Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes well , for the experimental aircraft programme British Aerospace specified what G E C had to do and er a a this time , if you like , Deutsch Aerospace has taken on the equivalent role that B A E had for the experimental aircraft programme and er Deutsch Aerospace are not without experience in flight controls they have . |
| 2 | Banknote paper was then prepared with a colouring agent made from cobalt , silex , salt and potash : if you set light to a bundle of money , the cinder would take on the extraordinary tint that Musgrave saw on the Caen dockside . |
| 3 | ‘ Margaret , ’ called my mother , and ‘ Margaret ’ again , her voice taking on the faint exasperation that had flavoured her tone as she used my name for many years now . |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted to carry on the great work that Nick had done and I wanted to broaden the paper 's scope . |
| 5 | ‘ What rotten luck , ’ Daisy said , putting on the upper-class voice that she used only when she was feeling guarded . |
| 6 | As soon as she reached the club , as soon as she was back in the public eye , she would have to switch on the false persona that had carried her through the past week . |
| 7 | Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . |
| 8 | Cats have been known to laze , apparently half-asleep , for up to an hour beside a mouse hole , yet instantly to cut down the unwary prey that , even momentarily , shows itself . |
| 9 | Surely it is the fact all the other counties have gone down the same road that has persuaded Yorkshire that , in order to compete on equal terms , they must follow suit . |
| 10 | Delaney felt dizzy , trying to fight down the rising imagination that would produce symptoms out of nothing . |
| 11 | They will give in the confident expectation that their gift will be well received . |
| 12 | That left 13 from the last ; Lamb struck a two and a four , and then Walsh sent down a dreadful ball that shot through for four leg-side wides . |
| 13 | Labour believes it would be difficult for Liberal Democrat MPs to vote down a modest package that includes devolution for Scotland and an official commission on electoral reform on which their party is fully represented . |
| 14 | The Brigadier set down a fat puppy that he had been holding and squelched towards the yard , driving a dozen pullets before him . |
| 15 | The church is Romanesque and approached along a tree-clad path that makes a very pleasant change from the more normal city approach — straight off the road . |
| 16 | The best of Assynt , however , lies between this road and the coast , and my preference is always to turn off the A.894 two miles out of Kylesku and go along a narrow road that has never been improved and I hope never will . |
| 17 | They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track . |
| 18 | From here you should descend along a northerly spur that will include two further tops , Stob Coire Easain and Beinn na Soacaich , and head for a dam , which you will find where the Allt Coire an Eoin meets the trees . |
| 19 | It 's actually caused by an inability in the digestive system to break down an essential food that we eat , so there 's one type of food that the body can not use and this body , this , this component , this food substance turns to a , a poison and causes severe damage to the individual who 's affected . |
| 20 | Broad and deep , it runs over a rocky bed that sometimes breaks out of the river to form steep rocky islands midstream . |
| 21 | Down here there is a metre of snow on the windward side of the lavvu , and I fall over a small rucsac that had disappeared . |
| 22 | If you would like a tiled bathroom or kitchen floor , but have been put off by having to solve the problem of tiling over a wooden floor that could flex and crack , and so shift the grouting and loosen or even split your new ceramic floor tiles , then the answer could be the new Schlüter DITRA matting , available from stockists of Homeslux Products . |
| 23 | That left Pitcher undefeated on 32 and the Light Blues to mull over a 133-run defeat that might have been much more comprehensive . |
| 24 | It is only when a remedy is taken over an extended period that proving symptoms are likely to occur . |
| 25 | An event a quarter of a century ago sparked off the nationalist project that has now been brought so violently to an end . |
| 26 | All she wanted was to turn the clock back and shrug off the ghastly realisation that her marriage was not what she 'd thought it was . |
| 27 | She hoisted her umbrella to ward off the light drizzle that had started to fall , gave me a couple of twenty-pound notes , said she 'd look forward to seeing me on Friday , kissed my cheek , then went off to do her shopping . |
| 28 | Ted resumed the operation of the cabin and tried to shake off the depressing atmosphere that now pervaded the small room . |
| 29 | Close by a couple were kissing , holding each other close to ward off the cold wind that had sprung up . |
| 30 | The headmaster looked as if he was fighting off a large insect that was homing in on his neck . |