Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The next section between Culver Street and Gigant Street and Guilder Lane and Pennyfarthing Street could have seen little change over a long period . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If a client has successfully carried out a difficult homework task the group can reinforce this success more powerfully than a therapist alone . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Put in pan and slowly melt over a low heat , but do not boil . |
| 7 | This quantity is sufficient for 125 litres of compost , enough to plant up a considerable number of hanging baskets , pots and window boxes . |
| 8 | She says according to Trina she says eh I , I , I did n't er , er , I wanted , knocked them back seven hundred thousand , but they would only , would only knock back a hundred and fifty |
| 9 | These publications are very valuable , even when they require correction , but they only make up a tiny part of the huge body of statistical information now available in print . |
| 10 | The reviewer is likely to get hot under the collar if a personal favourite has been left out and can easily end up merely drawing up a rival selection . |
| 11 | It is a lot easier these days , so make up a little cocktail of compatible systemic insecticide and fungicide , plus a drip or two of washing-up detergent to achieve a good wetting , in a small bowl , and swish the two leaves of each cutting in the solution so that they get a good wetting and protective coating . |
| 12 | Start with black powder eyeshadow on a fine brush , gently build up a fine line close to lashes and out as far as is flattering . |
| 13 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 14 | Use the five steps and chart below to work out a reasonable estimate of the cost of rebuilding your home . |
| 15 | In this connection thought appears to be divided almost on a national basis , English authors having resorted freely to the assumption that the sea is capable of cutting wide platforms in their interpretation of high level terraces , while American and continental authorities have been much more inclined to doubt whether the sea can cut a very wide bench unless there is progressive drowning of the land or unless the sea is merely trimming up a subaerial surface . |
| 16 | Clearly such references are not merely longwinded substitutes for a name : they draw attention now to this , now to that aspect of the same person , and so build up a many-sided picture of each character . |
| 17 | Because of this , it can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power , stopping only to pick up a new coal pack . |
| 18 | As in Chapter 2 , there will be room only to open up a few of the many possible perspectives and issues , and to suggest some ways of thinking about them . |
| 19 | She suddenly let out a long sigh and swept her hair from her face . |
| 20 | We would go out to lunch or perhaps look around a stately home — life became extremely rich because we could control Ruth 's pain with morphine . |
| 21 | Oh , my dear — ’ Alison suddenly reached out a long brown arm . |
| 22 | NOW you can see the fearsome fighters of the WWF in your own home — if you 're brave enough to let in a muscular gang of mighty strong men . |
| 23 | She covered it with her other hand , then , fearing that a hot hand might be enervating , she opened her fingers just wide enough to let in a little air and light . |
| 24 | You have only to give in a few times ( out of many when you stick to your planned ignoring ) to lose the battle . |
| 25 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 26 | All these -isms together set up a serious fact/belief divide whereby facts are regarded as objective , reliable and unbiased , and values , principles and beliefs as subjective , unreliable and probably biased . |
| 27 | It is not necessary to like a client personally to build up a constructive relationship , but obviously it helps . |
| 28 | He had been in the Little Chef restaurant in Bramley , near Rotherham , south Yorkshire , on Wednesday night , when a man suddenly pulled out a double- barrelled shotgun . |
| 29 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 30 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |