Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd forgotten about the way it flickered before it came on properly and made a noise . |
| 2 | And the windows we shall put in here are the type of windows called a fenestral which are made of linen and I 'll show you one of those later on rather than explain it now . |
| 3 | Secondary school classes have also grown , with more pupils staying on rather than face the dole queue . |
| 4 | ‘ One of the things we have been working on is getting men back behind the ball , ’ he said and when Stanger did just that in retrieving a kick-ahead from Nadroga , Nicol , Appleson ( twice ) and Turnbull , too , made sure the winger was not in isolation , for Ian Corcoran to boot on delicately and claim a grand try , Appleson converting . |
| 5 | ‘ One of the things we have been working on is getting men back behind the ball , ’ he said and when Stanger did just that in retrieving a kick-ahead from Nadroga , Nicol , Appleson ( twice ) and Turnbull , too , made sure the winger was not in isolation , for Ian Corcoran to boot on delicately and claim a grand try , Appleson converting . |
| 6 | Jonathan looked on appreciatively and filled his own glass with orange juice . |
| 7 | Although they will grow on successfully when put out into the garden in spring or summer , the flowers you get in future years may well turn pink if you are not on an acid soil . |
| 8 | During a bright moon , headlights were kept off — otherwise they remained on only when driving on the road alone . |
| 9 | Get y'rself up as a Geho'quein spine-toad or somethin ’ , come on down and mingle . |
| 10 | What was it about the name that made them want to funk on down and start praising the Lord ? |
| 11 | When Jess holds the ball , looking for men to beat , the truly hooked observer is caught in that exquisite dilemma of wishing he 'd get rid of it so as not to risk failure , while at the same time hoping he 'll carry on regardless and do something outrageous . |
| 12 | And so that and , and this is how erm states , countries actually learn to get on together and trust each other . |
| 13 | He sent for a pallium for the new archbishop , Eanbald ( 1 ) , in 780 or 781 ( ASC D , s.a. 780 ) and in 786 received the papal legate , George , bishop of Ostia , who had come to York to inquire into the state of the Northumbrian Church , at a council attended by all the chief men , ecclesiastical and lay , in the kingdom , when the legate pronounced on much that displeased him . |
| 14 | Although this had begun as a joint Anglo-French operation , Britain had withdrawn her forces , leaving the French either to carry on alone or to withdraw . |
| 15 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 16 | The invention consists essentially of a system of lifts each formed by a wet dock wherein the vessel to be transported is waterborne , the dock being mounted on a wheeled carriage adapted to support the dock horizontally and to run on inclined railways extending between the higher and lower water levels , the ways being transverse to the length of the dock which travels broadside on so as to admit of a short length of wheel base and a steep grade . |
| 17 | Seeing a sheet had been stuffed round the edges of it he suspected something suspicious was going on inside and forced the door open to have a look . |
| 18 | She turned her head , staring at him , noting how he looked down rather than meet her eyes , and knew at once that he was lying to her . |
| 19 | He believed that the Scottish Secretary 's estimates were probably based on the operation of the system once it had bedded down rather than looking at initial assumptions . |
| 20 | As the problem which prompted the question has been resolved by the Inland Revenue , will my hon. Friend pass on to its staff the thanks of many Members of Parliament for dealing with issues that we have raised on behalf of our constituents and say that we hope that the problems will continue to decline as tax rates come down rather than go up ? |
| 21 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 22 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 23 | drive slowly — it 's safer and it consumes less fuel ; avoid sudden stops and use the gears to slow down rather than making sudden brake stops |
| 24 | I noticed that the plastic Seayak bobbed up , over and down rather than cutting through the swell . |
| 25 | I 'd put the phone down rather than say the wrong thing and have my brother wreck yet another piece of Post Office property . |
| 26 | you see we have to be a bit careful because what happens if we closed down right and transferred out to the field |
| 27 | If they could n't get on , they put in somewhere and waited until they could , their boats designed to take the ground almost anywhere . |
| 28 | It 's plain and stiff , takes at least six months to wear in properly and does n't come with designer Day-Glo flower attachments . |
| 29 | She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok . |
| 30 | Many firms now buy in rather than make components themselves , and overcome the problems of controlling quality and delivery by forming very close relationships with suppliers sometimes in return for single-supplier status . |