Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a kind of mystery tour , with an unimaginable destination ; not surprisingly many pupils fall asleep or jump off during the journey . |
| 2 | I can assure you that there is nothing sub-standard or left out of a home built machine . |
| 3 | The birds hatched in an incubator can then be hand-reared or given back to their parents , who will rear any number of chicks as long as they have enough food . |
| 4 | Sometimes such material is simply tipped-in or stuck down on a blank ; the professional may prefer to inlay it on paper to match the size of the volume , which will often be fairly large . |
| 5 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
| 6 | Nabiyev completed a two-day visit to Iran on June 30 and went on to Pakistan , returning to Tajikistan on July 4 . |
| 7 | ‘ Obviously , as a Liverpool fan , you have to be worried but I 'm perfectly hopeful that we 'll get through this and come back as the force that we always have been . ’ |
| 8 | On Siporax , it is claimed , the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job . |
| 9 | I did n't hear that either , do n't expect to get dressed like this and get out in it ? |
| 10 | And I started another one and I said no I wo n't be able to this and got back to the other one and did the other one . . |
| 11 | If you are one of these people , I suggest that you stop reading this and move on to the next chapter . |
| 12 | Creggan did not like this and flew back to the first tree . |
| 13 | We make the most of this and scoot off to the hospital . |
| 14 | The works , in whatever medium , must be self-sufficient and stand up for themselves . |
| 15 | Starting with research on small towns in the mid-1930s and moving on to larger cities in the next decade , successive community studies analysed political processes as one aspect of the social life of the locality , and concluded that only a handful of people were influential in setting major decisions ( the Lynds , 1937 ; Warner , 1943 ) . |
| 16 | As we receded from the mainland we ever sighted new mountain ranges : we saw them growing fainter and dipping out of our sight ; to the southward the Skye hills lent a charm , and the Isle of Lewis loomed bigger and broader , till we steamed alongside of the pier and were landed ‘ mid the curing of a fine catch of herring taken during the night . |
| 17 | He vehemently dislikes smoking and while they were together she stopped smoking and cut down on drinking . |
| 18 | Stop smoking and cut down on sugary snacks . |
| 19 | The windscreen in front of the ‘ cabin' looks just like glass , but is in fact edible and made out of melted glacier mint — a clever and original idea you could adapt for other cakes , for example for windows . |
| 20 | Some were sudden and burst out in a blaze , some were gradual and soundless and floated about in bits like tinsel blown and scattered , extinguishing one neither knew nor cared where . |
| 21 | Eye colours should be rich and dark with lips outlined in soft brown and filled in with nearly nude shades of coffee and cream . |
| 22 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 23 | His hair was dark brown and slicked back with Brylcreem . |
| 24 | The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl . |
| 25 | " I do dislike them when all the petals turn brown and flap about in that untidy way . " |
| 26 | You know , telling us everything about the Tories , what they 've done wrong and to go on from that , not telling us anything about how you 're gon na put it right . |
| 27 | Another is that some guesses were quickly proved to have been wrong and ended up in bankruptcy . |
| 28 | Bend these legs in half and secure on to the frog behind the front limbs . |
| 29 | When I had finished , her abdomen was lifted high and nipped in like a wasp-waisted Victorian lady of fashion . |
| 30 | It actually belongs to her husband , John , who was orphaned at 12 and brought up by his aunt and uncle , Vin and Doris Miller , at Norton . |