Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horse can move its lower jaw from side to side when eating , and the jaw muscles drag the lower teeth inward in a grinding motion . |
| 2 | Swivel the foot slowly in a circular movement to the right , then to the left . |
| 3 | Clifford has now brought a collection of his aphorisms together in a little book entitled ‘ One Hundred Aphorisms ’ . |
| 4 | Should I see my sister alone in a foreign country — blind ? |
| 5 | Yet in relation to our local communities , these bureaucrats are part of the dominant ideology only in a relative sense . |
| 6 | For statistics alone are unlikely to stop a 17-year-old putting his foot down in a lethal weapon . |
| 7 | Mix the fruit and vegetables together in a deep bowl ; pour over the dressing ; cover and chill for 2–3 hours . |
| 8 | Boil all the vegetables together in a large saucepan until tender . |
| 9 | They walked out to his car together in a contented silence , and when they got there he came round to the passenger side to hold back the low tendrils of an overhanging jasmine vine so she could slide easily into the seat . |
| 10 | It will now be clear why you can sometimes find so many different fossil gastropod shells together in a single fossil deposit . |
| 11 | Pulling a face , she clamped her lips together in a comical display of acceptance , although she was beginning to wonder if she actually wanted to know . |
| 12 | Suffocated and uninspired by their hometown , Shake shook themselves up , hopped over to London , grabbed themselves a new moniker and , like , got their heads together in a chaotic kinda way . |
| 13 | But by and large rugby has much to be proud of as a vehicle for bringing nations together in a sporting brotherhood when political barriers threaten to keep them apart . |
| 14 | We are up on The Tummel to-day in a Golden Haze of Perthshire sunshine & scenery … no salmon but lovely views ! |
| 15 | She put her card away in a safe place — then could n't remember where . |
| 16 | In the first division , Sunderland took a thirty ninth minute lead at home to Nottingham Forest ; Gabbiadini the scorer , and Gabbiadini 's first goal in three months was enough to send the Roker fans away in a happy mood to celebrate their third successive home win . |
| 17 | Below is an example from French , where separate drills of each tense ( already individually mastered ) would be placed side by side preferably in a meaningful frame and drilled across . |
| 18 | Usually after one or two turns these gliders will unstall themselves and build up speed rapidly in a spiralling dive . |
| 19 | " They 're always like that , gassing their heads off in a public shop . |
| 20 | At time it feels like a matter of survival against the elements , keeping your boat upright in a strong breeze . |
| 21 | ‘ An ’ then he prosecutes us for cuttin' animals up in a public place , ’ Jake went on . |
| 22 | As your journey takes you into the lush splendour of the Dee Valley , one landmark in particular stands out in a dazzling blaze of colour . |
| 23 | MARINATED SHOULDER OF LAMB STUFFED WITH LEEKS AND CHICKEN LIVERS , WITH GREEN AND RED SAUCE 4–4½lb/1.8–2kg shoulder of lamb , boned but not rolled juice of one lemon 2 tbsp sherry vinegar 3 tbsp olive oil 8oz/225g chicken livers 3 medium leeks 2oz/50g fresh breadcrumbs 2 tsp pink peppercorns 1 medium egg black pepper For the sauce 1 small red pepper 4oz/100g spinach good handful fresh mint 2 tsp cumin seeds ½ pint/300ml double cream 1 tbsp sherry vinegar salt , black pepper The night before , lay the boned lamb flesh side upwards in a large shallow dish or roasting pan . |
| 24 | MARINATED SHOULDER OF LAMB STUFFED WITH LEEKS AND CHICKEN LIVERS , WITH GREEN AND RED SAUCE 4–4½lb/1.8–2kg shoulder of lamb , boned but not rolled juice of one lemon 2 tbsp sherry vinegar 3 tbsp olive oil 8oz/225g chicken livers 3 medium leeks 2oz/50g fresh breadcrumbs 2 tsp pink peppercorns 1 medium egg black pepper For the sauce 1 small red pepper 4oz/100g spinach good handful fresh mint 2 tsp cumin seeds ½ pint/300ml double cream 1 tbsp sherry vinegar salt , black pepper The night before , lay the boned lamb flesh side upwards in a large shallow dish or roasting pan . |
| 25 | An almost remarkable achievement , even though you feel as though you 've been in their bedroom before in a different life . |
| 26 | She set all the animals out in a long line , headed by the lions ; a circus parade carved from wood and delicately coloured . |
| 27 | High market growth , if taken to be an indicator of an early stage in a life-cycle ( or a break-point upwards in a revitalized mature-stage life-cycle ; see Gilbert and Strebel , 1988 ) , coupled with high market share should lead to high ROI if the appropriate investment is undertaken . |
| 28 | The killings took place six months ago in a busy car park . |
| 29 | Aid today in a similar proportion to American exports would amount to some $130billion , an unimaginably large figure . |
| 30 | There is a host of community-related rural organisations in Scotland , many of which are purely social , or purely functional , some of which have broad ( non-party ) political aims , ( very few it seems make any attempt at all to combine social and political aspects even in a semi-structured way ) , but there has been little attempt to make learning connections between the assortment of community groups . |