Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not bear to see him suffer and so I threw myself wholeheartedly on to Nonni 's side , arguing passionately that my aunts ' lack of interest in day-to-day matters was a boring affectation ; that Nonni was much more ‘ real ’ and ‘ closer to life ’ . |
| 2 | In fact what strikes me most forcibly about Lyell 's pillars is not their evidence of placid uniformitarianism but rather of episodic " catastrophism " . |
| 3 | Yet the sound that dinned most irritatingly into Marian 's mind was the calling of the cuckoo that seemed to follow them , now near , now far , throughout the day . |
| 4 | England 's purpose-built attack was carrying out its duties to the letter , right down to Munton 's strike soon after his delayed introduction . |
| 5 | Mirth being in decidedly short supply over the past few weeks amidst the myriad financial scandals and news of the ongoing long-gingering of the gay law reform bill , there was no doubt among the many disappointed punters turned away from the full house on opening night that they were still intent on partying on down at Cork 's new lesbian and gay centre , The Other Place . |
| 6 | So when you 're finished here take the combine on down to Pope 's Bottom ready for the morning . |
| 7 | But Martin Deery weighed in with number six in the closing minutes , fittingly being set up by club captain Clarke , who was brought on along with Holywood 's other French players to savour their historic championship moment . |
| 8 | Perhaps somewhere between Goebel 's string texture on period instruments and the Amsterdam Bach Soloists ' mixed strings and woodwinds using modern instruments . |
| 9 | The sky and the trees pressed down on to Léonie 's face . |
| 10 | Gently , he brought his face down on to Joe 's and kissed him on his lips . |
| 11 | The cacophony within the house seemed to last for several minutes , but was perhaps only of seconds ' duration . |
| 12 | The wind suddenly seemed to have grown much colder , striking so fiercely against Jinny 's cheek that it numbed it . |
| 13 | So much for Britain 's drought ! |
| 14 | So much for Leitrim 's Castle . |
| 15 | So much for Armstrong 's attempt at rationalization five years earlier . |
| 16 | So much for Candy 's theory that he 'd been stalking Rory ! |
| 17 | So much for Rainbow 's promise to have Riva home in an hour . |
| 18 | So much for Lacuna 's precious Ace . |
| 19 | So much for Beveridge 's ‘ new risks ’ . |
| 20 | So much for Jenny 's walk . |
| 21 | So much in Kirtana 's life has stayed the same . |
| 22 | And , while the general right of beneficiaries to inspect trust documents was recognised in In re Londonderry 's Settlement [ 1965 ] Ch. 918 as being a proprietary right , that case does not provide support for the plaintiffs ' contention in the instant appeal . |
| 23 | They were people who had reason to be suspicious , or they would not have paid so highly for Hayman 's services . |
| 24 | Lewis responded so warmly to Tolkien 's imagined world because , as he wrote to Arthur Greeves , ‘ he is , in one part of him , what we were . ’ |
| 25 | The pair of them had probably not been having an affair for long — only perhaps after Kemp 's long infatuation with the semi-permanently sozzled Sheila had begun to wear off . |
| 26 | ( No need to take him seriously , though — even less so after Evie 's disgusting revelations … ) |
| 27 | However having spent so long on Tolkien 's powerful and complex image of evil , it is time to turn to his portrayal of the ( in appearance ) often weaker and much more limited power of good . |
| 28 | There was commotion in the hall when it was realized that Lenin 's heir had been adulated for so long against Lenin 's own better judgment . |
| 29 | The imposing , darkly compassionate singing of Sergei Leiferkus as the knight Ruprecht who falls so disastrously under Renata 's spell is as authoritative as in last year 's Prom . |
| 30 | And that was all that mattered as they cruised down the freeway , alone together in Zitney 's gleaming red hatchback . |