Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pron] high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I see her put on her high heels that make it worse though . |
| 2 | Mocking eyes closed , firm mouth relaxed , black hair tumbling over his high forehead , he appeared younger , exposed , subject to the vulnerability that sleep brought . |
| 3 | Smarten up your act or we might just stop buying British , as the Europeans take over our high streets offering us fashions with a much better image , manufactured to a much higher standard . |
| 4 | Surkov and I sprawled on the twin beds ; Rozanov sat on the floor , his back against the drawn curtains ; Masha , in a comfortable chair , kicked off her high heels and drew her legs under her flower-patterned skirt . |
| 5 | All the same , she badly needed some air and solitude , so she stepped out to the veranda , closed the door silently behind her , slipped off her high heels and held them in one hand , then padded on silent stockinged feet down the back stairs and into the garden . |
| 6 | THE mineworkers ' unions yesterday agreed to call off their High Court bid to force British Coal to reopen and work 10 pits earmarked for early closure . |
| 7 | ‘ Then one night Hugo and Jebb ( The Mouse 's twanging Boothby twins ) went there for a quiet beer and the DJ was going , ‘ I 've heard that a couple of Jacob 's Mouse are here and I want to tell them to get off their high horse and come down to play here . |
| 8 | He ran his fingers through his hair , brushing it back off his high forehead , and nodded . |
| 9 | ‘ Get off your high horse , Kokos . |
| 10 | But she kept up her high speed . |
| 11 | BANKS should give up their High Street locations and move into the back alleys with the grubby little money lenders they increasingly resemble . |
| 12 | Yesterday he kept up his high strike rate on the continent when winning on Spaghetti Western for John Dunlop in Italy . |
| 13 | P.S. I hope you can print my letter — Tennis World , and keep up your high standards . |
| 14 | Abattoirs which concentrate on supplying beef to the domestic market have hit problems because retailers are unable to pass back their high procurement costs . |