Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moor Scope battled on gamely to retake the lead from Impy Condor on the flat in the Confined and Farmer Tom was always going like a winner in the Restricted race , in which Alner and even-money favourite Baron Bob crashed at the second fence . |
| 2 | They have removed the attack on our conference and at last we can now get on together to build a better union . |
| 3 | The physiotherapist usually has several pillows available to support the patient , plus a wedge cushion , which is a foam support measuring about 2 feet ( 60 cm ) long , 2½ feet ( 76 cm ) wide , 6 inches ( 15 cm ) deep at the top , tapering down lengthwise to form the wedge shape . |
| 4 | The mixture was heated to 90°C and cooled down slowly to form the hybrids . |
| 5 | This can be rasped down effectively to give no further problems . |
| 6 | She was desperately thirsty and perhaps over a drink Fernando would calm down enough to open the gates for her to drive out and back to Palma . |
| 7 | In my log I had mentioned cutting in especially to see the fall . |
| 8 | Your partner is also welcome , so why not go along together to discuss the different methods of birth control ? |
| 9 | It was admitted that there were problems in getting both husband and wife to sit down together to complete the necessary paperwork . |
| 10 | It was Mr Takeshita who picked the unknown Mr Kaifu to serve as a prime ministerial seat-warmer until the Recruit scandal died down sufficiently to return the job to one of the usual party bosses . |
| 11 | Eventually she simmered down sufficiently to complete a few small office jobs , and she had just checked the answering machine when the sound of voices floated through the open front entrance . |
| 12 | Walesa stepped in personally to halt a strike on June 10 by the country 's 200 air traffic controllers who demanded salaries comparable with colleagues in other European countries . |
| 13 | In a hectic 64th minute spell Collins headed the ball back to midfielder Martin Murray who completely fluffed a header and Gardiner raced in only to blast the ball over . |
| 14 | Anyway he was at home that day , home for lunch , and he and Beryl were actually sitting at the table , talking as it happened about going down soon to take a look at the Hall , when Adam came in . |
| 15 | Even that auguste paper , the T and A , in the editorial , recently stated , we can not afford the extravagance of going along just to see the party , just to be at the party . |
| 16 | I think he was brought in just to do a good production job . ’ |
| 17 | The radio plays continually , and some folk come in just to check the hourly news . |
| 18 | Prune out the stem and take it into the shed where you can sit down comfortably to prepare the cuttings — they will have to be made very carefully , and you will need a very sharp knife . |
| 19 | She had gone along once to pay a casual visit and found one of Nenna 's youngsters , the little one , cooking some kind of mess for him in Dreadnought 's galley . |
| 20 | Perhaps he has just waited to see what was emerging and then stepped in quickly to take the initiative and carry forward the proposal which he has sensed is about to emerge . |
| 21 | Central banks from round the world were drafted in yesterday to stop the pound 's slide . |
| 22 | Fifteen minutes into the second half , the ball was played out of defence , down the left by Rob Madgwick to Tony Clarke and his cross found Joe O'Shea who headed in decisively to end a splendid three-man move and put Millers level . |
| 23 | Again , the system could produce a cosy relationship in which no one was challenged and everyone was entertained : one writer recalled that ‘ there was certainty in the pews and certainty in the pulpit , and the pews settled down snugly to hear the champion declaim his variations , so to speak , on a classically familiar theme ’ . |
| 24 | His appearance caused a rapid scattering of employees who had outstayed their coffee break , and he sat down contentedly to munch a doughnut with his coffee . |
| 25 | It clanged urgently , like a fire-engine dashing towards a disaster , like the ambulance thundering along behind to retrieve the bodies . |
| 26 | Obviously you will have to remove most of them eventually , at about 1″ , but by then you should have at least two more broods coming along behind to maintain the colony . |
| 27 | Even though it 's a brand new house and they 're not gon na pull it down tomorrow to build a bloody factory on top of it . |
| 28 | From the 1930s , on the other hand , the big insurance companies moved in strongly to fill the gap between the state pension and the standard of living for which most workers hoped , setting up occupational pension schemes for firms on a contract basis . |
| 29 | ‘ As you can see from the state of this place , I have someone call in regularly to keep an eye on it . |
| 30 | Shrews keeper Steve Perks pushed a Mick Tait piledriver round the post after only eight minutes , and then the keeper got down well to make an identical save from a left foot shot by Steve Gaughan . |