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 | A BOOZY taxi driver drove 14 miles the WRONG WAY down a dual carriageway at night . |
| 4 | The car was eventually stopped after driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Lay it on top of the potted peat down a little bit . |
| 14 | His later published account describes bad food , hard work over a fourteen-hour day , beatings and injury from unguarded machinery . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | These findings are in line with those of smaller polls which have shown Labour opening up a small lead on the Conservatives . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | So we lost , but went down fighting , and had a good night out an all . |
| 19 | It is no good signing up a new member and then losing two others . |
| 20 | The snow improved as the slope steepened and I made good time up the 100 metres to the ridge top and along to the ‘ summit ’ . |
| 21 | That will bring the eventual budget down a fine tune particularly with regard to er recommendations of the housing committee with regard er to the erm which clearly there will be some people . |
| 22 | Killion saw the SE5a topple and fall over , but he was too busy fighting off the circling scouts to see if Dangerfield crashed . |
| 23 | We had made an early start that morning and after a long stiff climb up a bare hillside entered a forest of wild olives and massive juniper trees resembling cedars , many of them festooned with lichen . |
| 24 | There 's a Bruckner CD video where at one point the conductor is filmed doing absolutely nothing , whilst the orchestra is busy starting up a new paragraph of the music . |
| 25 | The BAA intends that a qualification scheme will soon be in place , with a graded multi-tier system of certificates available , from Assistant Supervisor ( where one is merely allowed to assist with abseiling a small group down a short drop ) through the Abseil Instructor and Abseil Coach . |
| 26 | After a further mis-hit McDoughall 's third attempt proved successful opening up a 3–0 lead on ten minutes . |
| 27 | There followed a day of more mixed climbing and some grade V rock , and then , after a second bivouac , a tiring slog up a huge hanging glacier and an endless snow arête . |
| 28 | You may even push your critical steepness up a few degrees ! |
| 29 | From here the last leg is a simple but muscle-tearing walk up a large boulder field to the summit of Ben Nevis . |
| 30 | It was a new route up a beautiful unclimbed peak , the west summit of Shivling . |