Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nabiyev completed a two-day visit to Iran on June 30 and went on to Pakistan , returning to Tajikistan on July 4 . |
| 2 | ‘ Obviously , as a Liverpool fan , you have to be worried but I 'm perfectly hopeful that we 'll get through this and come back as the force that we always have been . ’ |
| 3 | On Siporax , it is claimed , the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job . |
| 4 | I did n't hear that either , do n't expect to get dressed like this and get out in it ? |
| 5 | And I started another one and I said no I wo n't be able to this and got back to the other one and did the other one . . |
| 6 | If you are one of these people , I suggest that you stop reading this and move on to the next chapter . |
| 7 | Creggan did not like this and flew back to the first tree . |
| 8 | We make the most of this and scoot off to the hospital . |
| 9 | The works , in whatever medium , must be self-sufficient and stand up for themselves . |
| 10 | Starting with research on small towns in the mid-1930s and moving on to larger cities in the next decade , successive community studies analysed political processes as one aspect of the social life of the locality , and concluded that only a handful of people were influential in setting major decisions ( the Lynds , 1937 ; Warner , 1943 ) . |
| 11 | As we receded from the mainland we ever sighted new mountain ranges : we saw them growing fainter and dipping out of our sight ; to the southward the Skye hills lent a charm , and the Isle of Lewis loomed bigger and broader , till we steamed alongside of the pier and were landed ‘ mid the curing of a fine catch of herring taken during the night . |
| 12 | He vehemently dislikes smoking and while they were together she stopped smoking and cut down on drinking . |
| 13 | Stop smoking and cut down on sugary snacks . |
| 14 | The windscreen in front of the ‘ cabin' looks just like glass , but is in fact edible and made out of melted glacier mint — a clever and original idea you could adapt for other cakes , for example for windows . |
| 15 | Some were sudden and burst out in a blaze , some were gradual and soundless and floated about in bits like tinsel blown and scattered , extinguishing one neither knew nor cared where . |
| 16 | Eye colours should be rich and dark with lips outlined in soft brown and filled in with nearly nude shades of coffee and cream . |
| 17 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 18 | His hair was dark brown and slicked back with Brylcreem . |
| 19 | The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl . |
| 20 | " I do dislike them when all the petals turn brown and flap about in that untidy way . " |
| 21 | You know , telling us everything about the Tories , what they 've done wrong and to go on from that , not telling us anything about how you 're gon na put it right . |
| 22 | Another is that some guesses were quickly proved to have been wrong and ended up in bankruptcy . |
| 23 | Bend these legs in half and secure on to the frog behind the front limbs . |
| 24 | When I had finished , her abdomen was lifted high and nipped in like a wasp-waisted Victorian lady of fashion . |
| 25 | It actually belongs to her husband , John , who was orphaned at 12 and brought up by his aunt and uncle , Vin and Doris Miller , at Norton . |
| 26 | Alison recounted : ‘ I started off at Stirling when I was seven , played until I was 12 and helped out with coaching for a year after that . |
| 27 | Margaret herself was dressed in a tight-fitting , damson-coloured gown which emphasised her full , rounded figure whilst her golden hair was unbraided and hung down to her shoulders . |
| 28 | 1 sliced white loaf ( day old and kept out of its wrapping ) |
| 29 | Potential staff have to be at least 18 years old and qualified up to GCSE level , including maths and English . |
| 30 | Did you know it 's a replica of one of the charms said to be over a thousand years old and dug up on the island of Bornholm ? ’ |