Example sentences of "slowly and [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An aircraft accident investigation is a long , painstaking process in which the sometimes complicated sequence of events comes to light only slowly and frequently in the wrong order . |
| 2 | Then he began to move slowly and carefully past the table , on the opposite side to Moore . |
| 3 | They left the superstructure and moved slowly and carefully along the starlit open deck , the increasing wind hammering and buffeting at their bodies . |
| 4 | It was Charlotte who led the way back slowly and carefully through the garden . |
| 5 | A curious little line of figures comes round the side of the Admiralty , walking slowly and wearily through the late summer afternoon in Indian file . |
| 6 | We were still going slowly and painfully round the room when Estella brought in the relations who had been waiting downstairs . |
| 7 | He walked slowly and hesitatingly along the path . |
| 8 | I promise you , darling , they 'll be quite safe with us , ’ she said , speaking slowly and clearly in the hope that her cousin was able to understand . |
| 9 | He looked up through the clear patch of windscreen at the clouds moving slowly and peacefully across the upper reaches of the sky . |
| 10 | However , per capita food production in Africa has been declining slowly and steadily over the last few decades . |
| 11 | It just sank slowly and steadily below the ocean 's horizon , and suddenly it was gone . |
| 12 | They moved slowly and steadily towards the stranded taxi and then they stopped . |
| 13 | Lunch 8 oz. minced beef cooked slowly and thoroughly in a small saucepan with a level dessertspoonful of dried onion , a little black pepper and a Swiss Knorr beef stock cube , dissolved in a quarter of a pint of hot water from the kettle . |
| 14 | Smallfry peeled off her gloves and moved slowly and elegantly across the kitchen . |
| 15 | One of his assistants had worked slowly and laboriously through the records and come up with half-a-dozen prints which looked at least similar to the ones taken from Paula Wilson . |
| 16 | Move your hand slowly and smoothly along the required line and stop squeezing a little before you reach the end of the line ( because the flow continues after the pressure ceases ) . |
| 17 | The 1,3-compounds with alkyl substituents — eg — tend to rearrange slowly and spontaneously to the corresponding 1,2-rings . |
| 18 | He moved slowly and cautiously through the dead roots and broken timber . |
| 19 | Harry went slowly and cautiously through the gully , feeling his way at every step until his eyes had accustomed themselves to the darkness , and could judge distances and distinguish the shapes of the weathered planes of rock that leaned over him . |
| 20 | Without looking at Patrick , he said very quietly , his eyes on a tram lumbering slowly and cautiously down the street , " There 's a meeting in the usual place on Saturday night . |
| 21 | He moved slowly and cautiously across the pitch-dark room until his knees touched the edge of the bed . |
| 22 | The warning signs were , in any case , hoisted slowly and cautiously by the scientists . |
| 23 | The doorbell pealed and Julia shot upstairs from the basement , flung herself through the green baize door and then walked slowly and decorously across the black and white tiled hall . |
| 24 | While everybody else hurried to their destinations , she had walked slowly and aimlessly through the streets , lifting her face to the stinging rain , and watching the low rain clouds driven across the sky like waves seen from under the sea . |
| 25 | They were wedged in with the patient herd of people who were shuffling slowly and quietly up the stairs to the foyer , but Mark talked in a clear , excited voice , as if oblivious of their presence . |
| 26 | If a slab of stone fell on her head now and flattened her , it would serve her right for prying , she thought wryly , as the door opened slowly and reluctantly with a grudging squeal of rusty hinges . |
| 27 | He then walked slowly and gingerly towards the bathroom , keeping as much weight as possible on his right leg . |
| 28 | He came slowly and deliberately across the fields to the back door . |
| 29 | He passed his hand slowly and deliberately through the fire from the nearest torch , his eyes never leaving the woman . |
| 30 | She turned and regarded him , and after a moment walked slowly and deliberately to the Ancient Throne of Niall of the Nine Hostages and seated herself on it . |