Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heavy clay is made up chiefly of tiny soil particles which bind together tightly and cling to the water around them , making the clay sticky and difficult to work . |
| 2 | The difference now , however , is that such arguments are multiplied many times over , both by the much more extensive use of technology and the great number of technological developments which appear so quickly and exist at the same time . |
| 3 | Using your fingers , press quite firmly and move fingers and scalp over the bone . |
| 4 | This is the real time to take up those abandoned New Year resolutions — eat less , eat more healthily and take more exercise ! |
| 5 | These results harmonise remarkably well and suggest that treatment of patients aged between 60 and 80 with systolic blood pressure persistently above 160 mm Hg will prevent 30–50% of strokes in these patients . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , they have to be negotiated ; and the schools that do this best are likely to be the ones that anticipate most realistically and plan most effectively . |
| 7 | The forwards grunt and grapple while the backs stand idly around and get cold hands . |
| 8 | What would you do if some man out there in the anonymous darkness of the audience fell under the spell you create so skilfully and believed you were singing those sensuous songs just for him ? ’ |
| 9 | Both local competition sides meet once again and have named strong line-ups The game starts at 2pm . |
| 10 | Look straight ahead and point your left arm out to your left . |
| 11 | I have really bad nightmares of someone pursuing me , or a really big landslide coming down on me , and I race out of my bed and run , run far away and find something to defend myself with , like a candelabra or a bottle . |
| 12 | Then I let the dog out , stand well back and wait while nature takes its course . |
| 13 | ‘ I look ahead sometimes and wonder what people will think of me when I 'm dead . |
| 14 | Eat slightly less and exercise a little more ; aim to bring it back to normal within a week or two . |
| 15 | Get right in and keep your head down . ’ |
| 16 | The advantages of these are that they last much longer and cost much less to run ( the saving well outweighs the higher asking price ) ; their disadvantages are that the light they give is not quite so ‘ warm ’ and does not come on instantly . |
| 17 | But , in essence , it is a journey on wheels into the realms of beauty and grandeur I know so well and love so much . |
| 18 | They know less about and watch less television than anyone else in the country . ’ |
| 19 | And secondly , in terms of Liz Liz is someone I know extremely well and have worked with in various functions and committees over the past . |
| 20 | They were several hundred yards apart and hidden from each other by a bend in the road , and they were both set well back and reached by private tracks which were better maintained than the road itself . |
| 21 | When the male is preoccupied , when a stag is preoccupied , fighting another stag or mounting another female , they zoom in , quickly mount a female , ejaculate almost instantly and zoom off again . |
| 22 | If you remain perfectly still and keep your backs straight , you wo n't be punished further . |
| 23 | ‘ So now fock away off and forget him , ’ McIllvanney snapped at her . |
| 24 | Everyone in the organization should be entrepreneurial — seizing initiatives to sell more , reduce cost produce more efficiently and provide an even better service to the customer ; seizing initiatives to secure new customers . |
| 25 | And when she clutches at her side and complains of a slight ache you lean forward solicitously and ask , ‘ Are you all right , my darling ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The contributors we had are all kind of double-0-seven , cloak-and-dagger types ’ , explained Krishna Littledale , one of the enticers of funds ; ‘ … if you talk very quietly and tell them they ca n't tell anyone about this conference , they will give you a lot more money . ’ |
| 27 | I go somewhere else and eat junk food and drink junk wine . |
| 28 | Do n't waste another night , she said ; if there is somebody here you want then you go right up and tell him about it , you just tell him , because he may not be here tomorrow night . |
| 29 | If there are any changes you wish to make concerning a relative , go right ahead and make them . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh baby , you just go right ahead and grab what you can when you can . ’ |