Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better carry off an embarrassing situation with as much panache as she could muster . |
| 2 | Foucault thus does not merely set up an alternative history , but contends that that alternative is part of a displacement that is in the process of replacing the history that preceded it . |
| 3 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 4 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 5 | On the contrary , if the student body were to take its right to learn ( Lernfreiheit ) seriously , and were to be vigilant in seeing that it enjoyed the kinds of academic freedom I spelt out earlier , it would necessarily take on an assertive role . |
| 6 | Even then , they would only put in a brief appearance in puddings and cakes at Thanksgiving and Christmas . |
| 7 | I agree , and I hope Gloucestershire will eventually bring in a legal budget . |
| 8 | In this way you will soon build up a comprehensive set of notes for revision . |
| 9 | We can thus build up a hierarchical data structure in storage , of fields of characters ( terminated by a word mark ) grouped together in items or records . |
| 10 | The things which came out in therapy did not make up a complete , finished jigsaw , as I might have imagined . |
| 11 | It follows that we can not make up a square matrix X of eigenvectors to satisfy ( 8 ) ; for this reason the matrix B is said to be defective . |
| 12 | However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all . |
| 13 | Although police in subsequent statements inclined towards a simple robbery motive ( the killer stole Fr Men 's briefcase ) , they did not rule out a political motive . |
| 14 | I do not rule out a Labour government , pinned down by a narrow majority , seeking to enact at least some of its social legislation through a supportive EC . |
| 15 | A good beginning does not rule out a calamitous ending : that is the way of war . |
| 16 | But this does not rule out a high response to real wage changes which are thought to be temporary : for example , suppliers of labour may well want to take advantage of a temporarily high real wage by supplying more labour , taking leisure ( that is , supplying less labour ) when the real wage has fallen back . |
| 17 | The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door . |
| 18 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 19 | Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable . |
| 20 | Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat . |
| 21 | Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon . |
| 22 | Eisenhower and Dulles both believed that since no Iranian Army could ever resist an actual Soviet invasion , the Shah should not build up a vast Army but should depend on US guarantees . |
| 23 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 24 | But whatever you do , do not send out a general mailing and then ring up and ask whether the recipient is going to use it or not . |
| 25 | The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham . |
| 26 | Ideational apraxia is seen when a patient can not carry out a complex sequence of movements , even though he is capable of carrying out each movement individually . |
| 27 | The threats against the Jews were no doubt correctly ‘ read ’ in government and Party circles as an indication that a war would somehow bring about a final show-down with the Jews . |
| 28 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 29 | Right can you just move back a little bit more so I can actually |
| 30 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |