Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] and [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Sandford , however , urged us to defer going down there for at least two months : the rains had only recently ended and after the rains a virulent type of malaria was prevalent in the Awash valley .
2 It seemed that with every exchange the man was growing more confident , and the girl , for all she maintained her fiery calm , a little more pressed and on the defensive .
3 Thanks to , among others , John Robinson and the radical theologians , however , the way has been paved for humanist concerns to become more widely accepted and for the established Church to lose its importance in the areas of both public and private morality .
4 Severely damaged , the church is now largely restored and in the interior , which is virtually complete , the work has been beautifully done .
5 Public transport was initially most affected and by the end of the month postal services , refuse collection and hospital services were disrupted in cities and towns across western Germany .
6 The site has been known to many antiquaries from the eighteenth century onwards ; Gordon recorded that the circuit of the walls was still conspicuous , a description which conflicts with the almost contemporary report of that other noted antiquarian of Hadrian 's Wall , John Horsley , who wrote that the Roman site was almost entirely levelled and under the plough .
7 The responsibilities that we exercise through the general committee are quite well established and under the BAF arrangements they will be enshrined in the constitution as being ours by right .
8 The shop owner was n't too badly hurt and as the policemen arrived and asked me , ‘ You all right , sir ? ’
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