Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb base] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would rather be free and live in a mess . |
| 2 | For the remaining junctions the transitions will be staggered and result in a B II phosphate facing a B I phosphate . |
| 3 | On that day , various poptastic things happened all over the world , all to convince you that AIDS is a terrible thing , that safe sex does n't mean no sex and that we must all love one another and usher in a new era of positivity etc etc . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'm still very English and get in a terrible state if I 'm late for an appointment . |
| 5 | Rehearsals went on as usual every morning but in order to disturb the other passengers as little as possible , they had to get up very early and work in a screened-off area . |
| 6 | Civil servants are non-political , anonymous , discreet and specialize in a particular sphere of public business . |
| 7 | There was a real fear that an amendment which satisfied developers would seriously weaken or even wreck the planning machine ; the scheme was part of a complex of planning controls which might easily be upset and result in a return to the very problems which the 1947 Act was designed to solve . |
| 8 | You can either be very timid and start in a small way , building it up gradually and expecting to make a profit in the first year . |
| 9 | His proud boast is that ‘ the same principles which at first lead to scepticism , pursued to a certain point , bring men back to common sense ’ , and that rather than being a purveyor of wild and new paradoxes , he has ‘ unite[d] and place[d] in a clearer light that truth , which was before shared between the vulgar and the philosophers ’ . |
| 10 | Wipe dry and place in a warm oven for a few minutes to remove any remaining moisture . |
| 11 | The juices are sold in packs of three and come in a choice of apple and banana , grape and orange , and apple and blackcurrant flavours . |
| 12 | Like lots of other music mad teeangers Sam , Jim and Ben Turner get together after school , and dream that one day they 'll be famous and play in a rock band . |
| 13 | Indeed , the basic British attitude had been summed up admirably by Churchill himself many years earlier when he wrote , in an American periodical in 1930 , ‘ We see nothing but good and hope in a richer , freer , more contented European commonalty . |
| 14 | You have to be black and live in a place like Deptford : then it sounds believable . |
| 15 | I order a vodka and orange and sit in a corner beneath peeling mauve and silver flock wallpaper . |
| 16 | If so , you 'll have to spend more and invest in a Flare or a Roller , which would be our second-stage recommendation . |
| 17 | Influential opinion leaders , notably , are better informed , better read , they listen more , watch more and move in a number of different circles of friends . |
| 18 | She can keep cool and smile in a superior , inscrutable sort of a way . |
| 19 | Then Miguel Rafaelo appeared among them , dressed in a grey morning suit , a white carnation in his buttonhole , and it was Shelley 's turn to turn pale and draw in a gasp of air as though afraid she might faint . |
| 20 | The young doctor looked like a young doctor in , say , Young Doctors , lean and fit in a striped shirt and tie , yuppie-style , with dark curly hair and a tan . |
| 21 | As the fish swims the tail lobes open and close in a slight scissor action . |