Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been twice into Ruane 's office , and the first time the block had been polite , and the second time he had been told rather less politely to sit on his hands and wait , like everybody else had to . |
| 2 | The wicket in the west door opened silently ; he did not mark it until its weight carried it gently right back to knock against the wall . |
| 3 | But when I was there there were once one instant is er er the man on watch in the morning he spotted a floating mine come in right down to close to the rock and er er it anchored just about er er a quarter of a mile or maybe two hundred yards off the rock off the tower and er of well when a mine anchors of course it becomes er alive . |
| 4 | The only difference was that most of them had finished long enough ago to sunbathe on the terrace , not trudging off the mountain at 9.00 o'clock . |
| 5 | Although it took so long finally to dispose of the machinery and tanks , other material was removed from the incline during the 1920's as uses for it were found . |
| 6 | One thing I learned there was how to deal with people and basically just how to get through it all . ’ |
| 7 | Historical evidence shows that the so-called " present " tense could formerly be used much more freely to refer to the future than is now the case . |
| 8 | Compacts also provide an invaluable forum for dialogue between teachers and employers to discuss and clarify ways in which the curriculum should be developed so as best to provide for the needs and interests of students in and beyond school . |
| 9 | Yesterday , once again , she never looked in danger of making a mistake and her rider was able to push her along fast enough to win by more than three seconds . |
| 10 | I decided long ago Never to walk in anyone 's shadow ; If I fail , if I succeed At least I lived as I believe , And no matter what They take from me , They ca n't take away my dignity . |
| 11 | Trying so hard not to weep at the demise of the old Post Office now replaced by a kit construction for other uses , I walked robotically to the cathedral like all the other tourists . |
| 12 | I felt like shit and I was trying so hard not to think of Lewis and Verity that I could n't think about anything else , but the day was fabulous ; clear and cold , the sky crystal blue and reflecting in the waters of hill-cupped lochans and the glinting length of Loch Add . |
| 13 | It crushed and lifted her breasts to create the deep fleshy cleavage he always tried so hard not to stare into . |
| 14 | He pulled away long enough to strip off the rest of his clothes , and she followed , unable to bear losing contact even for a second , dipping her head forwards to taste his skin , her fingers stroking his muscled back . |
| 15 | It follows that it is not enough simply to appeal to the " differentiating power " of spatio-temporal relations within an objective framework . |
| 16 | It is not enough simply to take into account the conditions at that particular time . |
| 17 | When he spoke , his voice was raised just loud enough to carry over the low-pitched brass rumbles . |
| 18 | The man who brought us hits Like Ferry Cross the Mersey and You 'll Never Walk Alone is on a nationwide tour , but stopped off just long enough to talk to Mike Rowbottom . |
| 19 | For just a few seconds , Lucinda hesitated ; for just long enough to take in the shock of white hair , the lined , weather-worn face and the tremendous size of him . |
| 20 | Though not in the ERM , its currency was pegged to it and in September Sweden toughed out wild currency markets by whacking its interest rates sky-high for just long enough to scare off the cowboys . |
| 21 | Would gamelan music come to bore him if there were not much else to listen to ? |
| 22 | The world has changed greatly since 1967 and it is not easy merely to return to United Nations resolution 242 . |
| 23 | ‘ But there is no way I 'm going to go on a tour just now simply to grovel to those people who still do n't think I can sing . ’ |
| 24 | We might be asked just as well to vote on any three pages picked at random out of ’ Alice in Wonderland ’ as on the motions before the House tonight . |
| 25 | ‘ MAFF exists to serve the interests of that industry although it is not simply there to look after farmers as too many commentators still assume . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ MAFF exists to serve the interests of that industry although it is not simply there to look after farmers as too many commentators still assume . ’ |
| 27 | There were some undertakings still charging only ½d. ( or even , in a few cases , ⅓d. ) per additional kWh to domestic users after the War , and ½d. was not even enough to pay for the coal needed to generate that amount of electricity in the majority of the power stations they were then using , far less to pay the other costs of supply . |
| 28 | AT&T Co says it plans to begin selling its first personal communicator in its phone centre stores this June — but the things are not likely exactly to walk off the shelves , because they will cost between $2,000 and $3,000 : the Hobbit-powered device will incorporate cellular phone , paging abilities , facsimile functions , electronic mail and messaging services and pen-based computing , and it derives from the company 's alliances with EO Inc and General Magic Corp and it is to be built by Eo . |
| 29 | If this was not possible , then they had to be placed as ‘ hands ’ on conventional farms where they were close enough together to meet in the evenings with their Madrichim ( group counsellors ) for cultural communion . |
| 30 | As a physical presence , Lanegan is oddly compelling for a man who clings solemnly to the mic stand throughout , breaking off only occasionally to reach for a glass or perform his quaint little bop routine at the outset of ‘ Nearly Lost You ’ , another gast-flabbering newie . |