Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had long since given up reading the tabloids . |
| 2 | Over billions of years it will slowly fizzle out to become a black dwarf . |
| 3 | Drill and practice programs can fall prey to bad practice and school librarians should question the acquisition of such software for use in the methods which are probably more effectively carried out using the blackboardand the verbal question and answer routine . |
| 4 | Unable to drive the Syrians out of Lebanon , he merely succeeded in extended the civil war into Christian East Beirut . |
| 5 | Babies born several weeks prematurely grow up to have a lower IQ on average by the ages of seven to 10 than children born at full term , according to research reported yesterday . |
| 6 | So tearing off to find the sparrow . |
| 7 | This sends such orders electronically and simultaneously to many market makers , and so speeds up taking a position in the shares of many different companies . |
| 8 | I only drove over to do the shopping and to pick Christine up from School . |
| 9 | After selection , both these systems are manually pumped out using a fore-and-aft lever beside one 's right thigh with an extending red-topped handle like a heavy walking stick . |
| 10 | Only five events qualify for inclusion in this study — four individual eruptions , and a series of three closely spaced events in 1902 which together add up to produce a large dust veil . |
| 11 | I had n't seen her since you went to America , and then about six months ago I was staying the week-end with the Coleworthys and I thought I had better drop in to see the old girl in case she heard I was in the neighbourhood and took offence " |
| 12 | Well I became aware of the University of Sussex when the Gardener Centre first opened I think , because at that time I was working at the Arts Council of Great Britain and it was erm an innovative scheme which attracted a great deal of national interest , and we were naturally invited down to have a look at it , both the design and the programme that was being planned for the opening season at that time . |
| 13 | We may merely set out to determine the main policies in the areas in which we are interested . |
| 14 | Er everything depending on the the the the work of the farm would come to a standstill if erm if the horses y if they were not kept in good condition , they would n't be strong enough to keep on going every day . |
| 15 | Jefferson had obviously set out to design the ultimate high-tech putter and had , to a great extent , succeeded . |
| 16 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 17 | The sad thing is such behaviour will only end up getting the poor stalker or ghillie the sack so it 's not worth the trouble . |
| 18 | I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window . |
| 19 | One theory says biochemical mechanisms to control the regulation of growth of some part of the organisms , say hormones or fur , may themselves become fault , or the conveyed messages over aeons may change , or the genes may suddenly switch off to inhibit the growth of winter fur of an animal used to northern climes . |
| 20 | Palmer was looking to equal that — and perhaps go on to take the US PGA Championship too , the golden grand slam . |
| 21 | Cos the key thing with Clare is , she 's don she 's obviously gone back doing a lot , but who 's gon na follow it up in three months time , to see |
| 22 | The safest way to proceed with a project that uses any unusual components is to buy these components first , and to only go on to buy the remaining components once you actually have the ‘ hard to find ’ items in your possession . |
| 23 | Certainly , an emergency on the first flight after a long lay off provides the potential for an incident . |
| 24 | It is almost impossible to generalise about the sorts of disturbances which will necessarily reach back to affect the monetary sector and the flow of bank lending . |
| 25 | Should a big enough gap open up at just the right time , then you will be able to stay on port and merely harden up to cross the line . |
| 26 | Knighton juggled a football in front of the Stretford End to advertise his designs on Manchester United ; last season Smart merely wandered out to draw the raffle before Hartlepool 's FA Cup tie with Bournemouth , but the adrenalin surged just the same . |
| 27 | The six note left hand rhythm is literally punched out to lend a strong , exultant ring to the proceedings . |
| 28 | Alternatively , there may be sufficient capital but too much of it is tied up in plant , buildings or slow moving or non-moving stock with not enough left over to pay the wages on Friday . |
| 29 | Of course , she had only nipped out to do a spot of shopping in London 's Covent Garden . |
| 30 | ‘ It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need and not what they want — but few know what they want , and very few what they need , ’ Reith had pronounced . |