Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they crept slowly forward over the plain his eyes searched for those tiny villages made of mud with their bamboo groves and their ponds ; and though the plain was perfectly flat the villages were somehow hidden in its folds , blending with it . |
| 2 | Again and again he swiped at Chloe , but she remained convinced that this was a game and every time her friend approached she darted away and went to sit somewhere else in the clearing , her tail brushing the ground frantically . |
| 3 | The legislation was resented bitterly enough by the Netherlands to lead to a war in which the English Republic was able to assert itself against the Dutch Republic . |
| 4 | At dinner the undergraduate in his second year got on well with the ex-prime minister , which is a mark up to both sides . |
| 5 | Ex-US Army paramedic Matthew Brafman , 33 , had ‘ a reasonable bedside manner ’ and got on well with the patients at the geriatric hospital where he worked . |
| 6 | He liked what he saw of the school and got on well with the Chairman of the Governors , a fellow classicist . |
| 7 | Both Rachel and Nina got on well with the men , who in turn liked and respected the nursing team , and usually there was an easy-going air of camaraderie in the centre . |
| 8 | And I enjoyed it , it was quite good , I got on well with the staff . |
| 9 | I got on well with the teachers there before I went to Bridge Road . |
| 10 | He trusts me , we got on well in the old days . |
| 11 | We got on well from the moment we met and we still see each other from time to time , and talk for hours about the good old days . |
| 12 | It arose most acutely in the United States which welcomed immigrants but also put pressure on them to turn themselves into English-speaking American citizens as soon as possible , since any rational citizen would wish to be an American . |
| 13 | Rates have fallen most sharply in the South East , where the going rate now averages £3.80 a week , £1.40 less than last year . |
| 14 | Signed to a major label , The Wedding Present sit rather awkwardly on the edge of acceptance into mainstream pop . |
| 15 | Ralph sat in the driving seat of his car , inching slowly forward with the snaking traffic jam stretching along the road . |
| 16 | Lucker is having none of my gung-ho enthusiasm and drives on regardless to the end of the peninsula . |
| 17 | Something else I 've left hanging rather dangerously in the air is another and rather different hint , and because of the close correspondence of their careers , the milestones along their way , Stephen Daedalus is merely another name for James Joyce , so that the portrait itself would be a blow by blow account of its author 's story so far , with the relevant identities politely concealed under pseudonyms . |
| 18 | She left the Tyne yesterday for six days of sea trials and ‘ our worry is that it will not come back to the river but will be completed somewhere else in the UK ’ , he said . |
| 19 | Many thatched cottages were built on the brow of a hill overlooking the sea ; and a large potato-field , divided into elongated sections , gave ample scope for many Lewis families to prove that union is strength , for they were busily engaged lifting the crop : each family group was complete in itself ; those who had the most children got most quickly over the ground : many hands make light work , and young backs bend easily . |
| 20 | The broad gauge lived on only in the Paddington to Penzance expresses , corresponding goods trains and services on feeder lines . |
| 21 | Nisbet , with his first goal of the season , ultimately revived Rangers ' European ambitions and no matter how fortuitous his strike was , it may yet turn out to be of inestimable value to an Ibrox team who clung on bravely in the closing stages . |
| 22 | A few crofting families clung on there until the 19th century but the island is now uninhabited . |
| 23 | Mrs Roberts , indeed , who felt completely disoriented , clung on absurdly to the reality of Martin Parr . |
| 24 | It holds regular ministerial meetings to co-ordinate different aspects of policy amongst the Gulf States , including most controversially in the defence and security fields . |
| 25 | Since 1925 , it is true , gas has been used in some conflicts , including most recently in the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 26 | The exceptions , which have some form of developed street network , a more diverse range of buildings and perhaps even a central core , clearly stand out from the pack on current evidence , and they can thus be seen to compare most favourably with the urban patterns recognizable within the major towns and cities of the province . |
| 27 | The triumph of Atlanticism , however , became clear only towards the end of the 1940s , driven by necessity and the absence of more appealing alternatives . |
| 28 | Moral indignation sits rather uneasily on the hon. Gentleman 's shoulders , particularly on this matter . |
| 29 | A Victorian public building on a grand scale , even if the French top of the tower sits rather oddly on the rest of the classical design . |
| 30 | We see action in one area not as self-contained or hermetically sealed , but as spilling over to affect and be affected by what goes on elsewhere under the same roof . |