Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] and [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted them to ste start doing a self assessment on the child about their strengths and weaknesses leading o , into the I A P right and coming through with that what they would like to achieve in where they 'd like to go two years hence . |
| 2 | Alone in the kitchen , she towelled her hair dry and stripped off her wet jeans and socks , draping them on the rack of the Aga with her jacket . |
| 3 | Despite warnings of impenetrable ice , the crew of Knox-Johnston 's boat , the Suhaili , found the fjord clear and continued up the more problematic Watkins Fjord , dodging icebergs to reach the starting point for the climbing section of the expedition . |
| 4 | She tucked in her brown silk blouse , tossed her red hair free and strode off towards the editor 's office , Mitch behind her admiring her slender figure and keeping his thoughts strictly to himself . |
| 5 | Maggie comes into the pub , her hair wet and pulled back from her face . |
| 6 | I cradled the gun in my arms and set off at Emergency Speed , hurtling down the path back to the island at maximum , trusting to luck and adrenalin that I would n't put a foot wrong and end up lying gasping in the grass with a multiple fracture of the femur . |
| 7 | On these rested the employers ' capacity to break any strike , while the union 's strength lay in its capacity to " picket out " the vessels and shipping offices concerned and to dry up the supply of blacklegs by intercepting the trains on which they arrived and by organizing the ports from which they had been recruited . |
| 8 | She opened her blue eyes wide and smiled back at him , the curve of her mouth imitating his . |
| 9 | They had both animals ready and saddled up in half an hour , which was as well , because five minutes later , on the stroke of half past seven , Lord Deverill himself arrived , accompanied by four couples of hounds . |
| 10 | A tragically burly insect eight feet tall and made out of rust . |
| 11 | Bourne coloured and turned up the report . |
| 12 | People laughing and cheering and waving flags , riding on any available vehicle , twenty people draped over a taxi , bus bonnets crowded with people and thousands of happy pedestrians — every window open and crowded out with waving enthusiasts — and I saw no tears , no inkling of what was to come all over again . |
| 13 | The 36-year-old American is unlikely ever again to have such a good chance to lift a 10th title , with Monica Seles absent and Graf out of the way until at least the final . |
| 14 | Skinner , who ticked me off yesterday for suggesting his vote had fallen , is off after 14 years , leaving my colleagues on the Sun distraught and casting around for a new NEC contact . |
| 15 | ‘ He looked a bit scruffy and trudged about . |
| 16 | John stood 6ft tall and weighed in at 13½ stone , so he was ideally equipped for his onerous responsibilities although , like many big men , he was a quiet and serious fellow — a Sunday School teacher who frequently declined to play on Good Fridays or Christmas Day . |
| 17 | There is no reason at all to suppose that the policies of these states would have been more intelligent or less influenced by fear and ambition if they had been decided by parliaments elected on the widest and fairest franchise possible and carried out by diplomatic services freed from social distinctions . |
| 18 | Potential staff have to be at least 18 years old and qualified up to GCSE level , including maths and English . |
| 19 | Did you know it 's a replica of one of the charms said to be over a thousand years old and dug up on the island of Bornholm ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Come on ; do n't just lie there , ’ Andy said matter-of-factly , leaving his cock alone and lying back in the grass , putting his arm behind his head and staring up at the sky . |
| 21 | Some people carry a ten dollar bill , to keep the potential mugger happy and stave off an angry attack . |
| 22 | She forced her body wide and pressed up the length of him . |
| 23 | Later on , his mother hoped , when William married and set up a household in his turn , he would make it like the royal one , a model of harmonious order . |
| 24 | 1 sliced white loaf ( day old and kept out of its wrapping ) |
| 25 | He walked all over Lyne picking up blocks of red sandstone ashlar and pointing out the old grooves and cramp-holes . |
| 26 | Promoting collective planning and decision making to devise an overall protection plan for the child , which integrates the work of the agencies concerned and divides up tasks in an economic and functional manner . |
| 27 | When Napoleon offered to sign the treaty of Tolentino in 1797 , but demanded several million lire to be paid in diamonds and treasure in return , the reigning pontiff was driven to having his tiaras unpicked and handing over among other stones the fabulous emerald collected by Julius II . |
| 28 | If you are rounding without any boards near you , you should aim to approach the mark wide and come out close , this tactic is known as in wide-out close . |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't say it was a regular break-in , thief surprised and shoots out of panic . |
| 30 | She was pretty and crisply dark , her hair short and curling round a pointed face . |