Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] and [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the legal force of any particular rule depends partly on the source of its authority ( essentially , whether it is supported by statute or not ) ; partly on the way it is drafted ( rules which are drafted in precise technical language are more likely to be given some legal force than are rules drafted loosely and non-technically ) ; and partly on its contents . |
| 2 | It was a ferociously aggressive world , and the Minoans lived successfully and competitively within it . |
| 3 | Er yeah exclude your short story , otherwise it could mean on you know it could be taken out and sold somewhere and then in interest you would sell your own for selling your own word you know that could be a possibility . |
| 4 | It will take a little practice to get right , but a tie made properly and firmly in this way will ‘ feel ’ right , and it will at once be clear how and why this method does a job that other methods and materials do not do . |
| 5 | Find another two people to be prayer partners with you once a week so that some of these prayer burdens can be shared and agreed on and so that you can be spurred on by each other 's zeal in prayer . |
| 6 | It was a cold and damp winter , but he recovered slowly and indeed seemed cheerful ; he sat beside the open coal fire in the drawingroom and would sometimes sing music-hall ditties as his wife ministered to him — " coddling " , he used to call it . |
| 7 | The funeral home had an extensive array of coffins , from handmade ones produced locally and beautifully finished to ornate caskets shipped in from America , some had fur linings . |
| 8 | Those five hours passed slowly and painfully , I was definitely going to miss my family and friends but I just wanted to go and have my holiday . |
| 9 | Baddeley , champion three times in the past , fought grimly and finally took the marathon first game after 24 minutes . |
| 10 | Baddeley , champion three times in the past , fought grimly and finally took the marathon first game after 24 minutes . |
| 11 | The spelling is frequently eccentric , and remained so all his life , although he read widely and voraciously . |
| 12 | Charles and John Higgs clicked , and it was largely thanks to the relationship struck up with him , and the sheer personality of the man , that Charles became wholly and genuinely enthused by every aspect of the Duchy . |
| 13 | Yesterday , as Paul McCormack , 23 , of Meeks Road , Falkirk , was jailed for a year at the High Court in Edinburgh when he admitted culpably and recklessly throwing the trolleys on to the line from the bridge in the town 's Hope Street on 13 April last year , Graeme spoke of the moment he knew he had to act . |
| 14 | Paul McCormack ( 23 ) was jailed for a year when he admitted culpably and recklessly throwing two trolleys on to the line from a railway bridge at Hope Street in Falkirk on April 13 last year . |
| 15 | ‘ Katherine , I have to tell you something I would rather not have to say , ’ Mathilde plunged in and then hesitated . |
| 16 | Is not the problem of sadistic behaviour towards women made deeper and more urgent through this sort of portrayal than through , say , the simple moral condemnation of a villain who beats a woman ? |
| 17 | Yeah because if I work it out I 'll just know that i it made so and so but I wo n't know that it gave off that I 'll just remember that it made like zinc chloride or something I wo n't remember |
| 18 | The implications of the theory became suddenly and horribly vivid . |
| 19 | but it was cold when we got in and even colder when we got out , so if we all go down with pneumonia that will |
| 20 | Gower won the toss and inserted West Indies , only for Haynes to hold the innings together as his partners got in and then out . |
| 21 | And we hardly got in and then you have |
| 22 | The guerrillas fought fiercely and effectively . |
| 23 | Whitlow driving the free kick into the wall and then lays it off to Lewis stabbed in and away by Collimore . |
| 24 | As a result of this distinction , cats that were totally black became less and less common , while those that were black with a touch of white survived . |
| 25 | She tried to go about her tasks with the same thoroughness as before , but too often her mind strayed from what she was doing , and promotion became less and less likely . |
| 26 | ‘ School became less and less important , ’ says Falvey . |
| 27 | As their experience built up , the Treasury became less and less convinced that the role that had been envisaged for the nationalised industries in overall demand management was a desirable one . |
| 28 | The pomeshchiks became more and more absorbed in their farms , and as these grew in size , military service for a minimal salary became less and less attractive . |
| 29 | As the twentieth century progressed the family-owned firm became less and less important in British capitalism . |
| 30 | More and more instructions , more and more complex in their nature descended more and more frequently upon local offices , but without any adequately effective co-ordination at the Headquarters level to ensure that those in the outfield had a clear enough idea of what their order of priorities should be as they became less and less able to deal effectively with the totality of their responsibilities . |