Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , that is one of his reasons for not switching over to a metric standard for his stupid measurements , though in fact he 's just lazy . |
| 2 | You could do something useful instead of just sitting there like a |
| 3 | So it was then a question of just sitting down with a blank sheet of paper and starting to draw , because a Designer thinks about structures and design only by doing it , by drawing what 's in his mind . |
| 4 | On the other hand , social scientists can often be stimulated to develop research by a combination of not knowing enough about an area and being dissatisfied with the current state of knowledge . |
| 5 | And another thing , and this is serious , old boy , when I think of my poor mother 's hard life , I 'm afraid of not behaving right to a woman . |
| 6 | He was afraid of not measuring up as a lover and worried about his performance in bed . |
| 7 | It 's staring right up at me , like it knows exactly what I 'm thinking , like it knows I have n't got a dream of ever coming up with a first sentence . |
| 8 | education programmes to increase visitor awareness of how to tread lightly in a sensitive area . |
| 9 | Statistics suggest that those whose marriages last beyond this period seem to have learned the secret of how to stay together in a stable relationship . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , actually , this is such a beautiful place , I was thinking of maybe staying on for a few extra days , ’ she invented hastily , knowing her mother would worry herself silly if she knew the half of it — let alone that her car had packed up . |
| 11 | It is the process of actually sitting down as a family — the shared activities of discussing common goals , of settling differences amicably and of treating one another with respect and dignity — that has a healing and constructive part to play . |
| 12 | They looked a class act and for once came away with a result to match . |
| 13 | They looked a class act and for once came away with a result to match . |
| 14 | After the screaming adrenalin of the snatch outside Oxford , they had been penned up day and night in a single house , drinking beer from cans he had bought at motorway service stations , keeping out of sight all the time , hearing callers at the door ring and ring before finally going away without an answer . |
| 15 | From here climb up to a large thread belay and cave stance . |
| 16 | Larkin , in his poem , had paused at the door of a village church to make sure there was nothing going on before modestly venturing in as a tourist . |
| 17 | Wilcock stayed for a year before briefly taking off for a job in Nassau . |
| 18 | My first attempt on these hills ended at about 1500 feet when two of us were simply blasted off , which I suppose served us right for even setting out on a morning dark and grey as a used Brillo pad . |
| 19 | I kept the boost up as long as I could ; then , when I felt it start to go , relaxed , and went back to merely running fast for a while . |
| 20 | He used to just sit there with a 12 string guitar and often used a tape recorder with backing tracks , and then put on a harmony live or used a stylophone . |
| 21 | She glanced at the road ahead , a road that seemed to just shoot upwards at a terrifying angle . |
| 22 | Yeah it it means that you can point out that it makes it a lot simpler for someone to just pop over for a night and crash out on the floor . |
| 23 | With boards travelling at up to 25 knots , the emphasis is on not falling since in a few seconds the fleet will have zoomed past and gained a huge advantage . |
| 24 | Is the proliferation of training schemes and employment agencies merely a move a ) to reduce unemployment statistics b ) to make it seem that the government is doing something without it having to positively intervene economically in a massive problem ? |
| 25 | The proposals themselves were generally positive and paved the way for community-based nursing to really move forward as a cohesive and dynamic force , but the fact remains that significant concerns have been raised , and the organisations and individuals concerned should at least have an explanation as to why these concerns can not be acted upon , if that is indeed the case . |
| 26 | If you do n't get the chance to really freshen up with a shower then Femfresh has the answer . |
| 27 | Even given that these are projected figures , it would take a massive error to even get close to a break-even , never mind a situation whereby track costs were not covered . |
| 28 | And the local tavernas are the best places to sample the delicious Greek cuisine or to simply sit back with a glass of ouzo and watch the world go by . |
| 29 | Secondly , if they accept those arguments , then before anything becomes public I then need to embark on a process of consultation with the residents themselves and with their relatives and with their staff , so that we can explain it carefully to them — what it 'll involve , the time scale , what their options are going to be , how we 'll go through this process and all the rest of it , all the ins and outs , and then I shall have to then go formally to a special meeting of the Social Services Committee , probably in April , to say that I 've carried out this consultation , that this is my recommendation as to the home the Council should choose , and if they agree that then we move into implementation . |
| 30 | Trailing to a Cliff Thompson goal at half time Herrington were soon back on level terms when Tom Welsh scored only to again go behind to a David Ross effort . |