Example sentences of "[adj] the [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly lower the elbows apart until a full stretch is obtained . |
| 2 | The figure that we have come up with in fact is derived by holding constant the numbers rather than the rate of vacant dwellings through to the year two thousand and six , which implies that by the year two thousand six , we 'd have would have a vacancy rate of six point two percent or or thereabouts . |
| 3 | Aunt Bedelia tut-tutted at all the goings on as we ate our spinach soup made with dandelion leaves and wild garlic . |
| 4 | However , it may be in your best interests to make full use of all the options rather than miss some of them out . |
| 5 | As in the lowlands , the traditional landscape has to some extent been preserved by the economic irrationality of farmers — although in the uplands it consists of their ability to hold on against all the odds rather than disavow the pursuit of maximum profits . |
| 6 | Nightside was the name he gave the side of the school with all the dormitories on because most people only went there at night . |
| 7 | alright ? , the only thing is last week , Jean said that when the surveyor came last time they took all the carpets up so you might , they might have to do that |
| 8 | As for the Jews of the biblical period , they of course knew of Yavan , which designated all the Greeks rather than specifically the Ionians . |
| 9 | What else if I , I have to go and relieve er if I want er to only work down the cabin and it come to meal times cos we carried on dredging from six in the morning we do al all the winters round cos they eat on the dredger they used to eat three winches four winches on the dredger cos they 'd heave the dredger across the river and back again , wo when they come to meal times I used to have to go on and relieve the man what was driving that winch and I used t cos the er er chins coming round the barrel of the winch they used to override and I used to have a handle to knock them clear . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , Angela could quote all the reviews even if she sometimes wondered what exactly they were trying to say . |
| 11 | We should try to stop cutting all the trees down because soon all the animals wo n't have homes . |
| 12 | They want to rip all the trees down as well they want to make it a little piazza thing do n't they ? |
| 13 | It would be it would be better for them than doing all the extensions together cos doing all the extension booklets |
| 14 | It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in . |
| 15 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 16 | Do you try to take all the tops off as they die off ? |