Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Quakers , for example , dispensed with a professional ministry altogether and held completely unstructured meetings , at which both male and female members of the congregation could testify as and when the spirit moved them ; they also developed their own simple marriage and burial services . |
| 2 | Kaas stretched his right foot out and prodded Adam 's thigh with it , grinning as he did so . |
| 3 | Then there is another point that I have just touched upon : if sin degrades and hardens us , then this will affect our emotional response anyway and make it even harder for the cross to be effective in inspiring us to change our way of living . |
| 4 | She caressed Finn 's tumbled hair lightly and put her cheek against Francie 's lapel . |
| 5 | Turn the cover right side out and insert the cushion pad . |
| 6 | But the situation was now so critical , and the time for restoring confidence so short , that , very reluctantly , I agreed that each Party must sink its political programme temporarily and combine to pursue an economic policy to save the nation from bankruptcy . |
| 7 | In general , empiricism is based on direct experience only and ignores statements based on anything other than experience . |
| 8 | In insert mode , typing into an existing block of text pushes the old text aside and adds to it . |
| 9 | But his face was drawn , the bronzed skin tight and flushed across his cheekbones as he struggled to control the powerful emotions that gripped him . |
| 10 | As it sped away , he swung the mounted machinegun around and took aim . |
| 11 | I 've got to phone the Inland Revenue tomorrow and ask them what the maximum |
| 12 | ‘ We can take the old sole off and replace it without changing the shape of the shoe or damaging the structure . |
| 13 | These concentrations always present a clear decrease however and seem to contradict the apparent lack of a mutant phenotype . |
| 14 | HERE 'S another smashing cut out and keep picture to add to your great Nigel Mansell Formula One World Champion wallchart . |
| 15 | It is , if it is wrong hold down and press C. |
| 16 | 8 Turn the stuffed turkey over and tie with string into a neat shape . |
| 17 | The modular system helps to make adjustments to unplanned contraction easier and makes staff work-loads more even . |
| 18 | He himself was satisfied with Matthew 's apology , and wanted the unpleasant business over and done with ; but the thought of Beth waiting outside the door made him unusually bold . |
| 19 | This human willingness to lay the blame for harsh and unhappy conditions of life upon some identifiable enemy , without pursuing with sufficient persistence , evidence to support the action , has frequently become a powerful tool in the hands of people in positions of power who , mindful of their own shortcomings or wrongful behaviour , direct attention elsewhere and turn wrath upon innocent people , adding still further to human dissension . |
| 20 | I got very drunk , boarded the wrong tube home and ended up at Heathrow at one in the morning . |
| 21 | And they 've taken the free kick quickly and tried to take full advantage of the situation and the referee has said you ca n't do that . |
| 22 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 23 | Georgia , who 'd planned to keep her 40-year-old head down and let the day pass unmarked , felt quite differently when it dawned . |
| 24 | A special set of glassware should be designated for media preparation , rinsed and soaked in double-distilled water immediately after use , washed in double-distilled water only and dried in a hot oven . |
| 25 | She helped the old woman up and led her across the room . |
| 26 | John Simon found Dustin ‘ always endearing with that sour-grapefruit face and voice of his , both of which , paradoxically , ooze the juice of human kindness ’ , while David Thomson thought that Dustin ‘ was near his best , managing old age easily and riding the picaresque adventures of a put-upon outcast all the better because of his own denial of starriness . |
| 27 | The RC15K row counter is not included with the electronic KnitRadar either and has to be bought separately . |
| 28 | Channel 4 says the show recognises its audience may already have left sexual theory behind and moved on to the practical side of the subject . |
| 29 | Keep the top leg straight and point the foot . |
| 30 | Extend the top leg forwards and stretch it forwards and back 20 times , moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) each time . |