Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mills was n't gay , so that ruled out a killing of that sort . |
| 2 | So that helped out a lot . |
| 3 | Sophie welcomed her warmly and pulled out a chair for the plastered leg to stretch out on , and soon they were joined by Helen . |
| 4 | The gods were displeased again ! he thought facetiously and held up a hand , as if he read her thought . |
| 5 | Battered by the chance collision of several billion molecules , the die flipped onto a point , spun gently and came down a seven . |
| 6 | I know now he was just trying to make a sale and did n't have my size in stock , but since he was wearing a fleecy top and tracksuit trousers I believed him , and bought these huge leather edifices that a young married couple could quite comfortably live in and bring up a family . |
| 7 | You referred frequently to how well you know and the village , so I am sure she will , subject to your approach , be willing to go in and switch on a convector in each of the two rooms and read the meter . |
| 8 | Weeks fifteen to twenty one is subject specific and all the details that have to come in and make up a record of achievement . |
| 9 | Go in and sit down a sec . |
| 10 | I jumped in and frothed about a bit , then went back inside and made some coffee . |
| 11 | He says : ‘ It 's ludicrous that we have to wait for three to five years when a foreign company can come in and pick up a UK TV company right now . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Sharp followed him in and picked up a 12-inch knife and threatened to kill him and other staff . |
| 13 | Anyway , I 've got to go in and snoop around a bit . |
| 14 | I mean any of us really could sit down and draw up a list of er of things where , if we , you know , a list of rules if e war for a very small subscription ornot many groups other and if everybody stuck by them , everything would be wonderful |
| 15 | The rider bent down and reached out a hand to shake that of Markby and of Pringle . |
| 16 | Turn the lights down and gather round a roaring log fire , or log-effect on the electric heater if you 're in a smokeless zone . |
| 17 | Turn the rectangle upside down and carve out a hollow from the centre , leaving a frame of at least 1cm ( ½inch ) and a depth of about half the cake . |
| 18 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 19 | He sliced round one side , then the other , removed two saucer-shaped pieces of rind from either end , made a transverse cut across the middle and gradually lifted the fruit from the peel , put it down and held up a pair of spectacles to Caterina 's face , two owl eyes of orange peel on a single stem . |
| 20 | ‘ First of all , I need to sit down and work out a plan of campaign . ’ |
| 21 | I put the glass down and pulled out a cigarette ; lit it before speaking . |
| 22 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |
| 23 | She bent down and picked out a fragment of Quimper from the dustpan . |
| 24 | At the same time , he needed to have someone to ‘ come along and set up a boundary . |
| 25 | He took a step towards her , and she bent swiftly and snatched up a stone from the flowerbed beside her . |
| 26 | Then as a waiter passed by bearing a laden tray , he reached out swiftly and snatched up a glass of champagne . |
| 27 | ‘ Darlington Business Venture helped me put a package together and draw up a business plan which qualified for Enterprise Allowance . ’ |
| 28 | Rifts persistently occur within the human race , and one important cause could well be found in the tendency of human beings to group themselves together and rally around a particular banner for no other reason than to be able to identify another group as an ‘ enemy ’ upon whom can be laid the blame for hardship and misery suffered ; suffering which it has not been possible to attribute to any obvious cause . |
| 29 | She seemed to have got her act together and held down a steady job as a capstan lathe operator in a local tool factory . |
| 30 | Tom Farmer , chairman of Scottish Business in the Community , who chaired the meeting , promised that all the organisations of which Prince Charles was patron would now quickly get together and work out a strategic plan . |