Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless you are a shorthand writer you will not have the speed to make verbatim notes from a talk and there is rarely the need to copy out material from books . |
| 2 | Presumably the programmers cut down on frills in order to cram it all into a single load , though I do n't know why they bothered — no-one will ever get past Level Ten anyway ! |
| 3 | Slowly , very slowly the minutes went by . |
| 4 | Slowly the Captain picked up the half-sovereign , and as slowly rubbed it on his sleeve . |
| 5 | Slowly the house filled up . |
| 6 | This takes quite a long time and slowly the boat turns around . |
| 7 | Slowly the dolphins move on . |
| 8 | Slowly the roofs go down , |
| 9 | A tall , dark figure who had no pole moved amongst them issuing commands , and slowly the flatboat drew over to the bank . |
| 10 | Luckily the victim put up a fight and a couple of passers-by joined in , so that the assailant failed to accomplish what the local newspaper delicately referred to as ‘ his appalling purpose . ’ ’ |
| 11 | Eventually the flow dried up and a head-count revealed a total of thirty-two , including the original four-man patrol , when the last captive had been locked in the back of the prison rig . |
| 12 | Eventually the Goblin runs out of energy and collapses in an exhausted pile with a silly grin on his face , or he crashes straight into a tree or other obstacle and ends up throttling himself with his chain . |
| 13 | The offer caused mass protests and eventually the firm pulled out , but now it has put in another bid , believed to be £5m . |
| 14 | Eventually the guard strolls off to press the button . |
| 15 | Four minutes later United 's best move of the half involving four players ; eventually the ball laid out to Simpson down the left , the cross came in , it fell to Lee Nogan off Jim Magilton , but from some five yards out , somehow Bolder got his hands to Nogan 's shot and the chance had gone . |
| 16 | When eventually the moon came up over the edge of the trees he was able to see a group of four men and three horses coming towards him . |
| 17 | Eventually the women pick out what they want , the traders praise their keen eyes and good sense — at least , I assume that 's what they 're praising . |
| 18 | Eventually the tears dried up , but still she did n't move , lying there listlessly , feeling so brittle that it seemed the smallest of movements would scatter her into a thousand pieces . |
| 19 | Eventually the girl opened up and was very chatty , laughing at [ the neighbourhood policeman ] 's voice , as he was a comical sort , making his hat wobble on his head . |
| 20 | Eventually the squabbling died down . |
| 21 | A protracted legal battle ensued , but Mr Bright declined the offer of a steam engine from the colliery owners and eventually the mill closed down . |
| 22 | Eventually the law caught up with him and he was heavily fined for caging protected species . |
| 23 | Eventually the words sank in , and when Jenny left Hong Kong , quietly dignified after rejection from Jamie , Rachel went with her . |
| 24 | Eventually the truth came out . |
| 25 | But this was too soon in my own development for me to be able to grasp the opportunity and eventually the shop closed down and Mr Farrer moved on . |
| 26 | Tugging at these I found them fairly firmly embedded , but eventually the mud yielded up a length of chain with the most beautiful padlock on the end of it . |
| 27 | Over the next six hours , heat built up until eventually the reaction ran out of control . |
| 28 | Eventually the dinner broke up and Claud , Roger Hollis and I went off for a pub-crawl which after sundry indecorous adventures ended up at the Hypocrites where another blind was going on . |
| 29 | Their visits were threatening and long , and eventually the agency gave up hope of substituting mulberry trees for opium . |
| 30 | Eventually the traffic moved on , crossing the Thames bridge . |