Example sentences of "[verb] and [adv] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything is expertly played and yet just a shade anonymous : while oboe and horn excel in the second ‘ love episode ’ , there is little trace of old-world Viennese specificity . |
| 2 | Now okay you know the , you know the one person you ca n't do anything for but it 's the way this lass looked you know and then about a week after that I 'm in Princes Street and I always try and er you know buy the , the Issues |
| 3 | It seemed that they should stop and follow the sight of the two young boys , but it was too late they had been and they had gone and now only a disturbance was left behind . |
| 4 | For example , in October 1974 the Labour Government secured the support of 39.2 per cent of those who voted and just over a quarter of the electorate ; in 1979 the Conservatives gained 43.9 per cent of the vote and the support of around a third of the electorate ; and in 1983 , the Conservative landslide of seats ( their parliamentary majority trebled ) was based on just 42.4 per cent of the vote — less than they got when they lost in 1964 , less than they got in 1979 , the fifth-lowest Conservative vote since the war , and the lowest vote-count by a government with a secure majority since 1922 . |
| 5 | Technology suppliers to the British hotel and restaurant industry say that their products are often under-exploited , because too little thought has been given to what the systems are supposed to achieve and too low a priority is given to staff training . |
| 6 | Now you are stronger , wiser and finer in every way — more concerned with doing than dreaming and no longer a people-pleaser . |