Example sentences of "[adv prt] in an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The-other four Goshawk aircraft came down in an angled line which allowed each gun to rake the target from nose to tail in a continuous devastation of bullets . |
| 2 | Not only that , but he must have swallowed the large Garry Dog I had on the line , which must have floated down in an unrestricted way to him . ’ |
| 3 | The implications of being 4–0 down in an 11 match contest were telling , and despite a spirited display by Virginia Humphreys Davies in the opening contest on the second day , when she outlasted Lisa Albano to reduce the deficit , there was little anyone could do to delay the inevitable . |
| 4 | We bore a letter of introduction from Werner Meyer to Puang Ranteallo , son of the late king — whom we at last tracked down in an astonishing arena . |
| 5 | In South-west England block and basin limestones and shales and spilitic basic volcanics were laid down in an extensional basin developed at the western end of the Rheno-Hercynian zone . |
| 6 | But the odds were weighted against reason , and other parts of the mind , like some Resistance movement long held down in an oppressed country , came out into the open . |
| 7 | Seven years later , it lost its second main tourist accommodation when the Lake was burned down in an accidental fire . |
| 8 | Poise is directly concerned with good deportment ; a poised person does not walk noisily or clumsily , slump in a chair , or sit or bend down in an ungainly manner . |
| 9 | I do n't know but he would n't , he would n't have it cooked aboard there , my mother used to cook it for him and I 'd stagger down in an ordinary shopping basket , in two basins there 'd be vegetables in one and his pudding and gravy in the other and I used to take that down for him and he used to come ashore and he used to then go and have it . |
| 10 | they lost by six at Crewe … won by five against Colchester … and then went down in an eight goal bonanza last week … |
| 11 | Do not waste valuable height trying to fathom out how to get down in an unsuitable field . |
| 12 | One reason why farm workers ' wages remain so comparatively low is that the demand for labour within agriculture has been declining as a result of mechanization-Indeed , the prospect of more expensive labour has often been sufficient to stimulate farmers to engage in a further round of mechanization so that both the supply and the demand for labour have chased each other down in an ever-decreasing spiral . |
| 13 | The basis of support for this pattern of continued authoritarian government will become less localist , simply because of the size of the urban population , and because tribal identities will continue to break down in an urban environment . |
| 14 | I gather that the match was played at the new centre — little more than a new clay court being put down in an old car park and towering scaffolding stands then being erected around it , rising almost vertically so that it gave the impression of the fans literally hovering over the court . |
| 15 | Half way through his super-human effort his foot slipped and in mid-launch he came down in an uncoordinated heap just outside the throwing circle . |
| 16 | was paralysed from the chest down in an abseiling accident 12 years ago and has championed fund raising for research into the treatment of orthopaedic patients . |
| 17 | With a second cup in my hand , I sat down in an upright chair opposite my hostess . |
| 18 | She dreamed of him hurtling along in an open roadster , smiling at a blonde head and two scarlet-nailed hands spinning the wheel , reckless on the deep-banked lanes near the summer school . |
| 19 | Two lanes north and two lanes south cars poured through in an unbroken line ; container trucks , like cliffsides on the move , whammed into each other 's slipstream . |
| 20 | ‘ Echo ’ is a useful word , for that in a way is what the poem 's metric is based on ; there is no immediate similarity of stanza-form to Bilbo 's song , but once again the ‘ elvish ’ idea of poetry comes through in an unexpected subtlety . |
| 21 | The greater abundance of mare basalts on the maria , their smaller ages than most highland rocks , the possibility of deriving the highland type rocks and the mare basalts from a common source material in the mantle , and many other compositional relationships , are glossed over in an unsatisfactory manner . |
| 22 | Nenad Bucin did not rescind his resignation , but in accordance with constitutional provisions Momir Bulatovic , the president of the Montenegrin presidency , took over in an acting capacity as Montenegro representative on the Collective State Presidency . |
| 23 | The paper is clipped together by firm bulldog clips at the top edge of the required piece of hardboard , so allowing the charts to be turned over in an upwards direction . |
| 24 | This fella came over in an 18–30 steward 's blazer and he said , ‘ You 're responsible for me working here ’ . |
| 25 | At one gig in Melbourne the crowd invaded the stage in such numbers that LIAM had to stop the show and lead the uninvited participants off in an orderly line . |
| 26 | I 'M ASHAMED to be the first Scotland captain sent off in an international match . |
| 27 | A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . |
| 28 | We were there to witness William getting to grips with his brand-new Jet Ski ; this process seemed to consist largely of getting on , powering away , trying to turn too fast and falling off in an extravagant splash . |
| 29 | A deer has had to be put down after its leg was ripped off in an illegal snare . |
| 30 | John Hendrie gave Boro an early lead and Bristol striker Leroy Rosenior was sent off in an explosive finish to the half . |