Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's the odd few that do n't get on with the teachers . |
| 2 | He is free born and trembles not at priestly threats or the papal curse … |
| 3 | Of these , 190 were listed as threatened in two or more countries , and a further 304 as threatened globally . |
| 4 | At the time of writing , ‘ Countdown To Extinction ’ was enjoying its sixth consecutive week in the US Top 10 and had already generated in excess of two million sales worldwide . |
| 5 | And er then I left them in forty six and went back to me first love , and er it was a little self contained union . |
| 6 | The Assembly had 386 seats and under the country 's complex electoral system ( approved in October 1989 — see p. 36961 ) , there were 176 single-member constituencies , where results were decided either by overall majority in the first round , or in a second round to which candidates would go forward if they finished in the top three or obtained over 15 per cent of the vote . |
| 7 | We are pleased to be a part of the new AR Division within Scottish Amicable and look forward to seeing the Division increase its percentage share of the company 's overall — and increasing — new business production . |
| 8 | Robert Walker , a soldier in uniform , was fighting his way through the crowd , a bunch of flowers and a marriage licence in his hand , wading against the human tide to the shining spot under the clock where Judy Garland stood , dressed in angelic white that stood out against the drab extras , waiting anxiously . |
| 9 | Er there used to be a a a a an inlet to the other shaft , you see there was an inlet shaft that was all boxed in , that was the top hard that went down four hundred and ninety yards you see ? |
| 10 | But be warned — he 's an unashamed surrealist and does n't expect people to understand his paintings now any more than they did then . |
| 11 | Boldly , Tommaso went on , light dancing in his pale eyes , ‘ That 's some good that came out of America , at least : the assassin from New Jersey , here 's to him ! ’ |
| 12 | It is in each individual 's interest to defend its place in the ‘ peck order ’ vigorously , as well as to challenge those higher up — hence the almost continual challenging that goes on in goat society . |
| 13 | This more than made up for the Tramway Department 's loss of revenue resulting from the suspension of the service ! |
| 14 | He is a very sensible 15-year-old and does not allow his sport to interfere with his school work . ’ |
| 15 | Brest-Litovsk and the German offensive that followed finally shattered these hopes . |
| 16 | The office had never felt this small and cramped before , not even when the whole team held a meeting there . |
| 17 | Psycho and Peeping Tom , both of which are more than 30 years-old and remain deeply shocking , are also ignored . |
| 18 | Their problem is two- pronged and affects both markets and subsidies . |
| 19 | Her father died and they had to come back from their , this particular and come back . |
| 20 | Dave Southwood took the aircraft for a fifteen minute first flight which was faultless other than running out of nose-down trim . |
| 21 | They do it for to keep him going and then they 'll say he says you know I 'm used to getting up at half four and going so many miles every morning for a big jog . |
| 22 | Many of the living echinoids are protected by spines , some sharp and breaking off easily into the unwary foot , others stout and clublike ; a few groups have taken to burrowing into sediment , and the spines have become small and felt-like . |
| 23 | IT PROBABLY never existed , the England where everybody went dancing to a big band on a Friday night and tripped the light fantastic and moved romantically , cheek to cheek , with their best girl or their best boy , and where there was always a full moon outside . |
| 24 | He bought it in the Swinging Sixties and had never worn it . |
| 25 | C&P 's Occupational Health Department — 100 strong and spread over five locations — recently became the first medical service anywhere to achieve quality assurance registration . |
| 26 | Alice had to breathe really hard not to cross the road there , for although the old woman always smiled , the hallway behind her was dark brown and went on forever . |
| 27 | He weighed 196lb and , when wishing to indulge in a man-to-man talk ( I say man-to-man because I became convinced he did n't believe he was a dog at all ) he would rear up and rest his forepaws on my shoulders and look down into my eyes , which are a rather attractive dark brown and reside about five feet two inches above sea level . |
| 28 | His hair was dark brown and slicked back with Brylcreem . |
| 29 | In winter head mottled with white , eye-stripe indistinct and upperparts sparingly marked white . |
| 30 | Very hard to separate from Swift , even in good light , but is distinctly paler brown and has more conspicuous white throat patch , rather paler forehead and slight contrast between paler secondaries and rest of wing ; also slightly different outline , especially broader head , and slower wing-beats . |