Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [coord] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became lazy and somewhat withdrawn . |
| 2 | Here there was a delay , for Fiver — surrounded on all sides by the quiet summer evening — became helpless and almost paralysed with fear . |
| 3 | It was not until the Local Government Act of 1889 and the Burgh Police Act of 1892 that the Scottish spelling ‘ Burgh ’ became universal and firmly established in Scotland . |
| 4 | It smelled fresh and newly washed , and curiously stamped with her youth , her beauty , her frail mortality . |
| 5 | However , if the buildings can not be used for such purposes ‘ other uses are preferable to allowing the buildings to remain empty or grossly under-occupied ’ . |
| 6 | " Guerrists " among the PSOE " aparato " ( bureaucracy ) felt that officials using unorthodox but previously tolerated methods of fund-raising were not guilty of personal corruption . |
| 7 | Cassie was fond of it and kept it dust free and well polished . |
| 8 | For added safety , we will fit miniature circuit breakers to provide reliable and easily operated protection when using any electrical equipment . |
| 9 | The vast bulk of these acts involved insecure or improperly adjusted fencing of dangerous machinery , inadequate precautions against fire and explosion , as well as failure to inspect equipment and maintain healthy work conditions . |
| 10 | Labour support tended to be concentrated in already safe seats while the Tories swung many of the southern marginals , as many of the managerial , professional and small business strata registered Tory votes where they had previously voted Liberal or not voted at all ( Bonham , 1954 ) . |
| 11 | They are playing on the fact that most of us do not like to appear ignorant or ill informed . |
| 12 | However , the Course does include smooth and well understood processes for achieving change , connected with the Polytechnic 's system of annual review , which have been extensively used . |
| 13 | Mid-region performance is strong and acceleration only begins to tail off above 120mph , but the Chrysler engine lacks ultimate finesse at high revs , becoming noisy and slightly strained , while the power delivery is too often spoiled by a hesitation or jerk after a sudden lift-off or application of power . |
| 14 | If not dismissive in this way it is likely to be considered unimportant and never thought about again . |
| 15 | It may simply be used as a taunt which is deemed provocative and so portrayed as one of several triggering actions for the killing . |
| 16 | The following vehicles have been reported missing and not recovered : White Peugeot F770 XWR , Red Cavalier C782 YUG , Black Escort G702 5YY , Black Sierra G241 YHN , Silver Bluebird A259 LWD , Blue Escort B869 FFT , White Escort G761 ENV . |
| 17 | Instead , he 'd looked shocked and utterly horrified at seeing me still alive . |
| 18 | Regular reports required by individual locations are obtained by using standard or specially written programs produced by the team . |
| 19 | Don Kroodsma did an experiment in which he played normal and artificially reduced repertories of male canary song to female canaries . |
| 20 | The most obvious exploitation of biomass is the manufacture of alcohol by fermenting surplus or specially grown crops — e.g. sugar , corn , bananas ( see Latin America and Synthetics sections ) . |
| 21 | The other contender was a Fiesta — ‘ it seemed comfortable and well put together , but I 'd read that the engine was n't that good , ’ says Mr Cole . |
| 22 | A 45-minute session makes you feel relaxed and slightly dazed , but not so severely that you ca n't go shopping afterwards . |
| 23 | JULIA FORDHAM Porcelain ( Circa 10 ) ‘ You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed , ’ is not a lyric you would expect from Kylie Minogue , or even Liza Minnelli . |
| 24 | If capital transfer to other countries was also made illegal or tightly controlled , this would also help to prevent corporations evading the law by exporting those behaviours which would be illegal in one country to another where they are not . |
| 25 | A second later , a Vadinamian official came on-screen and irritatedly pointed out that the Valve was about to open and I should be moving . |
| 26 | His jokes with her had started jamming , and she had grown steely and even gone through his pockets . |
| 27 | Many of these people will feel lonely and socially isolated , especially if they are very old and , hence , relatively inactive . |
| 28 | Domestic ovens are not constructed to take continual punishment : the door might be opened and closed over 50 times a day , frequently slammed shut and generally abused by the busy caterer . |
| 29 | There were several female faces above her and the sounds of the street still reached her though they seemed distant and somewhat muffled . |
| 30 | ‘ He seemed quiet and rather withdrawn that morning , but he very often was so I did n't take too much notice . |