Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she used to sleep in and then a little bit after that she went to live in Liverpool with my grandmother and went to work there so s I I s I was the sort of erm eldest one at home then you know so I felt as if I was more or less responsible for looking after my mam sort of thing . |
| 2 | No fresh cool wind had swept through the valley for days , and the same stagnant air had been breathed in and out a hundred times by the whole gasping village . |
| 3 | Oh well I think I 'll ju I 'll just play with the tab and make it pop in and out a few times |
| 4 | It is not possible to understand this interesting document until it is remembered that it represents a SHARE of sheep taken over and not a public SALE and then fractions of an animal become acceptable . |
| 5 | The blizzard had swept on and now a full moon hung low in the dark-blue cloudless sky . |
| 6 | The Irish Football Association 's scheme to sell tickets in a double package with those for November 's big match at home to the Republic has paid off and now a five-figure attendance is expected . |
| 7 | As is well known , the boycott was less than a resounding success in terms of popular reactions , and , as an organized nation-wide affair , was called off after only a single day . |
| 8 | where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger … |
| 9 | So I said , frankly , all I 'll get is your laundry , another cup , saucer and plate to wash up and probably a great deal more you-know-what than I need ! ’ |
| 10 | The police were quickly on the scene and had Trevor walking up and down a straight line . |
| 11 | Up and down a dark alley , at night Cor , flipping scary ! |
| 12 | There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream . |
| 13 | ( It is rather like dropping a cork into water : at first it bobs up and down a great deal , but as the ripples carry away its energy , it eventually settles down to a stationary state . ) |
| 14 | If you walk up and down a pebbly beach , you will notice that the pebbles are not arranged at random . |
| 15 | Though its popularity goes up and down a little according to the fashion of the year , the genre is plainly here to stay . |
| 16 | A suitable mix of exercise includes cycling on an ergometer , stepping up and down a two-step climb , a variety of arm and leg exercises using dumb-bells or fixed-weight training equipment and jogging on a mini-trampoline . |
| 17 | Loosen the holes slightly by moving arms and legs up and down a few times . |
| 18 | They swing to the top of the backswing and then practise with the left arm bouncing the club up and down a few times so that there is a feeling of taking control of the downswing and the right shoulder not wanting to push . |
| 19 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times . |
| 20 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 25 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 21 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 22 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 30 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 23 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times , holding each raise for 1 second . |
| 24 | Swing the leg forwards and lift it up and down a few inches , 35 times . |
| 25 | Oh , yeah that 's it ! 22 players kicking a leather sphere up and down a big piece of grass ! |
| 26 | Nowadays I ca n't bear anything to do with football , kicking an air-filled pig 's bladder up and down a muddy pitch ai n't my idea of fun . |
| 27 | In the event , this official reformation was both rapid and radical , but up until just a few weeks before Henry 's death it had by no means been inevitable . |
| 28 | It was just not anything you might encounter in Texas , not if you went back or forward a million years . |
| 29 | pointed out that previously a preliminary examination had applied , but tutors now trained students to take the Foundation Module . |
| 30 | Occasionally Harvard dealers would have colleagues shout out that only a limited line of stock was left . |