Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a [adj] pace " in BNC.
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| 1 | CROSS A FAST TYPIST WITH A WINDOWS WORD PROCESSOR AND THE CHANCES ARE YOU 'LL SEE SOME WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH AS THE PROGRAM CHUGS ALONG A FEW PACES BEHIND THE USER . |
| 2 | The dog moved off a few paces and turned back , wagging his tail anxiously . |
| 3 | Instead he lowered his blade and drew back a rapid pace or two , nostrils wide and long lips smiling savagely , and suddenly turning away , vanished into the bushes . |
| 4 | He moved back a few paces and , without pausing to think , took a running leap out into the chasm between the two houses . |
| 5 | They well illustrate a quality which is perhaps more necessary in farce crime fiction than in any other branch of the art , the need to set up a cracking pace . |
| 6 | We may conclude then that ‘ de-industrialization ’ is meaningful as a simple description of a relentless process in which the manufacturing sector suffers declining shares of total employment , inevitably leading to the service sector capturing a greater share , but that the process takes on a different pace and complexion in different countries and places . |
| 7 | The man shuffled back a few paces , bent almost double . |
| 8 | Bernice and Defries stepped back a few paces , to where Daak 's shrieking chainsword was slicing a hole in the curved wall . |
| 9 | Theda threw her a grateful look , and hurried after Miss Merchiston , whose familiarity with the steep staircase enabled her to keep up a cracking pace . |
| 10 | ‘ I like to keep up a brisk pace . ’ |
| 11 | The other LASMO drivers — Dave Fowler and Matt Whitelaw — also managed to keep up a blistering pace , but this did not deter Dave Brittan who finished well ahead of the field . |
| 12 | Kylie kept up a relentless pace during the tour , which took her to Newcastle , Manchester and Liverpool before one appearance in Scotland at Edinburgh 's Playhouse Theatre . |
| 13 | Keith kept up a brisk pace , glad that it was a full moon . |
| 14 | Malcolm , out to prove that he is not yet a Test has-been , quickly worked up a rare pace and was quite a handful , coming in with the pavilion behind him . |
| 15 | There were checks to be done , now that Hess had replaced the mechanic , so Karlheinz backed off a few paces with the camera . |
| 16 | The young lady thus addressed jumped back a prudent pace or two . |