Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ ( The state ) thinks a security confrontation is enough and rejects the real way to ensure full security and real peace , ’ Gamal Badawi wrote . |
| 2 | Two major " betrayals " in five years were more than enough and created the permanent attitude of mistrust towards leadership which characterized radicals in the labour movement from then onwards . |
| 3 | But let us now alter the lexis somewhat and consider the following three words in association : |
| 4 | His work with The Miracles kept him in hits until 1972 , when he finally went solo and delivered the gorgeous Smokey , which might have promised more than it delivered but which ultimately — on ‘ Baby Come Close ’ , ‘ Just My Soul Responding ’ and the personal protest of ‘ Holly ’ — established him as the great single Romeo of modern soul . |
| 5 | Having viewed the replacement external fresco and the church — although only through a haze of overhead tram wires — from the little square where Via Mazzini crosses Via Falcone and several other minor roads , go inside and see the real one which stands above the main altar , beneath Bramante 's masterly pseudo-apse . |
| 6 | He went inside and did the same . |
| 7 | The gunmen continued to fire at the house after he managed to scramble inside and slam the front door shut . |
| 8 | ‘ Take care of yourself , kid , ’ Whitlock said softly then went inside and closed the sliding door behind him . |
| 9 | We gazed , open-mouthed at the stately triple towers and the flying buttresses , then went inside and found the famous Lincoln Imp in the Angel Choir , and J. bought me a small silver imp for my charm bracelet . |
| 10 | Tensely , the airmen looked below and saw the crowded train reach the North Queensferry side in safety . |
| 11 | The 6,020 square-metre terrace is capped by three unequal cones , admitting light to the areas below and symbolising the classic triad of the visual arts : architecture , painting and sculpture . |
| 12 | All you have to do is study the grid below and find the hidden words . |
| 13 | Tapes cut in and overlaid the unearthly siren-call of the electro-acoustic instrument , and Minerva 's cello answered the melodic tonality with a delicately offhand echo . |
| 14 | Shepherd switched the hologram off , then reached in and lifted the flexible plate up . |
| 15 | There was no sign of any other cars or tanks or armoured personnel carriers and no indication that the police Stukas were waiting to come in and bomb the last pockets of resistance . |
| 16 | The eight-man team train by hauling a barrel of concrete up a telegraph pole using a pulley system — and then digging in and holding the 810 kilo load aloft for up to half an hour . |
| 17 | I 'm not sure whether practical , i.e. using a soldering iron , construction projects , are within Practical PC 's scope and readership but if readers are interested why not write in and sway the editorial decisions ! |
| 18 | Mr Kerr had stepped in and overpowered the accused , who then had pulled a knife and stabbed him repeatedly . |
| 19 | Almost too late to be of real use , a rehabilitation unit took her in and began the slow , hard work of helping her and her family reconstruct and make sense of their situation . |
| 20 | I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life . |
| 21 | He reached in and wrenched the little bundle of plastic bands out of my hands , and I sat there , silent , watching as he fumbled the bands into position with the little cup to hold the weapon under his right armpit . |
| 22 | When I did return , I locked myself in and heaved the great oak table against the door and fastened the windows . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't want anyone bursting in and getting the wrong idea , like you have , ’ Donna said , smiling again . |
| 24 | I was just going out when a man came in and asked the same question . |
| 25 | But if Ken wanted to sit in and watching the good results coming in |
| 26 | go in and ask the following questions , just write what the questions are |
| 27 | It should provide a place where children can meet and talk with adults who live in and serve the local community — the fireman , the nurse , the secretary , the shopkeeper , the police officer , the craftsman and craftswoman . |
| 28 | I thought that I would go in and explain the whole thing to him and explain that there was no point in creating trouble unnecessarily . |
| 29 | It also meant that the boys could see in and witness the general untidiness of his tiny room . |
| 30 | She still had n't found an answer when the housekeeper came in and served the first course . |