Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was anxious , for no such thing has ever happened to her before , her memory was always clear and rounded as a bell-note and utterly reliable . |
| 2 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 3 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 4 | The moon had set , but the sky was clear and lit by a sprinkling of stars . |
| 5 | Lucien , keeping close behind , noticed that Tavalouze 's robe was a little stained , and his hair was as unshaped and straggling as a beggar 's . |
| 6 | Briefly , serum ( 1 ml ) was diluted with two volumes of isotonic saline and extracted on a small column of octadecysilane bonded silica at 64°C . |
| 7 | The slides were then washed in phosphate buffered saline and incubated with a 1:300 dilution of biotinylated anti-mouse antibody ( Dakopatts , Denmark ) . |
| 8 | The data stored and manipulated within a GIS are of two specific kinds . |
| 9 | The house committee met weekly and dealt with a variety of matters . |
| 10 | That temper was raised higher still when he was finally allowed through and found Matchsticks already waiting , idly smoking and flicking through a copy of Lui . |
| 11 | Mr John Cleese , the icon , has revealed that when his mother dies he intends to ‘ have her stuffed and put in a glass case in his front hall . ’ |
| 12 | Who stayed upstairs I never did find out , but the house is now well and truly Yuppified and owned by a couple of actresses from good families . |
| 13 | Well , it was heigh-ho for the nearest cookshop and , if I remember correctly , a quail pie , the crust golden and crisp , the meat fresh and smothered in a rich sauce , and a jug of new Bordeaux . |
| 14 | Often described simply as brown and used in a rather careless manner , burnt sienna should instead be regarded as a particularly transparent , slightly neutralised orange , and used accordingly . |
| 15 | If an operation went wrong and resulted in a scandal because one of their agents had been caught in the act there was no one in Russia who would criticise . |
| 16 | ‘ Even if I am wrong and think of a dozen times , it is still dreadful that somebody so involved in the game is not out there watching the guys . |
| 17 | This castle , built c. 1130 , is of stone and is about 125 feet high and based on a plan 70 feet square . |
| 18 | The right hand was high and rested on a vertical spear , the left is on the hip . |
| 19 | They were hand in hand , about a yard apart , swinging their joined hands high and indulging in a tug-of-war every time they encountered a lamp-post or a tree . |
| 20 | These solid state stereo units are only 1U high and fit into a 19 inch rack space . |
| 21 | The columns were part of an octastyle portico , each 48 feet high and standing on a 22 feet podium . |
| 22 | Beneath it , she wore loose silky pants in the same colour , pleated and gathered into a deep , fitted waistband and tapering at her ankles , one of which sported a fine gold anklet . |
| 23 | I am thirteen years old and go to a girls ' school , predominantly working class , at the Elephant and Castle , London . |
| 24 | HOLLAND 'S only commercial reactor at Borssele is just about as ordinary a nuclear power plant as you could expect to find : 477 megawatts , 10 years old and saddled with a 20-year contract to supply electricity to the neighbouring Pechiney aluminium smelter at a third of the present going rate . |
| 25 | One hundred and ten people infected with HIV reported 119 children , of whom 60 were dependent — that is , less than 16 years old and living with a parent . |
| 26 | After all , it is about the conservation of the old and founded on a suspicion of the new . |
| 27 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
| 28 | Church ‘ A' is seven years old and located in a new development area of detached houses . |
| 29 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 30 | Fast , quick-witted and determined as a player , demanding and insistent as a manager , there was little doubt that he would snatch his career back from the brink of failure . |