Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But some creatures , notably the American Allosaurus , had several bones in its skull loosely joined together so that the entire skull could yield to pressures of various sorts . |
| 2 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 3 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 4 | And there 's , towards the end of the first chapter there 's a bit all about erm erm er temptation and deliver us from evil kind of thing which is obviously rather from the , from the Lord 's Prayer and yet it 's , rather explained rather nicely and it , it 's a lovely , lovely book ! |
| 5 | The first two stages may be successfully carried out only where reliable market information is publicly available . |
| 6 | Yet state censorship has arguably come much nearer and become more sinister with the Spycatcher affair and the more recent Section 28 . |
| 7 | And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period . |
| 8 | He was in close contact with many prominent intellectuals and scholars , such as Kepler , Galileo , Hobbes , Descartes , and Mersenne , and was very highly regarded both inside and outside France , where he lived until his death in l655 . |
| 9 | I ai n't checked them , I 've been on holiday I 've only come back today that 's been drawn has it ? |
| 10 | " I m sorry , Mr Beamish , but he 'll be away all day and I thought I 'd better come along rather than leave it till tomorrow . " |
| 11 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 12 | ‘ In the light of the Divisional Court 's decision , we have naturally considered very carefully whether or not we should take the matter any further . |
| 13 | The man chosen was Russell Butler , a research student in social history at the University of London , who as a part-time tutor had taken the first course for apprentices at Marconi and had greatly impressed both here and in other courses for the branches in Hemel Hempstead and St. Albans . |
| 14 | Just what was the object of Barbara 's terror that viewers had only seen so far as a suction cup visible through a circular lens cowl ? |
| 15 | In the final UN resolution , voted on 1 June 1984 , the GCC text was somewhat watered down so that Iran 's role was in less sharp focus . |
| 16 | So much done so quickly and then nothing . |
| 17 | The matters obviously moved fairly rapidly because the parties were then almost ready to exchange contracts . |
| 18 | The goat suddenly trotted eagerly forward and Mrs Hollidaye had to run to keep hold of the leather strap . |
| 19 | ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 20 | I left early before the nuns were awake but I only got as far as Glasgow before I lost my way . ’ |
| 21 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 22 | ‘ What 's an 81 anyway , Paul — I though we 'd only got as far as 7b ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd only got as far as having a preliminary psyche dissection on Daine , ’ said Trefusis , ‘ but the Yggdrasil probes suggest he had a similar-although far more pronounced — set of personality deformities . |
| 24 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 25 | Even my wharped mind had only got as far as thinking . |
| 26 | REBEL sea captain Jack Lammiman set sail from Whitby on his greatest journey yet to America but only got as far as Scarborough . |
| 27 | Yet today eunuchs have apparently died out everywhere except in the subcontinent . |
| 28 | The otter was the only strictly European species to make it into the overall ‘ Top 10 ’ , though badger , fox and hedgehog all got as far as the top 20 . |
| 29 | The House of Commons may be the cradle of our democracy — a little better understood perhaps now that its proceedings are televised . |
| 30 | The discount — the Achilles heel of the system — would be better abandoned now rather than later . ’ |