Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preparations were incubated with the primary antibody for 60 minutes , rinsed in Tris buffered saline and then incubated with the secondary antibody ( mouse anti-rabbit , diluted in Tris buffered saline/normal human serum ) for 30 minutes . |
| 2 | Because of this ritual we wondered if Madame was privy to his secret , if she knew the story , if she sat by him because she knew that O 's great self-possession and his quietness were in fact the signs of a pain which had to be kept hidden , a pain which stayed fresh and so had to be controlled every hour of the night . |
| 3 | The BCS does lots of other good things , like sitting on 31 standards committees , working with 15 European computer societies to harmonise professional qualifications for the single market , accrediting computer science courses to make them less theoretical and more oriented towards projects , maintaining a register of expert witnesses , setting up ad hoc specialist groups very quickly on new areas like expert systems , natural language translation and parallel processing , and helping the disabled . |
| 4 | The surrounding volcanic cones are gently sloping with few gullies to the south , but increasingly steep and heavily gullied towards the north . |
| 5 | The up-stream side becomes steep and heavily plastered with mud to make it water-tight . |
| 6 | Therefore , if the origin of the phenomenon is as recent as the late eighteenth century , it is difficult to explain how it could have become so geographically widespread in so short a time : it was already highly salient and overtly stigmatized by the latter half of the nineteenth century ( for some citations see Phillipps , 1984 , 136–9 ) . |
| 7 | He had tried to remain calm but still seethed with fury at Maude 's continued intransigence in the face of his pleadings and questions : her only answer would be to bite her lip , shake her head and turn away in floods of tears . |
| 8 | Reports about light aircraft landing accidents often say that the aircraft bounced or ballooned , pitched nose-down and then flew into the runway in a series of worsening crashes , smashing the nose gear and engine . |
| 9 | In these scenes an unknown actress , impersonating Harlow 's voice , speaks the lines with her back to the camera or with her face hidden by a wide-brimmed hat ; at the sight of this , Boy simply got up and left the living room , left the end of the film unwatched and just sat in the kitchen with a pot of tea . |
| 10 | One 's heart bled for Cowdrey , for he looked desperately nervous and soon succumbed without scoring . |
| 11 | The conditions were deliberately vague and even asked for suggestions regarding the siting of Westminster Bridge , although some work had already been carried out towards rebuilding the bridge on its existing site . |
| 12 | They became friendly and eventually fell in love . |
| 13 | Perhaps the one aristocrat that felt the greatest affinity with his fellow deaf was Lord Carbery , who was born deaf and never spoke in his life . |
| 14 | She was still breathing evenly upon both bottle and net , when suddenly the net expanded and then deflated with an abrupt whooshing sound . |
| 15 | He did not mention Labour and even refrained from a sneer at the opinion pollsters . |
| 16 | Presently , relaxed and generously anointed with body-lotion , she wrapped herself in a fluffy towelling robe and went back downstairs . |
| 17 | Left to their own devices , most roses tend to develop new growth into which they direct their sap and energy , bear bloom , and which then — as it becomes old and tired — gradually either becomes starved , by-passed , neglected and finally aborted as the plant constantly turns its attention to new growth , or it develops a barky exterior layer as it settles down to becoming no more than a main road communicating between the raw material goods received from the warehouse in the soil and the production factory upstairs — quite often , a very long way upstairs . |
| 18 | Certainly there was the occasional spectacular apostasy from civilized values , as in the case of Jack Driberg , a Kenya Masai official who went native and then proceeded to a distinguished career as a lecturer in anthropology at Cambridge ; but on the whole the records , in so far as they can be relied on in such matters do not support this view . |
| 19 | You 're never sure his car would stop , Grant and there was going to be somebody behind daddy coming up Alexander Street very , very fast and then jumped into daddy 's back ! |
| 20 | And , checking back , the Sounds review of the time ( in which journalist Rab claims that he 's had a tape since November 1980 ) provided the release with a five star rating , while NME was mildly less enthusiastic , observing that ‘ it 's an odd LP , naturally flawed and imperfect and rather stilted in places but nonetheless a worthy attempt at indisciplinary entertainment . ’ |
| 21 | Gandhi describes it as gentle , non-wounding and never associated with anger or malice : ‘ It is never fussy , never impatient , never vociferous . |
| 22 | At this time her intravenous infusion was removed and she seemed more relaxed but still complained of pain from her wound . |
| 23 | Lord Morton added that under criminal law , a driver who caused injury to a foetus could be convicted of causing death by reckless driving if the child were born alive but then died of his or her injuries . |
| 24 | At the time he 'd thought it strange but then forgot about it . |
| 25 | In public discussion , however , the idea that genes account for most variation among IQs seems not only controversial but also associated with a few men of allegedly questionable character . |
| 26 | Mr Smyth said Williams worked as a leisure professional but also served as a Special Constable and was hoping to become a police officer in the future . |
| 27 | The turkey and black vultures at the park are well-fed and then scared into bringing up their food to supply the chicks . |
| 28 | Marshka had arrived late and now sat with Vashinov in his office waiting for the latest report . |
| 29 | They made 100 variations from this negative and then threw in No.101 ( which measures 1397 x 2743 mm ) and No.102 illustrated here . |
| 30 | She wanted to take that thick neck of his and press her fingernails , long and freshly varnished for Urquhart 's benefit , deep into the flesh until the cocky smirk on his face was replaced by a grimace of pain . |