Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corner goes in deep Pearce getting up well and Ward got up better than anyone and good safe hands as well by the keeper . |
| 2 | Sir Ian thinks further ahead than most governments care to go . |
| 3 | Garbage was piled high in corners , and Maggie watched Sarah stepping carefully so as not to tread in the filth . |
| 4 | Luce asked as casually as possible . |
| 5 | Indeed , Eisenman goes so far as to suggest that the families of Jesus and John the Baptist may even have been related to that of Judas of Galilee , leader of the Zealots at the time of Jesus 's birth . |
| 6 | Patrick asked more lightly than he felt . |
| 7 | To Branson 's irritation , McLaren prevaricated as long as possible , affecting the disinterest of an ingénue being courted by a philanderer . |
| 8 | At home Perdita behaved more atrociously than ever before , storming round the house , refusing to get a job and screaming at Violet and Eddie when they returned bronzed from a month in LA with Hamish and Wendy . |
| 9 | Hardly able to see a hand in front of her , but refusing to be daunted , Luce moved as fast as she dared down an alley-way little more than a metre wide . |
| 10 | Abe ‘ The Babe ’ Lincoln looks down disapprovingly as our hero blows the crap out of anyone who moves . |
| 11 | The problem of dieting without increased physical activity is that the BMR slows down rather than speeds up . |
| 12 | Mrs Blakey asked as casually as she could , pushing a packet of wafer biscuits towards Kate . |
| 13 | But Eusebius goes much further than this . |
| 14 | A. Just let Adkin know as soon as possible . |
| 15 | He also called on ANC president Nelson Mandela and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of Inkatha to meet as soon as possible to end political violence in the region . |
| 16 | Expression of NFs occurs as early as 9-10 days of gestation in the mouse central and peripheral nervous system and coincides with the appearance of postmitotic neurons ( 2 ) . |
| 17 | On Jan. 15 Gorbachev went so far as to suggest that the country 's new liberal press law might be suspended in the wake of Soviet media criticism of the leadership 's handling of the Baltic crisis . |
| 18 | Toby went so far as to straighten his back . |
| 19 | Indeed , Stein went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 20 | Only wingers Rory Underwood and Simon Halliday went so far as to deliver confirmation of their departures from the international scene after the 24–0 win against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 21 | Hatch looked up sharply as he placed the box of shrubs on the side . |
| 22 | Talking to Andre Malraux years later , Picasso went so far as to say that it was on this occasion that he all of a sudden received the revelation of why he was a painter at all and that ‘ I realized what painting was all about ’ . |
| 23 | Through some of his paintings of 1912 Picasso went so far as to say candidly to the spectator , ‘ j'aime Eva ’ ; at the same time he wrote to Kahnweiler of Eva , ‘ I love her very much and I shall write it on my paintings . ’ |
| 24 | The Prior questioned him closely and Corbett answered as accurately as he could . |
| 25 | Well ca n't we let David come round here when he 's ready ? |
| 26 | The day was fabulous and David performed extremely well although he was in the blackest of moods . |
| 27 | Macca played as well as I 've seen in the first twenty minutes . |
| 28 | Ruth got as far as the doorway and stopped dead . |
| 29 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 30 | Now , with the Tokyo stockmarket 's Nikkei index down more than 23% from its December 29th peak , with the yen sliding against the dollar and with interest rates on the up , the mood has switched to fear . |