Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A steep scramble down an ivy-covered slope leads one into a place of great natural beauty alive with the earth spirit force . |
| 2 | This descends alongside the ridge wall over High Pike and Low Pike and then diverges due south in a direct line down a steep slope to Bruntscar . |
| 3 | To all who 've been involved in setting this thing up a big thanks . |
| 4 | Obispal spotted a lone purestrain Stealer lurking some way down a dismal arcade lined by shuttered clothing stores . |
| 5 | A BOOZY taxi driver drove 14 miles the WRONG WAY down a dual carriageway at night . |
| 6 | The car was eventually stopped after driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway . |
| 7 | The history class working in a structure of earth-coloured sticks tucked half way up a steep slope . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He slipped through the open toilet door and saw Lee standing half way down the long , flagged passage . |
| 11 | The drainage dyke was probably half way down the 1000 metres I had expected and I have easily , in the past , landed the aircraft inside 400 metres . |
| 12 | This time the protagonist is the Slovanian , Slavks Sveticic , and his route a direct way up a grey rocky pillar on the Croz Spur of the Grandes Jorasses . |
| 13 | Demirel maintained that " when putting this fire out the important thing is to approach the regional people with sympathy and affection " . |
| 14 | We climbed far enough to find some specimens of the Mount Cook lily ( which is n't a lily at all , but a giant buttercup found only at altitude in this part of the South Island ) , and while the others rested I went across to investigate a steep track up a snow-filled gully . |
| 15 | okay , right let's define this task up a little bit |
| 16 | At intervals , Fusil flagged away each quintet up an innocuous-looking farm track . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Therefore , the fourth way to underline effectiveness is to slide forwards slightly on the front foot , drawing the rear foot up an equal distance if there is a danger that otherwise the stance will stretch out . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | We did 0–60mph in 5secs in the Rocket … drove a Volvo we loved … lived with a Ferrari for a month … built our own Caterham 7 … took a Lamborghini Diablo down a German autobahn at 201.4mph — and test the new Ford Escort , and liked it . |
| 22 | Arrangements are being made , we are informed , for those of us who , oddly enough , prefer to have our correspondence marked with its specific place of origin , to deposit our post in a wee box up a close or in a back street away from the main mail collection points . |
| 23 | Lay it on top of the potted peat down a little bit . |
| 24 | His later published account describes bad food , hard work over a fourteen-hour day , beatings and injury from unguarded machinery . |
| 25 | The Roaches Valkyrie is one of the longest routes in the area , finding a sneaky way up a superb buttress with engrossing climbing , good protection and exemplary rock . |
| 26 | These findings are in line with those of smaller polls which have shown Labour opening up a small lead on the Conservatives . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Our personalities are different , and we rub each other up the wrong way almost immediately . |
| 29 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 30 | So we lost , but went down fighting , and had a good night out an all . |