Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I hope he will eventually dip back into that area .
2 The relationship between Government educationists and villagers was a political one , and created the seeds of resentment and conflict that eventually spilled over in 1979 with the overthrow of the Shah .
3 They gamely fought back to 27-20 with a Rob Myler try 10 minutes from time .
4 ‘ He very politely pointed out in each case , ’ recalled Mountbatten , ‘ that it was not the way he would have phrased it , and so it remained virtually unchanged .
5 There was n't nothing wrong with it — it was just a little bashed up on one end , that 's all .
6 The seagulls have long since given up on this ferry .
7 I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 .
8 Some redistribution had occurred between 1938 and 1949 , but if one ignores the top 1 per cent of income earners , there had been little change up to 1979 .
9 In an aftermath when the relentless and remorseless inhumanity of the mill owner and his magisterial friends passed into local lore , an attempt was made to assassinate Cartwright and one was successfully carried out on another mill owner , William Horsfall , who had boasted his intent to ride up to his saddle girths in the blood of Luddites .
10 Daily food reintroductions were successfully carried out in 64 patients with subsequent exclusion of suspect foods .
11 The needle moves to its usual place but does not stay there ; it slowly drops back to zero .
12 It would be like a strong wind tearing into the warmth , ripping the fabric of the old rugs , overturning the lamps , plucking loose all the hair so skilfully wound up into neat and careful buns , unravelling her mother 's dainty stitches , unravelling her mother .
13 The answer is you do , providing it is n't wild and wet , but then little stands up to that .
14 The Area successfully tendered for another section of the M74 ( Elvanfoot ) which will be mostly carried out in 1993 .
15 I 'd rather hang about with some tasty birds like those ones in Bananarama .
16 I 'd rather hang about with some tasty birds like those ones in Bananarama .
17 He was eventually picked up by another driver .
18 In the past , so-called biodegradable plastics have been viewed as fraudulent by environmentalists , as they have only broken down into smaller pieces .
19 In the 18th and 19th centuries , they defended their great overseas empire against pirates , using ships large enough to carry up to 80 cannon .
20 Suspension : If dirt was merely broken up into small particles cleaning would not necessarily be able to take place as there would be nothing to prevent the dirt reforming and re-attaching to a surface .
21 If I can only think back to that precise moment , and recover all the necessary ambient data , I 'll be able to figure it out for myself .
22 Keep both legs taut and straight and gently push up with both arms .
23 The number plate 's only hanging on by one screw .
24 Seeing Alice 's commenting face , Muriel said swiftly , " But he only got back at three this morning , and those Channel boats …
25 Admittedly , the weather was worse , English fortunes were at a low ebb , and the higher charges may well have deterred many people , especially the Caribbean fans ; but one suspects that some thousands of people simply could not face the prospect of yet another day almost entirely given over to fast bowling .
26 One area of child development that the child psychiatrists appeared to have made passably tidy , has been somewhat roughed up by ethological methods over recent years .
27 ‘ I reckon , with what you 've asked for , there wo n't be much change out of four hundred . ’
28 I think legislation is merely catching up on some policies .
29 But in the last ten years , Britain 's butter consumption has suddenly fallen by about half , and margarine has reached a pinnacle of acceptance .
30 ‘ I can see the point he was trying to make — the Pallas ' Sandgrouse only turns up in this country once every 10 or 20 years .
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