Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be a perfectly sensible decision based on the fact that one partner snores , or one sleeps poorly and wants to read or listen to the radio without disturbing the other . |
| 2 | motes pissed as newts , seraphic soaks , |
| 3 | But despite this negative influence , the market 's leading indicator opened only 5 points lower and had swung into the black by mid-morning . |
| 4 | Empathy understands that and knows that your skin needs are different . |
| 5 | Its voice flies flaming and dripping flame |
| 6 | Talking about disruption involves admitting and examining failure , professional and personal . |
| 7 | Even its light is tired , a pale yellowy-orange , nothing like the vibrant light of the south where the tireless sun goes high and stays high . |
| 8 | The child hates this and resists it fiercely . |
| 9 | His Prince Hal is never a roaring boy : he sits hunched or sprawled , with dark unwinking eyes : he hopes to be amused by his bully companions , but the eyes constantly muse beyond them into the time when he must steady himself for the crown . |
| 10 | ( If the reader doubts this and has had an accident driving a car , reflect again ! ) |
| 11 | Allow to cool slightly so the topping turns crisp and serve warm . |
| 12 | When each main idea has been sufficiently tested and sufficient knowledge has been gained , the chief executive goes public and announces the decision secure in the knowledge that there will be support for it , because the decision merely ‘ crystallizes ’ the views already put to him , whether he subtly induced them or not . |
| 13 | In addition to security , the author being cited receives public and peer group recognition , and the communion between citer and cited represents the sharing aspect of scientific research . |
| 14 | It tastes brown and leaves a little dust crunching between the teeth . |
| 15 | A grey day in a cold April , one of those winter's-end days when the land looks exhausted and worn and it seems like all the colour is gone from the world . |
| 16 | He looks aghast and humiliated . |
| 17 | Yet , a few weeks on , Mr Hurd , at 63 , looks depressed and frustrated : entangled in legal thickets , trapped in diplomatic elephant holes , waiting ignominiously on the Americans , watched warily by continental Europeans , outpaced by events . |
| 18 | The water looks clear and has long green weeds waving in it . |
| 19 | Electronic injection control to make cold starts easier and idling more stable . |
| 20 | The first crag seen as you enter the valley is Buckbarrow Crag — a mere ten minutes from the car ( yes , I know it looks further but trust me ) . |
| 21 | She wants some that got bloody erm |
| 22 | deeds For such orders , the court drafts these and sends them with a notice of appointment before the district judge to all parties not less than seven days before the appointment ( Ord 22 , r 7(1) — ( 5 ) ; otherwise the court simply prepares the orders and sends them out . |
| 23 | This throat-gripping melodrama about ‘ sex , greed and violence in our consumerist society — how everything passes from the mouth to the anus , ’ has a cast that includes Helen Mirren , Michael Gambon , Richard Bohringer , costumes by Jean Paul Gaultiere , stunning photography by Sasha Vierny and a score by Michael Nyman , ‘ the film — rich , intelligent , dynamic and funny — looks magnificent and confirms Greenaway as being in the forefront of European directors . ’ |
| 24 | It 's also why , when you suggest that it might not be the most credible thing for a label in their position to sign old bores like Paul Weller and Madness , McDonald looks bewildered and offers that Go ! |
| 25 | Mildew is destructive to cotton whereas nylon looks stained and smells a bit but the fabric remains intact . |
| 26 | But there is in us another level of being which lies deeper than knowing or acting , and it is at that further depth that the genuine religious impulse arises and lives . |
| 27 | He looks promising and has been used this season as a replacment for Wallace . |
| 28 | It looks good that does n't it ? |
| 29 | G agrees the water looks good and says it 's a Class Two river , ’ except when it rains , when it gets all the run-off and also lots of foul water from the foul sewer overflow . |
| 30 | Look out for new products and colours , but remember to go with what you feel looks good and works best for you . |