Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potent blend of aromatic herbs and brandy slid down my throat like a liquid flame . |
| 2 | Nicola paraded along its edge like a tightrope walker . |
| 3 | It seemed to set it off , to trigger it , for as it slipped along her skin like a bead of ice , a huge pain took hold of her left arm , as if an iron claw had grasped it . |
| 4 | Once cast off from the submarine they began the steady rhythm of paddling that took them along their course with a mile and a half to the beach , their sweat-raising stroke giving 3 knots — equal to a steady walking pace . |
| 5 | The British press , it could be hoped , would play down its finding in a ‘ responsible ’ way as it has done with those of the European Commission of Human Rights in 19761 and the European Court of Human Rights in 1977 . |
| 6 | In the night its silence and its matt , pewter gleam were alike deceptive , suggesting languor and sleep , while she knew from her memories of day that it was rushing down its bed with a tigerish fury and force , so concentrated that it generated no ripples and no sibilance . |
| 7 | Monetarists stress the function of money as a medium of exchange and play down its role as a store of wealth . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , in the period after the Second World War , as the Labour government made significant advances in laying down its programme for a welfare state , there was a growing unease about the scale of administrative activity . |
| 9 | Its Pyrenean valley is known as the most fertile of all , thanks to the kindly work of the local glacier , which laid down its moraine to a depth and at an angle that produced grasslands of great repute . |
| 10 | So , ’ she enquired haughtily , putting down her coffee-mug with a flourish , ‘ would it be too much trouble to ask for the number of the nearest garage ? |
| 11 | But , in the story , Rapunzel had let down her hair as a living rope to draw her beloved to her . |
| 12 | Her raincoat was not belted — her skirt was too long — her brown hair hung down her back with a pale blue kerchief tied over the top of it to keep it clean on the train . |
| 13 | Her head was covered in a white coif with a white shawl shaped in the form of a triangle going down her back like a liripipe . |
| 14 | Her hair streamed down her back in a fury of red waves , claiming his avid eyes . |
| 15 | But since on this occasion the words were dictated to the child it is more likely to be the child 's efforts to repeat the sound to herself and to write down her idea of a phonic equivalent . |
| 16 | ‘ It was on the moors , ’ said Mrs Monro , laying down her spoon with a decisive air . |
| 17 | Sean says that , ironically , the accident happened because she was trying to live down her reputation as a ‘ difficult actress ’ . |
| 18 | Trent pinched Golden Girl a few degrees into the wind as the motor yacht rose to a swell which ran down her side in a flowing cascade of phosphorescence . |
| 19 | His wife put down her iron with a thump . |
| 20 | When she arrives back at the WPGET 's headquarters , she will find that Alison Nicholas , a key player in the 1992 Solheim Cup , has handed in her notice as a member of the WPGET 's board . |
| 21 | As the curtain opened there hobbled from the wings what appeared to be an old Chinese mandarin with flowing blue robes , black silk jacket and red-buttoned Mandarin cap over hair that fell down his back in a long pigtail . |
| 22 | He nodded , putting down his drink on a black marble table and coming over to take hers from her numb fingers . |
| 23 | Markby put down his tumbler on a small table , laden with copies of The Field . |
| 24 | The tie tumbled down his shirt-front like a little cascade of ink . |
| 25 | Mr McGregor , a father of three , from Linthorpe , Middlesbrough , has reduced function in his arms , numbness from the neck down and a ten-inch scar down his head as a result of the attack . |
| 26 | Washington turned down his request for a loan , so Castro speeded up his land reforms , began to nationalize foreign holdings in Cuba and , to the horror of the Americans , signed an economic agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | Well , I waited up until three o'clock in the morning and he crawled in with footmarks all over his nice new suit where he 'd fallen on the floor and let everybody trample over him , blood pouring down his shirt from a head wound , a balloon tied round his neck and a paper hat on . |
| 28 | Gascoigne threw down his bib after a practice match which his team lost 3-1 and appeared to have angry words with Zoff and assistant coach Giancarlo Oddi before team manager Maurizio Manzini was called in to mediate . |
| 29 | ‘ There is likely to be more , I say continue , but let's not keep here talking about it , ’ said Joseph and with that he brought down his axe on a dummy beside him . |
| 30 | His father put down his glass with a bang , so that the beer slopped over on the side table . |