Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 2 | House prices there boomed in 1987 and the first-half of 1988 and have since fallen more sharply than in most other areas . |
| 3 | This is also an area where the LEA could assist a school in offering its services as a ‘ critical friend ’ , able to stand back and perhaps judge more objectively than those working in the school itself . |
| 4 | God , it was bad enough masturbating as often as she did , without pushing her fingers up her arse . |
| 5 | ‘ We both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 6 | Walter claims to have journeyed as a student to Nepal ( 'did n't everyone ? ' ) for purification , but Vivien reminds him that he only got as far as Ostend . |
| 7 | I failed to qualify : Ade Mafe just made it , but only got as far as the semi-final . |
| 8 | She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed . |
| 9 | Nik Cohn , that indefatigable chronicler of popular culture , set out to walk Broadway in its entirety — but he only got as far as 42nd Street . |
| 10 | Remember that ‘ small is beautiful ’ , so make as near as you can to ‘ one bite ’ food to avoid wastage . |
| 11 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 12 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 13 | Sleep is a great help to any illness , so sleep as much as you can . |
| 14 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 15 | ‘ In the light of the Divisional Court 's decision , we have naturally considered very carefully whether or not we should take the matter any further . |
| 16 | It was all happening comfortably just as she wished . |
| 17 | He 's also been careful to work er with the United Nations who have done er much better so far than they have in er some crises in the past . |
| 18 | Just what was the object of Barbara 's terror that viewers had only seen so far as a suction cup visible through a circular lens cowl ? |
| 19 | Thus in choosing between two alternative sets of pleasure one can not necessarily decide which is preferable by an arithmetical calculation , nor could one necessarily do so even if one was omniscient . |
| 20 | The top executive who is constantly looking ahead rather than backwards will rarely steer his company into a tight corner , in Laing 's view . |
| 21 | Anyway — ’ She looked down on her partly eaten meal and her nose wrinkled before she went on , ‘ I 've got to go downstairs again , and you 'd better clear away here when you 've finished , then go into Mother and see if you can soothe her ruffled feathers . |
| 22 | It has often been pointed out that in less developed societies , old people were seen as the repository of wisdom needed for daily living as well as for spiritual guidance . |
| 23 | The matters obviously moved fairly rapidly because the parties were then almost ready to exchange contracts . |
| 24 | ‘ I was only venturing as far as the bathroom , ’ she said with dignity . |
| 25 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 26 | BELFAST motor cycle dealer Ernie Coates holds a race record — he 's the only man ever to lap the Isle of Man TT course at over 100mph on a solo machine as well as on a sidecar outfit . |
| 27 | ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 28 | I left early before the nuns were awake but I only got as far as Glasgow before I lost my way . ’ |
| 29 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 30 | ‘ What 's an 81 anyway , Paul — I though we 'd only got as far as 7b ? ’ |