Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car was so low it looked as if a giant had tried to stub it out and it was clear that getting out of the bucket seat gave the Greek momentary altitude sickness . |
| 2 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 3 | Instead of browsing on the ‘ Aufwuchs ’ on rocks , they feed mainly on organisms living in the substrate , but probably also eat anything tasty that comes along in the open . |
| 4 | It is no longer a steam locomotive but a fast diesel pulling a trail of red , white and blue carriages , an express that rumbles down to Ashqelon between the orchards and the sea . |
| 5 | How dangerous that turned out to be ! |
| 6 | Invariably Titron came up , green water avalanching into white that flared back in the wind . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As for cutting it away , it was obvious that to wander about on the other side of the rampart was to invite certain death . |
| 9 | 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 ! ’ |
| 10 | When something does n't go as we had hoped we must try to see the good that comes out of it in the end . |
| 11 | Now I 'm sure that screaming along with fifteen knot in a force six is really exciting but for a landlubber like myself it 's certainly not on . |
| 12 | She could n't be at all sure that giving in to such an impulse would have the desired effect . |
| 13 | WHATEVER happened to the days when cricketers dressed in white , sported smart caps , and cursed catches in the deep that came out of the sun ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Elsewhere , like on ‘ Criminals ’ or ‘ Shaky Ground ’ , you get all the weird , unresolved chording that Michael Stipe favours , and a suitably battered vocal that reaches back to the old mountain music and forward to Dinosaur Jr , Lemonheads and Nick Cave . |
| 16 | Or install some sort of screen , dividing panel , a blind that lets down from the ceiling , and even a stack of wine racks which would make a substantial and permanent wall in themselves . |
| 17 | A shade or blind that draws up into neat horizontal folds by means of cords threaded through rings attached at regular intervals to the back of the fabric . |
| 18 | The ease with which the effects of stray capacitances are dealt with renders the bridge suitable for making measurements at high frequencies and commercial versions are available that operate up to frequencies ∼100 MHz . |
| 19 | He made such a fine job of the earth , the sea and the hills ; He made an equally fine job of the creatures , large and small that run around on the land ; He even gave us the best crags in the world … |
| 20 | If I am unfortunate enough to experience the untimely death of several people I am attached to so that it forms something of a pattern , then I am likely to experience considerable difficulty with my bereavements : there has been none of the unconscious preparation for the death of someone close that goes on in our awareness of incidents that are likely to occur . |
| 21 | He emerged amongst the Egyptian heavyweights and saw , between two huge stone legs , something rapid and white and golden that turned out to be Fergus Wolff , also heading for coffee . |
| 22 | ‘ It was something disgusting that came out of your foul head . ’ |