Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] several " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thus apparent , as has been indicated elsewhere , that not all of the earthworks are contemporary with one another ; indeed , the basic outline of the settlement seems to have been determined by land divisions laid down several thousand years previously . |
| 2 | He said relationships between inspectors and schools have broken down several times . |
| 3 | On our second d ay we passed below several large glaciers — their snouts festooned with tall ice pinnacles , resembling lines of giant marching penguins . |
| 4 | The Boogiemen are the latest band to record a demo tape of cover versions , bringing together several soul and blues classics and recording them in a mellow style . |
| 5 | The counsellor of older people may be bringing together several of these open family systems ; the system formed by the older person , and the systems formed by one or more of their children . |
| 6 | The most important case , drawing together several decisions in the lower courts , is the Court of Appeal decision R. v. Samuel . |
| 7 | He passed along several narrow alleyways , the tight , over-crowded vicoli that led towards Via Crispi where his pensione was situated . |
| 8 | Any narrative of his life develops along several parallel routes . |
| 9 | He told her to fetch a pencil and paper and when she brought them scribbled down several sentences in capital letters . |
| 10 | I know has so several of you have already been on a training course so you 'll know the sort of er way in which we work and the way things happen . |
| 11 | Hendrique sucked in several deep breaths but said nothing . |
| 12 | It drew together several countries in a common body which controlled important areas of the economy ; it was a sign of Franco-German rapprochement and it paved the way for the full removal of post-war industrial controls on West Germany by the Western allies ; it succeeded in overcoming doubt and opposition from politicians and industrialists ; and it created a workable machinery . |
| 13 | He had been let down several times , they had done all sorts of things without asking him , and sometimes he only found out what they 'd been up to when the papers rang for comment . |
| 14 | The room was a waist-high maze of rich wood panelling , staggered over several levels with the magistrates ' bench at the highest . |
| 15 | This remarkable and rapid growth was attributable to a relatively small group of full-time tutors and organising secretaries resident in these counties who demonstrated over several years the importance of their roles , personal qualities and ‘ … their intimate association with members of branches and groups , which , in its turn , comes only from … active sympathy with those ends which they seek to achieve through adult education ’ . |
| 16 | However , it should be emphasised that the above comparisons gloss over several differences between the studies , and will become quickly outdated as heroin outbreaks emerge in other areas during the second half of the decade and the 1990s . |
| 17 | Their flowers appear over several weeks in summer and are at all times most striking and handsome . |
| 18 | They ran towards them , Willie following as fast as he could , climbing over several small children on the way . |
| 19 | In these circumstances tournaments were not confined within enclosed lists but ranged over several square miles of ground , taking in villages , woods and vineyards , all of which might suffer as much damage as in real war . |
| 20 | The size of these advances will vary , but if a writer has already several hit singles in his or her catalogue the advance may be very sizeable . |
| 21 | Mrs Cresson has already several times hinted that parliament may be dissolved if the conservative opposition tries to block government bills . |
| 22 | But phoned home several times , to say he was happy . |
| 23 | The squad had picked up several copies from a local newsagent : would I like one ? |
| 24 | Climbing up several flights of narrow , twisting stairs , I reached the Sultan 's penthouse pavilion with its view over the rooftops of Begampur . |
| 25 | He had also carried out several town planning improvements in London , but early in 1856 with the appointment by Hall of Henry Arthur Hunt ( 1810–89 ) to the new post of Surveyor of the Works and Public Buildings , he found that his duties had been drastically curtailed . |
| 26 | I have carried out several privatisations in my time in commercial and industrial departments , and my understanding of the word privatisation is that one takes something currently managed in the public sector and transfers it to the private sector — the last such transfer in which I was engaged involved British Steel . |
| 27 | They believe he 's carried out several sex attacks in one town , and want to talk to other victims who may have been too scared to come forward . |
| 28 | Pascoe tried out several emotions for that , coming closer to the real thing each time — impatience , irritation , concern , anxiety … |
| 29 | Saints ' Allan Hunte went past him with ease and Hanley was caught out several times in midfield in the Halifax match . |
| 30 | He read the game appallingly , was caught out several times , and chuffed his way around the back right like a horse that was due for the knackers yard . |