Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could hear parts of the conversation between the two lost souls , and when Tess went back upstairs , Mrs Brooks crept quietly up to listen outside the bedroom door . |
| 2 | While Colin McRae goes all out to win … |
| 3 | they had that central heating oil and there was a big boom built all round to stop it spreading . |
| 4 | There were around 50 aircraft assembled from aero clubs throughout Argentina for the flying at Rio Cuarto , and a team of engineers worked flat out to solve the snags — even to the extent of changing the engine on one aircraft . |
| 5 | While Miss Turner left halfway through to go on to another show , Miss Collins popped backstage at the end to congratulate the actress . |
| 6 | When the enemy front ranks reached there , and the first horsemen rode warily in to try this ford , no cannon-fire developed from above . |
| 7 | I found that moderate slip angles produce no nasty consequences , but was restrained from further experimentation with the admonition that the aircraft describes what sounds like a brisk departure into a fast outside flick roll with the nose going hard down to exceed its negative-g limit . |
| 8 | These darkening extremities , or ‘ points ’ , then slowly spread as the young cat becomes mature and by the end of the first year the Siamese has its adult pattern , with the nose colour covering most of its face , the dark ear-fringe spreading to include most of its ear surface , the tail-tip colour extending right up to near the base of its tail , and the pigment at the feet stretching halfway up its legs . |
| 9 | Theda uttered fearfully , backing away towards the library , aware vaguely of the bell again jangling and of Adam shuffling reluctantly off to answer it . |
| 10 | The emphasis shifted gradually back to reform . |
| 11 | From each peak on these ridges big spurs sweep steeply down to merge with a rock barrier that seems to be at least 1,000 feet high . |
| 12 | Now as the city of Manchester goes all out to win the race to host the Olympic games … our own town of Banbury has beaten them to a gold medal … the local boatbuilding firm of Laser will be racing at the next Olympics and to celebrate they 're having a water sports week |
| 13 | A few hours earlier two more big bombs were found as the country 's commercial capital went determinedly back to work three days after the blasts that killed at least 250 people . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've told Moira to take tomorrow off to recover from her dreadful experience . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes … ! ’ he said deeply , and then his mouth closed over hers , burningly sensual as his hands moved slowly up to tunnel into her thick black hair , and as her mouth opened beneath his the hunger swept them both again , their breathing quickening as the kiss took fire and his mouth was fierce , hot , demanding , his hands moving over her body as she heard his heart thudding violently at his chest , and she knew she was in danger of losing her mind with the sweet , hot rush of excitement . |
| 16 | The sea was a mass of foam with so many bodies stirring it up , and some of the men ventured further out to try their skills at swimming . |
| 17 | As the vans move right over to pass them one of the men gives the team the finger . |
| 18 | The President-elect got straight down to work yesterday with a meeting with the team responsible for easing his passage into power on January 20 . |
| 19 | The dry slope was dotted with rabbits — some nibbling at the thin grass near their holes , others pushing farther down to look for dandelions or perhaps a cowslip that the rest had missed . |
| 20 | The children go into the hall and find a frame with the picture cut out of it ; an empty cash box ; or a desk and chairs overturned , papers strewn all over to give the impression of a ransacked office . |
| 21 | Entitled ‘ The Boy With The Thorn In His Side ’ , it saw Morrissey 's deliberately obvious autobiographical lyric sliding neatly over to flow from Marr 's continually inventive mind . |
| 22 | The Newry keeper parried Liam Smyth 's angled drive but sub Victor Welch moved sharply in to score in 70 minutes . |
| 23 | Depth is half the game in lock-picking ; the other half is getting enough leverage for the turn , since even a proper pick has no shaft going right through to rest on the end ward like a real key . |
| 24 | At the bottom of the hill he doglegs left and vaults the creek , his right arm held stiffly out to snap back the neck of any tackler , the ball tucked professionally low into his stomach , hard and muscular as a wash board . |