Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It works from the inside out and penetrates the hair shaft to rebuild and strengthen your hair . |
| 2 | But I shall give her the once over and deliver my inestimable verdict . ’ |
| 3 | The same was true of Eliot but he was luckier in one way : he could give a little here and hold out against them there . |
| 4 | The customer 's brother — who can not be named for legal reasons — came into the shop a little later and started an argument . |
| 5 | In the nave , the upper part above the ground arcade is a little later and has a decorative triforium and arcaded clerestory . |
| 6 | He looked at Briant a little wickedly and rode smoothly over his attempts to retort . |
| 7 | I think we would be wise to reflect a little longer and to think that perhaps the Government is not so far wrong in what it is saying and I have to say finally My Lords that I never in my public life , or indeed in my private life have met anybody who has said to me that their attitude towards their local police force has been in any way influenced by the fact that the members of the police authority were or were n't democratically elected . |
| 8 | All you 've got to do is put a little on and cut the quarter er cornice around the top . |
| 9 | At the Ecu de France , Charles behaved a little recklessly and ordered a second bottle of wine , which surprised Clarissa . |
| 10 | She edged a little closer and looked down at him , then , impelled by a need she could no longer deny , she touched his face , following the curve of his cheek , the enticing cleft in his chin , the finely chiselled mouth . |
| 11 | At 75 years of age also decided it was time to take things a little easier and retired on after 13 years with the company . |
| 12 | Mr Clarke 's remarks followed a call by John Major for a public campaign against lawlessness in which he said the time had come to ‘ understand a little less and condemn a little more ’ . |
| 13 | She smiled a little brittlely and returned to the subject in question . |
| 14 | Push and stretch that upper arm just a little further and hold for 1 second . |
| 15 | Now push and stretch that arm just a little further and hold for 1 second . |
| 16 | Push and stretch that arm just a little further and hold for 1 second . |
| 17 | Sergeant the dog trotted along the riverbank a little further and came upon a flock of mallard ducks , each with beak tucked under wing , sunning themselves on the bank . |
| 18 | I welcome what the Home Secretary said about Le Pen 's visit to Britain , but will he go a little further and dissociate himself from those of his colleagues who are seeking to meet that man ? |
| 19 | She whimpers as I twist a little harder and drag her to the cloakroom , to keep out of Merchant 's way . |
| 20 | I squeeze Sarah a little harder and realize something . |
| 21 | I smiled a little ruefully and said reflectively , ‘ Have you worked out when the trap was set ? |
| 22 | To reach a fuller understanding of the blood differential — its origin , purpose and effect — it is necessary to dig a little deeper and attempt to trace the underlying reasons by means of a sociological/anthropological analysis — and this is what I have been attempting to do in the course of this essay . |
| 23 | There was undoubtedly seen to be a growing problem regarding adolescent girls because they were maturing a little earlier and marrying later , around 25 , and it was in this context that such horrors as clitoridectomies could be developed . |
| 24 | It was a time before I began to understand her a little better and realise that a lot of this was actually a sort of ‘ attention-getting ’ — a bit of theatre just to see how people would react — to manipulate situations a little . |
| 25 | I 'd be tempted to spend a little more and buy the Delrina package or UltraFAX . |
| 26 | Or you can pay a little more and buy young plants , at prices from £11.99 for a pack of six young geranium plants delivered to you in April . |
| 27 | It is now time to flesh these remarks out a little more and begin to orient the discussion toward some of the themes we shall be discussing in succeeding chapters . |
| 28 | Those who call for ‘ violent young thugs ’ to be locked up should understand a little more and condemn a little less , he says . |
| 29 | I stated when the bill came before the house that I did not believe that the Home Secretary intended to fiddle the boundaries , some felt I was being a little generous to the Home Secretary , but in his case er we should always be prepared to understand a little more and condemn a little less . |
| 30 | OVER a weekend in which John Major said ‘ society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less ’ , and Kenneth Clarke let fly against social workers ‘ mouthing political rhetoric about why children in their care are so delinquent ’ , the message which will stick in my mind was from Anfield , saying simply ‘ Rest in Peace James ’ . |