Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It comprises nearly 150 oil paintings , collages , gouaches and sculptures from all periods of Picasso 's career and is a rich illustration of the opinion advanced by John Richardson in the first volume of his biography of the artist that still-life was a subject which Picasso ‘ would eventually explore more exhaustively and develop more imaginatively than any other artist in history ’ . |
| 2 | Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this . |
| 3 | When he came to a stream or a fallen tree trunk , he would launch himself like a ballet dancer , but in slow motion , and land as softly as if his feet were scatter cushions . |
| 4 | If the casserole is still quite liquid , remove the lid from the pan and simmer more quickly until the sauce is reduced . |
| 5 | To ripen melons , keep them at room temperature for a few days , when ripe store in the fridge and eat as soon as possible . |
| 6 | Apply a thin layer of adhesive to one surface and press firmly together until bonding is complete . |
| 7 | At each stage of their individual development , a number of men stop and grow no further because their needs are satisfied . |
| 8 | Both grass and clovers recover and grow more quickly when grazed hard for a short period and then rested for two to three weeks than they do under continuous nibbling . |
| 9 | They have a pleasant , slightly sweet flavour and cook more quickly than other dried beans . |
| 10 | The lenses will be as small and thin as possible and fit as loosely as appropriate in order to maintain the health of the eyes . |
| 11 | • If you wake during the night ( sometimes because you need to empty your bladder ) then return to bed and relax as soon as possible , Do not get up for a cup of tea or snack as this will give misleading information to your body clock . |
| 12 | You want us to lie east of the forest with the fire in our faces and cut off Siward if he tries to make his escape . |
| 13 | He deliberately used both brush and pen as boldly as possible to soften the mechanical nature of the process . |
| 14 | If the before I come to go past it he would cut back in and and climb across even if if the next car then back in again you 're just going , you start out of line |
| 15 | Now when the film 's over I 've got one or two more questions to ask you so I want you to watch very carefully and listen very carefully as we go through the film . |
| 16 | The modern tail and underwater shapes will enable you to make progress in stronger wind and sail far quicker than if you use a wide square-tailed board with a flat bottom . |
| 17 | Stand the bowl over a pan of simmering water and heat very gently until the chocolate begins to melt . |
| 18 | Some young men never have really thought about personal hygiene very much and react very badly if the subject is mentioned . |
| 19 | Unless you have to use PostScript for typographic reasons , you 'll find that TrueType fonts are every bit as good as PostScript ones and print much faster than PostScript , especially to a LaserJet . |
| 20 | Spread this across the surface of the slide with the other cover-glass , and view as soon as possible . |
| 21 | One question of particular importance is whether trusts offered any interpretative advantages : were the jurists generally liable to cavil less and interpret more liberally when they came within sight of a trust ? |
| 22 | Violent abuse , death threats , bomb warnings and evangelical types were also far more common on the phones then , though received Switchboard wisdom says that 's because they have more trouble getting through now and tend to get discouraged and give up quicker than genuine callers . |
| 23 | Please support our Passport to Health campaign and give as generously as you can . |
| 24 | And run smartly backwards when the tarpaulin comes down . ’ |
| 25 | And run as straight as if they saw their way . |
| 26 | Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can . |
| 27 | Then you follow me and hit me with a driver and drop away quickly because I 'm going to hit it so fast he wo n't know where the ball is until it 's down the fairway . ’ |
| 28 | But we take the very best equipment we can find , and train as hard as we can , in order to avoid discomfort . ’ |
| 29 | However , if babies suffer tissue damage for whatever reason , they show fewer behavioural disturbances and recover more quickly if they receive medicine which limits the effect of injury signals . |
| 30 | Tests have been regularly carried out since the early eighties to discover whether those who exercise regularly or who have jobs which involve a considerable amount of physical exertion are able to think more clearly and remember more accurately than their IQ counterparts who lead a fairly sedentary life . |