Example sentences of "[adv] and [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilots played poker and bridge endlessly and with a furious concentration , while in the background a gramophone wheezed out over and over again a well-worn recording of Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle ? and the Squadron 's mascot , a young lion cub called Whiskey , prowled amiably about the mess . |
| 2 | The man went on waiting , almost as if he were teasing Stephen , and when at last he did move , it was suddenly and with a strange dancing skip . |
| 3 | Such rationalization is , however , of great interest to the historian because it reveals something of the social processes involved in gaining respect for scientific work both inside and outside a scientific community . |
| 4 | He had dealt with everything when her mother died and he had dealt with it competently and in a kindly manner , but , left to herself , she would have gone to Glyn . |
| 5 | He looked like a Fred to me , being short , shaggy , pimply and with a big nose , and we were all delighted when he was on night duty with us because he then got the job of hauling the heavy haybox into the building and ladling out large dollops of this unidentifiable meal onto our plates . |
| 6 | To say ‘ the Word was made flesh ’ , then , refers not to a simple identity of God and Jesus but to a relationship in which God lovingly identifies himself in and with a real human person , 80 that that person can truly be called the Word , the self-communication and self-objectification of God in human terms … . |
| 7 | I asked if I could see the people who 'd brought me in and after a few minutes , Bunny and Rayleen appeared at the bedside . |
| 8 | To be known as the Nadd Al Sheba Golf and Race Club , it is being built in and around a horse-racing track and is scheduled to open in October of next year . |
| 9 | The road winds on to Arco de São Jorge and then goes in and round a deep ravine before it reaches Boaventura ( 65km ) . |
| 10 | Soon , however , we were midway down and into a steep , narrow , rocky section , where it was turn now or go straight into freefall . |
| 11 | Now the pressure is on the big keeper as Leeds start at Elland Road 2–1 down and with a disturbing habit of conceding too many goals this season . |
| 12 | Now the sides of the hold and the , the chains used go down , they did n't have wires they had chains go down and with a big ring on the top and then when you 'd the door out , knock the pin out and the door would drop down the mud and cos the ship would come up because she got two side tanks on er a tank each side to bring the ship out of the water . |
| 13 | However , on May 31 there were reports of widespread support among civil servants and soldiers for the military rulers to step down and for a rapid handover of power to a civilian government . |
| 14 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 15 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 16 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 17 | ‘ Why ca n't we move away entirely and to a new system which after proper and full consultation would set prices and regimes periodically ? ’ |
| 18 | I interviewed them individually and in a separate room . |
| 19 | Cut , move to a new position further away and at a different angle . |
| 20 | She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws . |
| 21 | Aloofness , detachment , distancing , flippancy , all variations on a theme — a sustained effort to remain above and beyond a threatening world . |
| 22 | Finally and with a great sigh , Robyn forced herself into action . |
| 23 | The union will also try to provide a better class of men for the Merchant Service , and will see that crews join their ship punctually and in a sober condition ; it will help shipwrecked mariners ; it will provide assistance to members travelling in search of work ; it will establish a sick benefit and a burial fund . |
| 24 | Town 's nerve held out just and with a 5-4 aggregate , they booked their place to Wembley . |
| 25 | Looking at the total expenditure and the economic projections , ministers decided broadly and in a preliminary way what limits had to be set for spending in the next financial year ( then about nine months away ) . |
| 26 | In both the Sacred Dance and the Grandstand Frescoes , the priestesses are shown seated in places of honour , centrally , prominently and with a clear view of the ceremonies being conducted before them . |
| 27 | We believe we are doing our bit in this respect , successfully and over a long period , by land . ’ |
| 28 | By presenting the information on a videodisc which managers could view quickly , locally and at a convenient time , BT reduced the cost of the exercise to £15 per manager . |
| 29 | ‘ meticulous experiments have convinced me that this ratio ( 1:100 ) between the quantity of diluent and that of the medicine being dynamized is far too low to develop the medicinal substance properly and to a high degree with a large number of succussions unless force is used … |
| 30 | Well of course there , there is this worry , and , and they have to be used erm properly and in a helpful way . |