Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A familiar disjunction : while we hold on to personal musical favourites dating back over twenty-five years because we still enjoy listening to them , the music which brings on the fiercest nostalgia is often a terrible , loathsome noise with which we think we have nothing in common . |
| 2 | At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy . |
| 3 | So this was done , and on the very next day fine grapes were found hanging on the youngest brother 's vine . |
| 4 | The ideal working dress would , therefore , be one in which you could reach up high to bring down the best china , bend down low to pick up the dropped toy , feel comfortable in for walking around the park and pushing a pram or playing ball , not worry about if baby food was deposited on it , move around in easily with a baby on your hip and cover up totally for rolling out pastry or helping with painting . |
| 5 | Television offered either live coverage or by editing down the best moments presented a particularly dramatic version of events . |
| 6 | But within a few days , all her mother 's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic , independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid , unable to hold down the thinnest gruel , unable to sleep more than a few minutes at a time , unable even to answer the calls of nature on her own , so that she had to be lifted like a child onto the pot and lifted back into the jumble of stinking bedclothes . |
| 7 | Well , we did n't have much luck out in the open because the rabbits saw or heard or smelt us coming a mile off and bolted down the nearest hole , even though we were mute and trying to stay down wind ( the wind kept switching direction in little gusts ) . |
| 8 | Failing that they had to trudge down the nearest side streets with their suitcases , knock on doors at random asking whether they took theatricals . |
| 9 | Holding down the latest addition to the incinerator with the prongs of his rake , Morpurgo slowly turned his head to look at Harry over his left shoulder . |
| 10 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 11 | Their suction-boots seemed to allow them to walk up and down the steepest branches with the greatest ease , and some were even walking upside-down underneath the branches . |
| 12 | However , this is not always the best direction , because boards running down the longest area of a room will make it seem even longer and narrower . |
| 13 | I walk down the broadest thoroughfare on the island , that which leads to the harbour . |
| 14 | Whenever universities hand out degrees on the basis of who will bring in the best publicity and therefore the biggest cheques , they dishonour their own honours system . |
| 15 | He ensures that they get to the best conferences and from time to time will organize his own , bringing in the best speakers . |
| 16 | Now the Dublin Government is promising to bring in the toughest extradition legislation in the EC . |
| 17 | National literatures , like writers , get along the best way they can , and with what they can . |
| 18 | And we really have kept this down a barest minimum . |
| 19 | If the Greeks had , for instance , thought through the deepest problems of life and if Germans aspired to emulate their profundity , the Greeks had also possessed a rich and much admired language which was likewise not beyond emulation . |
| 20 | There is not the faintest trace of float or wallow over the fastest crests or in the steepest dips ; the body just maintains constant ride height throughout giving a feeling of invincible security . |
| 21 | Notwithstanding the former grandeur of the Cathedral , Johnson wrote no more than a page on Elgin , concluding with an attractive clue to a traveller in his wake : ‘ In the chief street of Elgin , the houses jut over the lowest story , like the old buildings of timber in London , but with greater prominence : so that there is sometimes a walk for a considerable length under a cloister , or portico . ’ |
| 22 | A WOMAN is to take over the toughest job in Italy — fighting the Mafia . |
| 23 | TOG O' WAR ace Steve Churchill has pulled off the greatest prize — a world championship . |
| 24 | TURKEY will be on an incredible £12,000-a-man bonus to pull off the greatest result in their football history at Wembley tomorrow . |
| 25 | ALSO , Liverpool wo n't want to write off the best part of £1 million spent on recruiting Souness : £500,000 a year salary and £400,000 compensation to Rangers . |
| 26 | Three of a kind … models show off the latest range of styles which will be on display at the Tesco and RSCPA Cruelty Free show at London 's Regents College in London this weekend Picture : DAVID GILES |
| 27 | Frenchman Cedric Pioline , who has never won a professional title , pulled off the biggest shock by dumping top seed Courier 7–5 6–7 6–4 6–4 to open the day . |
| 28 | Christie 's pulled off the biggest coup of the week , selling a complete , signed Vollard suite for £600,000 ( $906,000 ) to David Tunick bidding in the room , the first Vollard suite to sell at auction since 1982 ( although another set was unsold at Sotheby 's last year ) . |
| 29 | Leinster are left with four after Carlisle pulled off the biggest win for the Southern contingent by despatching North West kingpins Donemana . |
| 30 | ‘ What on earth do you mean ? ’ asked her mother aggressively , picking up the nearest dress to hand . |