Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [coord] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the tides run fast an' sometimes a man gets the feelin' 'e can swim across from shore ter shore with ease when it 's runnin' slow . |
| 2 | How can we possibly retain that self-reliance and confidence if we become more and more a nation of programmed consumers , stuffed with the produce of an automated technology over which we feel we can have little influence ? |
| 3 | His cautious and methodical ways , once so valuable a buffer to Richard 's impetuosity , now become more and more a cause of annoyance . |
| 4 | Moreover , as a worker gets older , overtime , shift work and so on become less and less a physical possibility . |
| 5 | Birds rarely employ death-feigning but sometimes a small bird held in the human hand has been seen to collapse motionless and lie very still . |
| 6 | About 10% of school pupils take two or more A levels , usually in full-time education in school or FE college , between the ages of 17 and 19 . |