Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other symptoms were deemed to be present if they occurred on at least a quarter of the days or occasions , except that passage of mucus was taken as a symptom if it had ever occurred ( this being normal clinical practice ) . |
| 2 | While most of use were struggling to stay on the roads , the all-wheel-drive cars swanned along with barely a feather ruffled . |
| 3 | On one of the islands he saw a shaggy water rat ; he shouted at it and it slid into the water and swam away with only the top of its head showing . |
| 4 | Grimma wandered over to where the human lay . |
| 5 | Somewhere , over on the other side of the Common , a truck moved up from below the hill and , headlights hooded , started across towards Parkside . |
| 6 | Zurich has benefited in its search for profitable target markets from having a strong international network , built up over nearly a century , with operations in 40 countries . |
| 7 | Gains himself was one of the holders , as was George Godfrey , whom Gains rated as at least the equal of Dempsey . |
| 8 | But Pool went in front in 63 minutes when Preston keeper Simon Farnworth headed out from outside the area and Peake sent his 30-yard shot into the net before anyone could recover . |
| 9 | Okay , bearing in mind single life , does include a life of another , and the only time we can use that life for another , is the one we mentioned there with where the employer wishes to take a plan on the life of the employee . |
| 10 | I think I got away with quite a lot , considering . |
| 11 | One set of doors led through to where a sign marked ‘ The Studio ’ took me down a flight of stairs to the basement beneath , the cosiness and warmth of which was a welcomed contrast to the watery excesses above . |
| 12 | We drove slowly to where a sentry stood . |
| 13 | I came down with quite a thud , and hit my head on the stair post . ’ |
| 14 | Then when he joined the Frank Zappa group he came down with almost every member of the band , and George Duke was at the keyboard … ’ |
| 15 | As dusk fell they all piled back into the ‘ Blitz Buggy ’ and , with the track rod end still giving forth its loud protesting wail , drove down to where the torpedo boats were moored . |
| 16 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 17 | Worse , the effects of the war spilled over into almost every aspect of American life , leaving bitterness and division in their wake . |
| 18 | He parked close to where the land sloped downwards to a narrow pebble beach , and switched the engine off . |
| 19 | On a purely practical note , all this added up to quite a bit in value and Ivy Cottage did not appear to have any extra locks or catches at the windows . |
| 20 | She only did , them drama people came up with quite a lot ideas |
| 21 | In complete panic , I turned the car around and drove back to where the house had been . |
| 22 | I thought Deano played well with really no service . |
| 23 | He turned away with just a touch of impatience . |
| 24 | But 39-year-old Patrese clambered out with just a pair of bruised knees and trembling hands . |
| 25 | Melissa watched for a few seconds as he worked , apparently impervious to the heat , then turned back to where the others were waiting . |
| 26 | ‘ Even while then it still had n't clicked in my brilliant brain why I was acting so , I put my foot down , and kept it there , and arrived here with about an hour to spare before your train was due in . |
| 27 | ‘ You may want to put that over your eyes , the driving 's kinda crazy here , ’ he said as ten cars hurtled forward with absolutely no lane discipline , and all went straight through a red light with furious honking . |
| 28 | The poorest households suffered the most , and this led temporarily to both a levelling and an aggregate move downwards in Volga peasant society . |
| 29 | Lunch over , I walked on to where the Coast to Coast Path and Pennine Way cross above Ease Gill Force . |
| 30 | They were immensely hairy , had breasts that hung down at least a yard and were used by the males as beasts of burden . |