Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every week she was expected to clean the house right through and make the dinners , while the grandmother had her outing to Edinburgh : ‘ she had jist t'come in and sit doon like a lady . ’ |
| 2 | Now the tunnelers were right through and ’ there was placed under the Parliament house where the king should sit , some 30 barrels of gunpowder , with great store of wood , faggots and bars of iron . ’ |
| 3 | That was right through and then once they got it right through , they cut the big chamber then . |
| 4 | I stopped after a short while and said ‘ this is nonsense — I ca n't learn any more of this sort of thing by two o'clock — I must just do a prose right through and see how I get on ’ . |
| 5 | Or and you you lived there right through until you were fifteen . |
| 6 | Er well y yes , they 'll be running at a loss right through until we eventually fix the prices for the whole programme and er hopefully the if they do it very efficiently we might make some profit . |
| 7 | But I mean you know he 's a workaholic and he expects everybody to be the same and then he works in there by the time I get there in the morning he works , works solidly right through until I leave there at night , you know . |
| 8 | ‘ You see , we usually take on a couple of girls locally for when the season picks up . |
| 9 | That you 've got to have it written down somewhere for when someone takes over . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's why we have n't adopted a position of being wholly for or against it . |
| 11 | Patrick Milligan would sigh despairingly as if God had deserted him , before wandering drunkenly off to his own , now single , bed , where he lay cursing his miserable lot before falling into a deep and whisky sodden sleep . |
| 12 | ‘ Beautiful , ’ he said slowly and rather shyly as if this was an emotional judgement he was ashamed of admitting to . |
| 13 | The glittering green Christmas decorations which had been Sellotaped to the ceiling and walls swayed crazily as if the whole office block was tilting . |
| 14 | He thought of the cabin up the creek to which his sister had withdrawn at his urging , and he turned to find the track , willing himself to control his horror , to keep moving nimbly and stealthily as if he did not feel unstrung . |
| 15 | You know that I would do it properly for if I had to . |
| 16 | Sarah had a high opinion of herself , and always stood with her shoulders back and her pretty nose pointed skyward as if she was better than everyone else . |
| 17 | ‘ Go on through and see him if you must . |
| 18 | However , some gems shine on through and five in particular deserve your investment , for different reasons . |
| 19 | He drove on through and then turned around in a gateway and cruised back more slowly . |
| 20 | The stronger sense of is strike off " , wrench loose " , and this is surely the last in a progression of " violent " verbs , beginning with diffugere and going on through and before coming to ( or rather , ) at the poem 's despairing close . |
| 21 | You go on through and si sorry seven is a pointer , eight is a Jack Russell which apparently is rather snappy and used for rabbiting , so I 'm told , nine is Dalmatian , number ten 's a labrador , golden coloured , guide dog main use and so on and then oh dear , it 's finished , the programme 's stopped . |
| 22 | I do it without premeditation , as naturally and wearily as if I did it every night . |
| 23 | Presumably this act was meant to signify the unleashing of chaos , except that instead of being summarily tossed to the ground , the bookcase was lowered as gently as delicately as if it were a fragile ceramic from antiquity . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you sure , ’ said Simon , speaking slowly as if to someone with a poor knowledge of English , ‘ that Gazzer has n't already got the money ? |
| 25 | He never smiled , and moved slowly as if ill . |
| 26 | Sarah shook her head slowly as if to clear it . |
| 27 | Artai nodded slowly as if he was satisfied . |
| 28 | Though , ’ he added slowly as if thinking something out , ‘ I did n't leave there for , oh , about twenty , perhaps thirty minutes , I should n't wonder . |
| 29 | Iris closed her eyes and began speaking slowly as if reciting a lesson . |
| 30 | I saw it was Alec , walking slowly as if in a daze , his right hand held up to his nose and mouth , his eyes downcast . |