Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the dance Maggie thanked him and beat a hasty retreat back to Natasha . |
| 2 | The sooner she beat a hasty retreat back to Valletta and Kalkara , and ultimately to the even safer distance of London , England , the better for everyone … |
| 3 | Blake agreed with his companion , and beat a hasty retreat back to the hole in time . |
| 4 | As a teenager , Souness trained with Celtic and was waiting with a friend to catch a late bus home . |
| 5 | Taking a long-distance call still causes a certain turbulence here . |
| 6 | Can only assume this was designed a long time ago , say roughly 1983 ; surely even Peter Snow must now realise that a Labour landslide is rather more likely than a Tory one . |
| 7 | The company is currently raising a million dollars in seed financing from private sources and will seek a final $8m round , perhaps in part from key OEMs . |
| 8 | The company is currently raising $1m in seed financing from private sources and will seek a final $8m round , perhaps in part from key OEM customers . |
| 9 | Of the two Opens Sandy never looked like winning until the end ; Seve had it won a long way away . |
| 10 | Well backed after catching the eye previously , he strolled home by 12 lengths , having his race won a long way out . |
| 11 | Anyway Leicester have won a free kick midway inside the Forest half . |
| 12 | BELOW You can develop the sit and stay routine with the dog off the leash , walking a considerable distance away before calling the dog to you . |
| 13 | In Edinburgh at the time , there were various schools which might come under this heading , including the Merchant Company schools which provided a good education originally for children of humble backgrounds , but increasingly for middle-class children . |
| 14 | Given that the re-editing of the film reduced the number of title cards from 300 to 80 , it is reasonable to assume that Woolf 's intervention considerably improved the film , and that Woolf 's commercial experience provided a valuable lesson both for Hitchcock and Balcon . |
| 15 | 1.43 It was said in Coenen v Payne [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 984 ( which was a defendant 's application for a split trial ) that such a trial will be ordered whenever it is just and convenient , and not only in difficult and unusual cases , and in Ashworth v Berkeley Walbrood ( 1984 ) The Times , 13 July that the court can be asked to try a preliminary issue whenever there is a real probability that the effect will be to save time and expense and simplify the issues , which need not be limited to questions of law . |
| 16 | I like to try a different pace very year to see what it 's like . |
| 17 | For example , launching a new perfume worldwide now costs an extravagant $50m . |
| 18 | His novels , though , suggest a mental movement not unlike Vergil 's thought to the effect that bees are working animals and do n't retire and spend their sunset years playing golf : . |
| 19 | Several teacher 's books suggest a final move away from the situation portrayed on the video to other , similar situations . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , Eadwine 's overtures to Eadbald for the hand of his sister Aethelburh ( HE 11 , 9 ) suggest a northern ruler already prestigious in his own right . |
| 21 | The examples given suggest a flexible scheme whereby criterion statements might be amended in the light of pupils ' difficulties and the identified difficulty factors might provide foci for teaching . |
| 22 | We shall know a great deal more about such matters in two or three years ' time , if money can be raised to commission an end-of-the-century version of The Architect and his Office . |
| 23 | Well , at least one good thing would come out of this trip , she decided philosophically — she would know a great deal more about Denmark 's capital city by the time she returned to England . |
| 24 | Heather cast a quick glance back over her shoulder as she climbed over , but the tramp had not followed them . |
| 25 | Workmen alerted police after noticing a red car apparently abandoned in the quarry on the Horseshoe Pass between Llangollen and Ruthin . |
| 26 | It would need a major rethink both on operational employment and training . |
| 27 | I was beginning to get fed up with men and their tantrums but I do need a strong arm about , I 'm no good with a battleaxe like Boudicca . |
| 28 | ‘ Forgive me , Chieh Hsia , ’ he had said , ‘ but you will need a new general now . ’ |
| 29 | do we need a small towel actually in the overnight bag ? |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll need a considerable sum yet to complete this project . |