Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the following April John II , fearing that the dauphin , Charles , who was duke of Normandy , was plotting against him with members of the Navarrese party and others , went secretly to Rouen and , as the dauphin was entertaining his guests to dinner , arrested some and had them led away to immediate execution . |
| 2 | ONE of the Spanish flunkies approached the Princess Royal in Barcelona last week when the Royal Box happened to be empty and suggested she sit there . |
| 3 | First Benny had turned her back on him in public and told him to go home without her after he had driven up especially to collect her . |
| 4 | Are the stop-cocks accessible and do they turn easily ? |
| 5 | But my strongest surviving impression is of a large team of teachers , several of them coming specifically to Banbury to undertake this work and now scattered in headships across the country , determined to carry change through — not because it was imposed by politicians or bureaucrats , but because they believed it to be right and wanted it to work well . |
| 6 | When I come into get you dressed let's try and be friendly and get it done quickly without fighting , then we 'll both be happy . ’ |
| 7 | A true mystical experience is not only intended to make the adept less egotistic but it should also make him more alert and help him to function better . |
| 8 | He had the difficult task of taking the field around and beyond the covert and getting them to stand well back before he could attend to his hounds . |
| 9 | Well just leave it like that and let it stretch so the leather stays like that . |
| 10 | peaceful and relaxed and enables you to go deeply within yourself and to feel very much in harmony with yourself with others who you do it with , and with the world in general . |
| 11 | When the flight to Nice was called , she informed a brisk blue-uniformed redhead that she was feeling ill and thought she 'd better cancel her ticket . |
| 12 | Yet both British stars shot level par 72s and believe they have only to improve slightly to have winning chances today . |
| 13 | Even the perfectionists were impressed and admitted they came away with their tails between their legs having learnt a great lesson about false pride . |
| 14 | Blake believed that if he could understand all aspects of his horses , he could make them happy and motivate them to work better and to be more successful in competition . |
| 15 | In the Philippines the popular movement attracts many of the most exploited and oppressed who join together naturally in their community : peasant , worker , urban poor and women 's organizations . |
| 16 | Her words were lost in the sound of grinding gears , and the car leaped away from the sidewalk , knocking Mrs Frizzell 's hat askew and leaving her mouthing furiously at nobody . |
| 17 | First and last he sought only the strictest fidelity to justice , rectitude and truth . |
| 18 | Once the gospel has been received by a group and a church formed , the next question which must be faced is , ‘ How should this Christian community live and organise itself to express most authentically the new life of the gospel within that cultural context ? ’ |
| 19 | Accept one and make it last as long as possible . |
| 20 | On instructions from the Corporals , we stripped him naked and made him run across to the horse trough where he was thrown in . |
| 21 | Sir John and Lady Frankling are very kind and wish me to feel quite at home … |
| 22 | Mansell was livid and admitted he ran away from the scene of the accident to avoid being tempted into big trouble . |
| 23 | And if they could agree to make it all worthwhile and let us know just what they really are . ’ |
| 24 | She was still very active and made me feel so welcome , especially when she opened the sherry bottle . |
| 25 | It is easier to presume the benefit and call the intervention a service activity than to remain agnostic and call it research together with the inconvenient implications . |
| 26 | He knew the sensible thing to do was to remain silent and let her cry away . |
| 27 | ‘ Initially it was very disconcerting and made me feel very self-conscious , ’ she said . |
| 28 | The treatment itself was distressing and made him feel very ill , but the care and kindness of the medical staff and of the radiologists made his time bearable for both of us . |