Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WREXHAM Maelor Borough Council last night again refused to say Yes or No to a bid to knock down a former hospital despite being warned it could face legal action . |
| 2 | Robyn leans across the passenger seat and winds the window down a little way . |
| 3 | As we sat down a little way away from the rest of the group , I saw a small girl waving her hamster 's cage at the sky . |
| 4 | Listen to talks — read articles — then jot down a few headings on what message is being conveyed . |
| 5 | Loosen the holes slightly by moving arms and legs up and down a few times . |
| 6 | They swing to the top of the backswing and then practise with the left arm bouncing the club up and down a few times so that there is a feeling of taking control of the downswing and the right shoulder not wanting to push . |
| 7 | When the temperature cooled down a few minutes later Gallacher headed to the referee 's dressing room to apologise . |
| 8 | And just sort of write down a few expression and then think ah that 's not right or yes that 's |
| 9 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |
| 10 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times . |
| 11 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 12 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 13 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 14 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 15 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times . |
| 16 | The decorations shone on the walls and I loosened the buttons of my tunic and slipped my tie down a few inches . |
| 17 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 18 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 19 | Slugs can be a menace in the greenhouse in winter so put down a few slug pellets . |
| 20 | If you ca n't get more heat up there , let us move the games room down a few floors . " |
| 21 | The whole school was closed down a few years ago . |
| 22 | I think I settled down a few years back . |
| 23 | The new methods of mass production , were unsuccessful and was closed down a few years later . |
| 24 | I think they closed it down a few years later . |
| 25 | For now , let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie . |
| 26 | Sitting down with a slip of graph paper and jotting down a few ideas will help , you make sense of your thoughts . |
| 27 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 28 | Two thousand years ago a sex manual written in China laid down a few guidelines for gauging a woman 's sexual characteristics from a careful study of her face . |
| 29 | Jess said , climbing down a few rungs . |
| 30 | She eased herself down a few rungs , praying it would n't collapse under her . |