Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Fix around the rocket with royal icing : one at the base , one half way up the main part of the body , and one at the very top .
2 All my notions — notions of good or evil , of pleasant and unpleasant , of funny and serious , of ugly and beautiful are essentially middle class notions ; my taste in books and food and clothes , my sense of honour , my table manners , my turns of speech , my accent , even the characteristic movements of my body , are the products of a special kind of upbringing and a special niche half way up the social hierarchy … to get outside the class racket I have got to suppress not merely my private snobbishness , but most of my other tastes and prejudices as well .
3 He slipped through the open toilet door and saw Lee standing half way down the long , flagged passage .
4 Demirel maintained that " when putting this fire out the important thing is to approach the regional people with sympathy and affection " .
5 Adams set off an a solo run down the left reminiscent of his days at Leeds , and in the end Southampton 's adventure was rewarded leaving Ipswich with nothing to show for an entertaining afternoon 's work .
6 The tool can only be turned on by pushing a lock-off switch on the rear handle with the thumb , whilst depressing the two triggers on the front and rear handles .
7 In fantasy land if we ever have to replace our systems we can of course simple switch off the old one and switch on the new one .
8 Many a time they had drunk thus together , as boys , as youths , as men , and come out under the same starlit sky to walk beside each other up the familiar High Street where every house was a landmark and every face part of a shared history .
9 Our personalities are different , and we rub each other up the wrong way almost immediately .
10 Killion saw the SE5a topple and fall over , but he was too busy fighting off the circling scouts to see if Dangerfield crashed .
11 Yeah , I 'd have to try and er see if I 've got any of those bills anywhere , I know that that book 's upstairs cos erm , we did that cupboard out the other day and I found all the photographs all our old photographs in a box , but the box had fallen to bits , so
12 A strange wild land out the other side of mockery , even of irresponsibility , indeed beyond all attitude and judgment .
13 She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it .
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