Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Next we 've got from RADA to the start of Pemberley ; that goes up to there . ’
2 And on the M5 that goes up to more than 50 mpg , which I find very impressive .
3 The bodies of these two were encased in garments each made up of over two thousand oblong plates of jade knit together by metal threads ( fig. 16 ) .
4 That adds up to more than £2 million worth of business for Andy Barker , who set up the company only a year ago .
5 ‘ But you will , if this goes on for much longer .
6 This goes back at least as far as Aristotle .
7 Right , I 'll put some make up on Just read them straight out the book ca n't you ?
8 This adds up to more good marks than most cars get .
9 The switch to a more deliberate emphasis on the way in which all the inhabitants of an area depend upon one another came about at least in part because of developments in social evolutionism .
10 On a purely practical note , all this added up to quite a bit in value and Ivy Cottage did not appear to have any extra locks or catches at the windows .
11 Apart from a small stain on the edge this came up in almost the bright and shiny condition that it appears in the illustration .
12 At some point in the evolution of life on our earth , this ganging up of mutually compatible replicators began to be formalized in the creation of discrete vehicles — cells and , later , many-celled bodies .
13 It is pointless.and harmful to hark back to how things used to be , although the conflict of loyalties may be hard to handle .
14 Her brother did not know the reason and needed a woman to get close to her , and he was prepared to put up with both Mitch and herself to get to the bottom of things .
15 As I said to you 've have this half term off from now on from tomorrow she 's got to start
16 This went on for well over a month , with the owls flying free in the barn , until we were sure they were confident and happy in their surroundings .
17 This went on for quite a while before it spoke again .
18 And then borrow it again on a Friday or a Saturday and this went on for so long er he 'd eventually Tom said , by the way Jack , he said , whose pound note , whose pound is this ?
19 This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away .
20 This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county !
21 yeah , it might affect us if we 're gon na play that mu more matches on a Sunday as well because I do n't know how many people will be prepared to turn out on both days .
22 Some collectors used to visit the museum weekly to check up on how the art they lent was being shown , or if it was shown at all ’ , says one long-time curator .
23 He spent a good deal of time in his satires , presenting himself as a satirist — unplaced , unpensioned , no man 's heir or slave he proudly describes himself as he tells us that he 's willing to lash out at even the most eminent public figures .
24 Cases reported here were associated with 50 µg oestrogen combined pills , mostly before this risk was recognised ; it remains to be seen whether 30 µg pills are safer , but as the progestogen component may carry a greater hypertensive risk than the oestrogen component all cases still need careful follow up at not less than three monthly intervals .
25 Particles containing the b quark ( bottom particles ) are the heaviest found so far , some weighing in at around 10 times the mass of the proton .
26 The planners cheerfully calculate that this works out at only 60 cents a day per person — and that this cost will be offset by people having to spend less on doctors and medicines .
27 This comes out at less than 2 years for food packaging , 2–10 years for many domestic articles , cars etc , and over 10 years for construction materials and household fittings and appliances .
28 If you are prepared to tie up at least £1,000 for two years the National & Provincial has launched Security Bond III which currently pays 11.75 per cent net .
29 There was too much going on for just one person to deal with .
30 And after about four months I thought I was strong enough to tackle the weight , and that it would n't be too much going on at once .
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