Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lay it on top of the potted peat down a little bit . |
| 2 | David , 29 , said he had lost control when he swerved to miss a car going the wrong way round a roundabout . |
| 3 | No disrespect to my conveyancing brethren but I would n't let them loose on a guilty plea of going the wrong way round a keep left sign . |
| 4 | The offence was grievous and innocent , I drove the wrong way round a roundabout , which sounds appalling but there was not a single other car in sight to , in a sense to steer by so to speak , erm but there was one policeman , and he stopped me , and he fined me , and I had to search for my purse , which I had well hidden , this being Italy , erm underneath all the bedding and the tents and the cooking pots , found it in due course , presented him very shakily with these thousand lire or whatever it was he wanted , and , and this is really the point , drove off very shakily too . |
| 5 | A SOLDIER was critically injured yesterday after driving the wrong way down a fogbound motorway . |
| 6 | A BOOZY taxi driver drove 14 miles the WRONG WAY down a dual carriageway at night . |
| 7 | The car was eventually stopped after driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway . |
| 8 | Closer to Europe the British set up a blockade of Brest , a step which took them a long way towards war with France , and began looking for allies to protect Hanover against France in the event of a continental war . |
| 9 | Therefore , the fourth way to underline effectiveness is to slide forwards slightly on the front foot , drawing the rear foot up an equal distance if there is a danger that otherwise the stance will stretch out . |
| 10 | Top : the International check out a temple . |
| 11 | That will bring the eventual budget down a fine tune particularly with regard to er recommendations of the housing committee with regard er to the erm which clearly there will be some people . |
| 12 | What I 'm looking for is a locked , unmarked door on the fourth floor up a flight of stairs . |
| 13 | I du n no , on the one side down a bit so he was n't so noticeable and round the other side there 's ! |
| 14 | Dee had just opened the two-litre engine up a bit on a dual carriageway and realized how quick the car was . |
| 15 | A group of the young set up a chant of ‘ why are we waiting ’ , and the line duly moved forward another inch . |
| 16 | the other way round an all some times |