Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 2 | After several days of this treatment , Honey became less anxious and forgot her bad habits of rearing and crossing her jaws ; and she eventually became quite a pleasant horse to ride . |
| 3 | Not rejecting them , not ceasing to love them , but slowly building up a new role and identity which no longer depends upon their presence for its satisfactory functioning . |
| 4 | The outside-half thereby became only the second player , after Neil Bennett in the 1970s , to score 300 points in a season for Bedford . |
| 5 | The Black Death began the long process of decline for many , but it rarely wiped out an entire village at a single blow . |
| 6 | However , the dead were also afraid of the living , who might desecrate their tombs , destroy their bodies and thereby bring about the eternal annihilation of their identities . |
| 7 | First published ( under a different title ) in 1909 , it eventually sold over a million copies and was translated into 25 languages . |
| 8 | The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period . |
| 9 | In other words , it will have to buy up the excess foreign currencies on offer with extra pounds — pounds it has created , thereby building up the foreign currency reserves . |
| 10 | Her successor , Margaret Moore , successfully carried on the established pattern . |
| 11 | On July 3 the security forces successfully carried out a daring mission to remove wounded soldiers from the Fort in Jaffna town , under siege since mid-June . |
| 12 | If a client has successfully carried out a difficult homework task the group can reinforce this success more powerfully than a therapist alone . |
| 13 | It is important that they slowly build up a historical vocabulary , and learn some of the technical terms that will allow them to talk about what they can see . |
| 14 | She knows the kinds of places she likes to work , sleep and eat in , and will instinctively seek out the right type of office , hotel , or restaurant . |
| 15 | The government policy is to expand the total number of beds in the island to around 20,000 and to encourage this expansion to be outside Funchal , thereby opening up the wonderful countryside and expanding the economy of the many small villages . |
| 16 | Finally , the on/off switch , which thankfully has only the one task to perform . |
| 17 | It would be misleading therefore , effectively to write off the outer circle of kin as significant sources of support in British society . |
| 18 | Recommendations were made that would eventually phase out the broad gauge . |
| 19 | A century ago Norway had perhaps 20 cattle breeds but today it effectively has only the Norwegian Red . |
| 20 | Put in pan and slowly melt over a low heat , but do not boil . |
| 21 | They say the way to a man 's heart is through his stomach , so pick up an elegant Gentleman 's Gift Tray from Waitrose at £13.50 . |
| 22 | Gently squeeze out the excess juice and scoop away the pulp . |
| 23 | Finally , Bajazeth offers us perhaps the most complete view of Tamburlaine because these two men are in some ways very similar , and so bring out the true side of Tamburlaine 's character . |
| 24 | The Intermediate and Interior areas together made up the Kandyan districts , the geographical area under the sway of the former Kandyan Kingdom . |
| 25 | Elections to the Nationalrat ( lower house of the federal parliament ) on Oct. 20 left the four largest parties , which together made up the governing coalition , controlling 147 of the 200 seats ( previously 159 ) ; the Radical Democratic Party ( FDP/PRD ) lost seven seats and the Christian Democratic People 's Party ( CVP/PDC ) lost five . |
| 26 | Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event . |
| 27 | However , an improvement in the economic environment is still expected in 1993 and an end to the decline in total construction work available , so bringing about an expected modest growth in our workload towards the end of 1993 . |
| 28 | WHEN it comes to munching mince pies , there is only one expert in the world robust enough to carry out the definitive taste test — Father Christmas . |
| 29 | It is essentially a melodic instrument and , though holding-notes in music of light calibre are charming in effect ( especially from or thereabouts with the exception — save in the hands of first-class players — of C ) it can not efface itself sufficiently to carry out the menial task of ‘ filling in notes of the harmony ’ in block writing . |
| 30 | On the other hand , it can be argued that real believers are incapable of distancing themselves sufficiently to carry out an objective study of their own ( or perhaps even of someone else 's ) religion . |