehicle you are overtaking , when overtake er , overtake only on the right except when the driver in the front has signalled that he intends to turn right , you can overtake him on the left , without getting in the way , when you want to turn left at a junction , when traffic is moving slowly in queues and be er , in a lane on the right and moving more slowly than you are , in one way streets , but not dual carriageways , maybe with a path on either side , when traffic is moving as described , do not increase your speed while being overtaken , slow down if necessary to let the overtaking vehicle pass . |
| 5 | Particular note was made of defenders and goalkeepers who brought down attackers breaking through and likely to score . |
| 6 | Ensure your printer is switched on and ready to print . |
| 7 | One of her contacts had breathed the information down the telephone and she had clambered aboard Perfidia , her professional charm switching itself on and eager to deal with any obstacles between her curiosity and The Truth . |
| 8 | Lawren was therefore well off and able to indulge in his favourite pastime of painting . |
| 9 | If more than half the parents are fairly well off and eager to expand facilities in their school , they can set levels for school charges which are beyond the means of the poorer parents ( fee levels are set by the government ) . |
| 10 | Climb up and right to land on the ledge which Mousetrap uses to the right . |
| 11 | Mr Garner-Gray , a member of the branch executive of the National Unilever Management Association part of the Institute of Professionals , Managers and Scientists said staff were too shaken up and surprised to react immediately . |
| 12 | Mr Garner-Gray , a member of the branch executive of the National Unilever Management Association part of the Institute of Professionals , Managers and Scientists said staff were too shaken up and surprised to react immediately . |
| 13 | Now that their operation had actually started everyone was keyed up and eager to go , and the whole force quickly gathered round the sheriff 's car for a final briefing . |
| 14 | She took her best outfit from the paper carrier on the mantleshelf , shook it to get rid of the creases , and soon was all dressed up and ready to go with her red lipstick , her pretty pinned-up hair and her fancy black peep-toe shoes . |
| 15 | It was obvious from the start that Alton were all fired up and ready to go , even though they were forced into playing skipper Dave Osborne on the wing . |
| 16 | We arrived to find Benjamin Bunny , the horse Katharine was to ride , already tacked up and ready to go . |
| 17 | All tacked up and ready to go . |
| 18 | She 'll be all prettied up and ready to go two hours from now . |
| 19 | But a few years later he was up and ready to go to Ulster . |
| 20 | I might need to be set up and ready to go , with up to £600 to spend . |
| 21 | ‘ No doubt Emily will be up at the crack of dawn , all geared up and ready to go . |
| 22 | Edward was kitted up and ready to go , and Benson went with him to the car , which was ticking over outside the control tower . |
| 23 | I says if you 're gon na come make sure you 're up and ready to go ! |
| 24 | The transport attached to Brigade H.Q were lined up and ready to leave . |
| 25 | The silence was ominous ; it seemed piled up and ready to fall on me . |
| 26 | Now they 're tuned up and ready to take the plunge for the triathlon season ahead . |
| 27 | We are all of us at the mercy of our adrenaline , and there is a very fine dividing line between being justifiably keyed up and ready to do your best and being rendered helpless by panic . |
| 28 | The Brigadier appeared and , after much foot stamping and saluting , everyone got lined up and ready to move off , but not before the Brigadier insisted that there should be a bodyguard of four Commandos to protect the Piper . |
| 29 | He had gone up as usual to turn Willie 's lamp down and had found him sitting up in bed with one of his library books lying open on his knees . |
| 30 | She did not read them , they had been folded back where appropriate to show the places to be signed . |