Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later the system was stabilised and the present continents slowly built up and extended by plutonism . |
| 2 | The gang eventually gave up after a priest intervened . |
| 3 | Whatever , the cops eventually moved on and the Englishman and I were spared the task of explaining what such an unlikely pair of lads as ourselves were doing with such a gleaming trophy . |
| 4 | We heard a chorus slowly start up and deepen , far back into the forest night . |
| 5 | Even so , as she followed the straight line of his back , seeing the way he moved smoothly and economically , the black hair carelessly swept back and curling at the nape of his neck , she felt a brief frisson of something she could not explain . |
| 6 | The Republic will be satisfied with a win by any margin although the statisticians eagerly point out that Ireland need four goals to complete 100 goals at Lansdowne Road and five for a century in the World Cup . |
| 7 | Keyboard player Davies said : ‘ An armed gang suddenly burst in and demanded all the ticket money from the guy on the door . |
| 8 | At the front entrance there are two wide door openings so access in and out is extremely good . |
| 9 | During the night Ben suddenly woke up and remembering her , he hurriedly dressed and ran back to the wharf and opened the hatch . |
| 10 | Right if you have problems er before you leave or when you 're advising afterwards I 'll be here throughout vacation and before your exams so come along and you go through |
| 11 | I 'm afraid I only have five minutes so come in and we 'll have to go through this very quickly . ’ |
| 12 | Extraordinary in Yorkshire , where the most profound emotion slowly worked up and out , tightly wrapped into the cold air , channelled through flat vowels , into a word or at most a single sentence , while all the rest was conveyed only with the slightest movement of the body . |
| 13 | The cashier eventually broke down and confessed that he had accidentally killed Mr Dwerringhouse knowing that he would be carrying £70,000 . |
| 14 | For ‘ Bondy ’ the roof literally caved in as Rowland launched a detailed investigation into his financial affairs that triggered his downfall and subsequent imprisonment . |
| 15 | Whether it was being referred to that week as The Tea Room , The Oasis or The Hole ( I liked that one too ) , it was always basically night inside , A Good Night Out ; not black as jeweller 's velvet exactly , except on a good night , but always when you stepped in off the street it was truly night inside , a night dark enough to dream in and on which to meet strangers , whatever the variations on where and when this particular night had fallen . |
| 16 | The blunt end of the club suddenly came up and pressed against his cheek , and then moved around to rest against his teeth . |
| 17 | One part-time farmer was killed when struck by a falling tree during a storm while a forestry worker died after a section of a felled tree trunk apparently rolled over as he attempted to handle it . |
| 18 | On the other hand , if the weather is already hot and the water temperature is 70° F. or more , then the wind suddenly springs up and brings a drop in water temperature and a rise in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water , you can also expect fish . |
| 19 | Small enough to swim under and around , large enough to support a man , and big enough to teach all of us a lesson . |
| 20 | Ready potty Small enough to fold down and be popped into the glove compartment , this portable potty is invaluable during potty training days . |
| 21 | He says violence suddenly broke out and a number of people were involved . |
| 22 | Corbett just stared back and shook his head . |
| 23 | After some time Jean advised me in the words above to go out and be alone with God and express my renewed affection for him . |
| 24 | Tension just builds up and it builds up , and when you come out you say , ‘ Right , I 've got nothing to lose anyway , I 've been to prison so I know what it 's like . |
| 25 | The neon light outside flashed on and off the way some of them do and brought my profile into full play . |
| 26 | This sensor consists of an ordinary mercury tilt switch mounted at an angle so that the small mercury bead encapsulated in the switch easily rolls on and off the contacts as the switch encounters movement . |
| 27 | She 'd gone to visit her parents in Chalatenango and nine armed men in a jeep just drove up and shot her right in front of her parents . |
| 28 | My mind just goes on and on … |
| 29 | Dana soon dropped out and came to study with me . |
| 30 | David calmly pointed out that the scheme would have been pointless if the ‘ enemy ’ had known of our intentions . |