Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theodora had spread out the Ordnance Survey and fended off Tobias long enough to make out a route . |
| 2 | America seems critical of just about everything Japanese : its persistent trade surplus , its reluctance to liberalise rice imports , its failure so far to provide even a token force in the Gulf . |
| 3 | We are readily persuaded to postpone any criticisms we may have of his mode of telling the story , and the next two lines make it clear that the tale is only there to bring out a moral . |
| 4 | It 's just that I have arranged to meet him tonight sometime to sort out a few things for me would of made a lot more sense if he 'd been here ! |
| 5 | This enabled them once again to draw up a profile of those high-risk subjects who developed schizophrenia , which turned out to be similar to that reported at an earlier stage of the research . |
| 6 | SIR — In turning over a new leaf , the Labour Party would do well also to turn over a new blossom . |
| 7 | And again perhaps to follow up a previous question and the question is this , that in the first draft of the statement of faith which was presented two years ago , there was a very clear statement which said that Christ died for our sin in connection with the cross and I was wondering what the reasoning was which took away that very specific meaning of the death of the Christ into a much more general and ambiguous one in the statement before us today . |
| 8 | It is too soon to say when a decision whether to prosecute will be taken . |
| 9 | KATAHDIN : Unplaced behind Triomphe Modest over 6 furlongs at Nottingham on Tuesday , but this colt was not given a punishing race when running on very well to finish only a few lengths off the winner . |