Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |
| 2 | Only around 30 per cent of those who have been vaccinated go on to contract a mild dose of flu , and even then the risk of secondary infections is considerably reduced . |
| 3 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
| 4 | ‘ Hopeless , I know , ’ said Karelius , going on to relate a fictitious story of the difficulties encountered by one of his farmer patients in obtaining payment for fodder . |
| 5 | By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece . |
| 6 | Occasionally , this may be foreseen even at the start of your employment : for example , if your position is subject to funding from an outside source or if you are taken on to supervise a particular contract , as may happen in the engineering and construction fields amongst others . |
| 7 | But brave dad Brendan has vowed not to give up hope and a Europe-wide search is still on to find a suitable donor for Caolan . |
| 8 | He then went on to provide a long list , not of items that we could accept , but of items that we could not accept . |
| 9 | Bitterly disappointed , Harrison abandoned medical reform , but his ideas lived on to provide a solid basis for future important developments , which culminated in the Medical Act of 1858 . |
| 10 | The letters dated 25th May and 6th June were fully endorsed by the most recent meeting of the Forum which went on to pass a detailed resolution which is referred to in the press release . |
| 11 | Falling Down represents a New Brutalism in the cinema . |
| 12 | Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey . |
| 13 | The point is , darling , that in order to make sure Huerter has a future , we would have to put a lot of money in to restore a bombed-out balance sheet . |
| 14 | ‘ Nobody from the chief executive down begrudges a single penny spent on health , safety and the environment , ’ said HSE group manager John Dobson . |
| 15 | The environment you choose to learn in plays a crucial role in how well you progress . |
| 16 | As we shall discuss later , David Norman , head of Russell Reynolds in 1980 , was responsible — helped by international teamwork — for finding Sir Ian McGregor for British Steel , the first time in Britain that headhunters had been called in to find a new boss for a nationalised industry . |
| 17 | Admittedly , one has to stoop down to smell a low shrub , but that is not such a problem for most of us as it is to struggle through to the middle of a bed . |
| 18 | Spread and ram well down to provide a firm base |
| 19 | When dry , rub down to provide a smooth surface for painting . |
| 20 | Which is all very well , but nobody 's phoning in to accept a silly offer . |
| 21 | In came the clothes shop owning , rugby playing manager Joe Moss , and in came a traumatic realisation that bedsit jabbering and glorious friendships were not enough . |
| 22 | The dogs follow the trail , so there is no problem , but it does mean that I miss seeing the sudden three metre drop that we go down to reach a frozen river . |
| 23 | So , take the staff comment from there and instead of putting staff down put a generalised comment on this ? |
| 24 | Well I did selling side of it but er what resorts tend to do is they get a marketing company in to sell a particular resort and |
| 25 | First there was a small elephant and it had the natural financial goal painted on its side , then along came a bigger elephant with a bigger number , and then a huge elephant with a huge number , and he said , ‘ Go for it ! |
| 26 | Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor . |
| 27 | I shuddered , the very thought of anyone being so foolish baffled me , the steps were so rotten that it would n't have taken any weight to have snapped them and sent anyone plunging down causing a bad injury . |
| 28 | Those who know better will not rest contented with such a meagre peep of a lake so singularly grand , but will round the hill rather more than another mile to the west , and when the dark lake is full in view , sit down to drink a long look from that favourable point of view . |
| 29 | She laid down her rake and ran in to administer a good belt of a stick to whoever might be making little of her darling . |
| 30 | When Eric Liddell could wish his rivals good luck before grinding them into the track , and a National Hunt jockey would slow down to help a fellow rider back into the saddle . |