Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transform the floor : quarry tile it , or lay new ceramic tiles , Mexican tiles or bricks ; put down a well varnished wood block floor ; or lay sheet vinyl , linoleum or vinyl tiles . |
| 2 | With that I leave the door hanging open and disappear fast down a deceptively steep gradient , masked by oily green creeper with wide leaves like Southern fans . |
| 3 | Had those early Communists received their education in a contemporary society , understood themselves and others better , they would have laid down a rather different and more workable framework for the new society . |
| 4 | If only he had managed to force down a little more dynercaprol and potassium chloride ! |
| 5 | We turned down a flagrantly suburban side-street near the football ground . |
| 6 | They could only lead down a particularly humiliating blind alley she 'd vowed she 'd avoid at all costs … |
| 7 | It coped easily with gently curved edges , and was in its element coasting up and down a slightly sloping lawn , producing those satisfying stripes that can make mowing a distinct pleasure . |
| 8 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |
| 9 | However , the Secretary of State then came forward , in August , with a second , revised regulation , which dropped the exclusion of supplementary benefit and national assistance and sought instead to lay down a more restrictive set of conditions for back payments . |
| 10 | Last year the government turned down a more ambitious National Coal Board proposal for three mines in and around the vale . |
| 11 | Alternatively , you could carry on south out of As Cain , down a more minor road , to the village of Sare . |
| 12 | Yes I I remember we went down a very long cul-de-sac at one stage on self containment did n't we . |
| 13 | This feature is not as gimmicky as it sounds , as putting down a very hot air gun where it will not do any damage can often be a problem . |
| 14 | Among other things I hit on the idea of writing down a very simple minuet , in order to see whether she could not compose a variation on it . |
| 15 | Practical Running tracked down a very useful little booklet which we hope will help Dave , and others , to sort out such disputes in future . |
| 16 | I have had many pleasant discussions with him , but I must say to him and to the House in all firmness that to ask us to talk about justice as politicians is to go down a very dangerous road . |
| 17 | Because it is so bizarre it is not possible to go down a very new route of comedy without appearing derivative . |
| 18 | Schedule 3 lays down a very wide range of considerations , for example : |
| 19 | More importantly , once we start nibbling naughty things our willpower slides down a very slippery slope . |
| 20 | Wilson 's stature , it becomes increasingly clear , is dependent on the sheer variety of his talents , for he can do , effortlessly , what most novelists now fashionable could not begin to effect if faced with a firing squad — create Sylvia Calvert , for a start ; pin down a very minor , but necessary , character in a couple of sentences ; employ fictive skills to celebrate human qualities that are not marked by intellect . |
| 21 | Soon the path led him down a very steep hillside . |
| 22 | STILL admirably sticking to their principles , the Hernandez Brothers recently turned down a very large sum from Warner Brothers for the rights to make a film of the Love And Rockets comic . |
| 23 | By consuming calories without any dietary fibre at all , you can get down a very large number of calories , at a very fast rate , with very little effect in satisfying the appetite . |
| 24 | He is also supposed to have tracked down a naturally soft plant-like plastic and a surface treatment that reflects light like the real thing . |
| 25 | if only to reduce the number of 100 metre ( 330 ft ) round trips up and down a fully paid-out set of lines , which always seems to happen when you are on your own ! |
| 26 | Drummer Barrett Martin lays down a dauntingly hard-but-fair rhythm manifesto , while Gary Lee Conner is the band 's only obvious showman , a tangle of sweat , hair and punkoid Townshend windmill routines who , even when horizontal , somehow managed to keep his act on the rails for such intricate anthemic lullabies as ‘ Bed Of Roses ’ or ‘ Shadows ’ , the opening nugget from the new ST album . |
| 27 | While human evolution has oriented around the use of hand and eye , and developed down a highly visual and linear path , the dolphin mind has been on a very different track — acoustic , non-linear and non-manipulative . |
| 28 | It was a pleasant walk down a gently sloping hill past the toll house . |
| 29 | So i it was n't a very easy thing then to get them and as I say you 'd be preparing a fare increase which , perhaps a ha'penny on certain fares and a penny on fares above a certain range and you had to allow for depreciation , or resistance in the public travelling but er as long as you could always bring in a little extra from a fare increase it was worthwhile going forward . |
| 30 | He lived in a little hired house five minutes from the church , on a stipend of £260 a year . |