Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic negotiating position of the United States , presented to the IMF in November 1972 , was that countries should peg their currencies to the SDR , but that they would be obliged to devalue or revalue if their reserves fell below or rose above certain predefined warning levels . |
| 2 | The largest of these groups , those born in or descended from those born in the Indian subcontinent , is itself divisible into sub-groups with important differences between them — such as language and religion . |
| 3 | Mr Havel , who has a genius for pinpointing the absurd , smiled gently and sipped at some mineral water . |
| 4 | I went in and looked with some surprise at a pan of sausages balanced on the coals . |
| 5 | Then jealousy and anxiety moved in and squatted like diseased vagrants . |
| 6 | I went in and spoke to one of the secretaries who said she would er she would do it and send us material . |
| 7 | I got on the buses at Trafalgar Square , it took me to the other end and brought me back again , and I got down and got on another one . |
| 8 | Then we e enhanced it and then eventually er Robin knocked this up you see from all the work we 'd done , but we never sat down and went through this . |
| 9 | She stopped part way down and crouched on one of the treads , from which vantage point she was able to peer through the rails of the bannister and see directly into the sitting room . |
| 10 | I broke down and cried for fifteen minutes . |
| 11 | The birds flew up noisily , circled , and then they came down and settled in another tree not far away . |
| 12 | They started their break at one o'clock and finished at two . |
| 13 | At a time when rock fans expected country folk to be psychotic rednecks ready to gun down anyone with hair over their ears — pace Easy Rider — Cash came along and fought for Indian rights , recorded with Bob Dylan , and received death threats from the Ku Klux Klan . |
| 14 | Our teachers cycled to school and as soon as they were seen coming up the road , children walked along and behaved like little angels — if not , they would be in trouble as soon as they got into school . |
| 15 | Lynch made amends before long and equalised from close range , but that was all the reward Southwood were to see for their efforts . |
| 16 | The two girls sometimes exercised the horses together and seemed on amiable terms . |
| 17 | Blend all the ingredients together and beat until smooth . |
| 18 | The miner left the house gloomily but returned in half an hour with the fingers working . |
| 19 | Northumberland senior boys 110 metres hurdler Kevin Lumsden knocked four barriers down but won in 14.9 secs , a three-second improvement on the run which earned him the county title seven days earlier . |
| 20 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales went to lunch together yesterday , but arrived separately and sat at different tables . |
| 21 | And then abruptly he looked away and said with neutral politeness , ‘ Would you like something else — some dessert perhaps ? |
| 22 | One night all these goods were secretly taken away and disappeared for good . |
| 23 | Ranulf took up the argument as Corbett looked away and thought of old Dame Martha drowning in her bath-water . |
| 24 | Young later told Unigram that ‘ technology marches on , and the kernel has become a do n't care issue , gone away and moved to higher layers ’ . |
| 25 | After they had eaten and sunbathed a little , they cleared everything away and moved to another hedge to pick more berries . |
| 26 | The snow was beginning to turn to rain next morning and , although the ground was white right to the shores , we all went ashore and walked for several hours . |
| 27 | Daffy was going downstairs and slipped on one of the steps . |
| 28 | Daffy was going downstairs and slipped on one of the steps . |
| 29 | Fifteen miles south of Garberville my eyes began to close and I pulled over and slept for half an hour . |
| 30 | I went over and looked at some of the characters . |