Example sentences of "[verb] and [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | before it stopped and then of course I slept like a bloody log until about twenty past seven |
| 2 | The rural population today is better housed , better educated and generally in receipt of a higher standard of living than at any time in the past . |
| 3 | The requisite energy-related technologies are either already available or demonstrated and close to commercialization " . |
| 4 | To choose one of many examples , I can point to the case of Nottingham-born Herol Graham , whose parents came from Jamaica and gave him no support in his sporting endeavours , at first in sprinting and then in boxing where he made his mark as a light-middleweight . |
| 5 | All the functions for children were well attended and much in demand . |
| 6 | In practice this investigation would normally take place before an offer was made and certainly before exchange of contracts . |
| 7 | In part this was a reflection of the great strain on small financial resources which building , maintaining and perhaps in time enlarging workhouses imposed , but it also reflected the greater difficulty in an effective and controlled administration of out-relief in the more anonymous and densely populated towns . |
| 8 | This argument , which is based on grounds of natural justice and procedural fairness , is resisted by counsel for the Secretary of State , partly because the statutory structure does not require that the information should be given and partly in reliance on the decision of this court in Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 . |
| 9 | The designs were by Hanns Ebensten , his last collaboration with John , because he gave up his ambitions to make a career in stage design after he had visited the homes of two other ballet designers , both highly regarded and much in demand , but both living in very modest circumstances . |
| 10 | " The curriculum has been completely revised and especially in English has been brought up to date . |
| 11 | This was so in Bedfordshire , for example : in 1952 the District Council carried a motion deploring ‘ the withdrawal of the services of a full-time officer of the WEA from Bedfordshire when so large a proportion of branches in the area are so recently formed and still in need of assistance and encouragement that only a full-time organiser or tutor-organiser can give ’ . |
| 12 | While magazines celebrate the return of hollywood glamour , with glossy pages dedicated to the super model who is immaculately coiffed and beautifully in control , you may feel your hair would be more suited to a bit part in a disaster movie ! |
| 13 | He do n't mind and well down town in n it ? |
| 14 | There 's no job in the industry I covet above my own , but I dearly wish I could spend more time designing and less on paperwork . |
| 15 | In contrast , Sargent 's film is more of a dramatised documentary , well acted and well above average for an American television movie . |
| 16 | The newcomers will have to learn that political advertising is less about selling and more about persuasion . |
| 17 | Parliamentary discussions are not meant to reveal a general will which already exists and then to enshrine it in law , but instead to reflect the conflicts within society and to constitute opinion and judgement as a result of proposal and counterproposal , on information and the asking of questions . |
| 18 | This bitch was to take Best Bitch and Best of Breed at the 1980 Nationals . |
| 19 | There is little to distinguish between the Italian character dance and its demi - caractère form save only that heeled shoes are worn and thus from time to time take on a slightly Spanish flavour , the only difference perhaps being the more fluid way of phrasing and less rigidly accurate timing of the steps . |
| 20 | And so we still see separate departmental systems growing up and central I S groups not necessarily well integrated and well in control of this new generation of client server systems . |
| 21 | Windsfield straight into New Invention and every Wednesday night , first it was the cows that would come and then the sheep and they 'd got to walk to the abattoir at Bloxwich , and erm sometimes the cows were so heavy with milk that er a lot of people in New Invention had free milk and then if the , if the sheep would be here there and everywhere you know and then with mother living where there was an entry dividing four houses er and a well straight at the top , and a. a big old-fashioned er tap for the cold water , there were n't any taps laid in kitchen in er what are the outhouses it was a communal tap erm sometimes the sheep would get out of hand and they 'd run up the entry hall and all round mother 's yard and then the cows would go around , but er it , it to me I felt sorry about it , because especially in the summer er erm the poor things were so hot and to walk all those miles , now they 're carried are n't they and they used to every Wednesday every Wednesday of the year the drivers would er the men must have been absolutely tired out , well although they 'd be used to it would n't they , but it was miles to walk from Wolverhampton the cattle market to Blox straight to Bloxwich and er that was another event that erm it , we , it , we used to have . |
| 22 | And the sea hitting it there and cutting out you know and then of course when the sea went off you established communication again . |
| 23 | His only chance of escape from that prospect is by opting to give and then in fact giving a replacement specimen of whichever kind the constable requires of him , subject only to his right to object to giving blood on medical grounds , and , if they are accepted by the doctor , then to give urine instead . |
| 24 | So that 's they way I started and then of course , when the war came in nineteen thirty nine is n't it ? |
| 25 | Oh at any rate , he they started rebidding and then of course it went and went and it fell and then this Mr gave up and whoever the other one was , Do n't remember who he was . |
| 26 | Benedict , a Californian now based in Hertford , has given the 405 low-volume side-tanks to make the boat less likely to invert and easier to right . |
| 27 | Set an example by requiring all engineers entering and already in government service to follow best practice in risk management , and in it role as a customer , to require suppliers to follow best practice . |
| 28 | Holiday brochures go to press before flying programmes are finalised and well in advance of the international scheduling committee meetings which allocate ‘ slots ’ to airlines . |
| 29 | Whether I play ( at Beckenham ) or not will depend how my foot feels and also on practice possibilities , ’ he said . |
| 30 | And there she was , a bit dented and definitely in need of a coat of paint , a Peterhead prawn fishing boat , nudging her way into the topmost lock . |