Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , some colleges will offer only EFL while others , mainly those in the adult education sector , concentrate on highly subsidized ESOL courses . |
| 2 | After a few bars of dialogue between Orfeo and the shepherds , Dafne returns with her tragic news which she recites in strikingly contrasted tones : which is followed by recitative conversation between Euridice , Orfeo , Dafne , and the shepherds . |
| 3 | The old man replied with a toothless grin , yelling in thickly accented Bajan : ‘ You man , back back . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Good evening , Signora Stirling , ’ he said in strongly accented tones . |
| 5 | I sauntered along attractively named Wine Street , then came to a bridge over the rushing River Garavogue . |
| 6 | The new bridge is elegantly designed , with each saddle running in neatly milled channels for accuracy of alignment when adjusting for either height or intonation . |
| 7 | Mum did n't touch hers and when he came down neither did Jack . |
| 8 | Rostov cursed him in newly acquired Yek . |
| 9 | Halfway along improbably named Foxglove Road , where darkness seemed a mercy and nobody , felt Harry , deserved to live , Zohra Labrooy turned a key in a wobbly lock and welcomed Harry to her home . |
| 10 | ‘ Really , ’ exclaimed in heavily scandalized tones one of the few other passengers braving the last gusts of a salt-laden sirocco up on deck , an Englishwoman in an ample frock loud with different coloured daisies . |
| 11 | Appleyard and Lintell 's research in San Francisco showed how residents ' privacy diminished in heavily trafficked streets , their network of acquaintances shrank , their sense of personal territory was restricted and their interest in the street was curtailed by its streams of traffic . |
| 12 | There is no doubt that information is held and manipulated in cytochemically encoded structures . |
| 13 | Listric faults developed over suitably oriented lines of crustal weakness , giving rise to elongated zones of thickened sediment on their downthrown ( generally southern ) sides . |
| 14 | Guy watched her through dangerously slitted eyes . |
| 15 | Instead his minders offered just enough to keep the hacks occupied , mainly in transcribing undecipherable tape recordings snatched on carefully marshalled visits , whose symbolism was either crassly self-evident or completely obscure . |
| 16 | Stars who were nothing to do with the film but stuck their necks out anyway included Sharon ( Basic Instinct ) Stone and Jason ( Beverly Hills 90210 ) Priestley . |
| 17 | In fairness Loreto never really counted against a Portadown side who were in control for most of the game , and came out thoroughly deserved winners . |
| 18 | The cheer that went up when it was realized that everyone was safely back almost made Grimma forget that they were safely back to a very unsafe place . |
| 19 | The US factories had evolved into organisations that set out tightly circumscribed jobs , fixed procedures , absolutely nothing in terms of flexible working , multi-skilling , employee responsiveness — any of those sorts of things — and they took a look at Japanese cost patterns and thought that American industry was just going down the plug . ’ |
| 20 | Agnes stood and looked around then caught Maxim 's thought by saying : ‘ What no rolltop desk ? |