Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Alec Reid firmed down a new pipeful of tobacco , ‘ I might ha ’ made a name for meself had I remained in Edinburgh . |
| 2 | It was the legacy of the previous form of uneven development based in the sectoral spatial division of labour ( high levels of unemployment from previously dominant sectors which had overwhelmingly employed men ) which provided the conditions ( regional policy grants , a ‘ green ’ , female labour force anxious for paid employment ) which attracted in this new form of economic activity and laid down a new form of uneven development . |
| 3 | That dried up river-bed , which was out of sight over the ridge and down a thousand feet of shingle , was rich with palm-trees , and with villages . |
| 4 | The Cranny River tumbles down a small glen of its own , not counted among the famous Nine . |
| 5 | The cab skidded to a halt , its headlights pointing down a long slope of scree . |
| 6 | US cities are different from British cities in that , housing goes down a long chain of ownership , becoming more downgraded with each owner , because the wealthy continually build new houses . |
| 7 | It was utterly beyond comprehension that , mistrusting him as she did , she could never quite succeed in damping down a tiny frisson of physical response . |
| 8 | She opened the door and gazed down a splendid vista of reception rooms that opened out one into the next , which Buzz had learned was typical of grand French houses . |
| 9 | The bird starts by flying persistently in front of its chosen site and repeatedly dabbing the rock with its tongue , laying down a curved line of saliva which marks the lower edge of the nest-to-be . |
| 10 | At the side put down a rough guess of the cost that might be involved . |
| 11 | Personality development is impaired when an individual has shut down a broad range of feelings and ways of relating , in the belief , unconsciously arrived at , that it is unsafe to do otherwise . |
| 12 | Moreover , whereas America has a substantial history of the employment of professionals trained for their role ( most states lay down a minimum requirement of so many credit hours in education and library science at undergraduate and postgraduate levels ) , by far the majority of secondary school libraries in Britain are run in a few supposedly " free " periods during a week , by classroom teachers with little or no librarianship training . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've come to ask you savage bloody chaps why the hell you have cut down a pleasant grove of willows . ’ |
| 14 | What was odd , thought Twoflower as he strolled down a wide flight of stairs and kicked up billowing clouds of silver dust motes , was that the tunnels here were much wider . |
| 15 | Although the output reductions are a worry in themselves , they do at least suggest that the industry is not about to start laying down a large supply of surplus whisky that could upset prices in the future . |
| 16 | This means that British Coal has to shut down a large amount of its production capacity , and this they attempted last autumn . |
| 17 | As for affirmations , well , when slogging away to meet a deadline I 've found that repeating , ‘ You 're tougher than you think ’ while gulping down a large glass of gin works a treat . |
| 18 | It was a good seven-hour jeep-lurch , even with Abu at the wheel , and for the last two hours we drove over a tyre-tearing track down a parched spit of land . |
| 19 | All the matches are wet , so we cram down a few handfuls of cheese and boiled sweets . |
| 20 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 21 | Write down a few examples of when you last ( i ) provided food , clothing or other " necessities " for the addict in your life because he or she can not afford them . |
| 22 | Helpless other than in the firm clasp of their hands , she was all exhilaration ; sweeping , it seemed , down a steep cylinder of ice and air . |
| 23 | Her sister Gabrielle Garsin , who had lived with Eugenia and the family when Dedo was a child , had committed suicide that year by throwing herself down a steep flight of stairs . |
| 24 | Forcing herself to be patient , she took down a leather-bound copy of Grimms ' Fairy Tales and opened the pages . |
| 25 | The customary toasts will be cheered with soft drinks which will wash down a modest buffet of sausage rolls and sandwiches . |
| 26 | Camille walked down a sleazy stretch of road , where half the shops were closing as the developers quadrupled the rents , and bought herself an ice-cream to take away the taste of margaritas : it was already midday , so she had only an hour or two before she could go home , claiming that her games lesson had been cancelled because someone had felled the netball posts . |
| 27 | Such a mechanism could play a role in normal limb development , laying down a basic prepattern of cartilaginous elements : first one element , then two , then three , and so on . |
| 28 | A true story — albeit hard to believe — was that , fearing the devaluation of the currency , he had melted down a considerable quantity of silver coin and buried the ingots in the grounds of the Park . |
| 29 | Finally she turned and disappeared down a short flight of stairs . |
| 30 | His hand beneath her elbow , Michele directed her down a short flight of steps to a central sunken garden where Neptune , brandishing a trident , guarded a splashing fountain . |