Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was standing in the bows looking forward when suddenly our gently hissing bow-wave turned into a glowing mass of green fire , which reflected from our hull and bathed us in a ghostly light . |
| 2 | They had ceased to bring him food at the end of the first day , taken away his carefully hoarded drop of water at the end of the second , and the third refusal had cost him his coarse blankets and the thin straw palliasse on his plank bed . |
| 3 | He sighed heavily , then taking back his heavily booted foot he kicked her in the chest , sending her skidding across the gravel . |
| 4 | Not because she was a clairvoyant forecasting trends which suddenly came true , but because this was the moment when her consistently held belief that clothes were part of an overall way of living was now applauded by the market . |
| 5 | the second is to carry forward our commercially led strategy by developing the unparalleled expertise we needed for our nuclear mission into a successful robust business which could potentially move into the private sector ; |