Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The research attempts to uncover reasons for this and puts forward a series of policy recommendations aimed at producing a more random distribution of women in employment . |
| 2 | If it is directed against an opponent it ceases to be self-suffering and becomes instead a form of coercion , which is an aspect of violence , and as such unacceptable . |
| 3 | Duncan and Lisburn 's Neil McGrann were side by side after 50 metres , but it was the Ards swimmer who produced that little bit extra and came home a comfortable winner in a time of 1.10.13 . |
| 4 | Although the family ties were not very close , we have always been very friendly and spent quite a lot of time together . |
| 5 | She gets very down and depressed and rings here a lot . |
| 6 | ‘ Leave that and come here a moment . ’ |
| 7 | By the time Mary was ready to go , her uniform was dry and showed only a faint mark or two . |
| 8 | Heavy dark green velvet curtains were partly drawn across these and allowed only a single column of light to enter the room . |
| 9 | No club was named in the piece but Wyre Boat Angling Club have complained to Angler 's Mail that they recognized themselves as the targets of Bob 's attack — and say his comments are inaccurate , totally unjustified and reflect solely a minority view . |
| 10 | But also you can get , you know you , you sometimes you can fall lucky and get quite a lot of prices from cold calling as much as reviewing this one little , renewing every , every six weeks and trying to think of something to say that you have n't said before , like I had n't told you or Pete , you know , things like that . |
| 11 | The villa at Snodland was excavated in 1964 and covered quite a considerable area stretching for several hundred feet along the bank of the river , the site now occupied by the Lead Wool Co. and the Gas Works . |
| 12 | So there might be an advantage in working late and coming home a rather roundabout way , she reflected . |
| 13 | I knew when people were married and slept together a baby usually followed , but this did n't enlighten me about the facts of life . |
| 14 | He was studying her , taking in the dark , silky fringe brushed to one side , the golden eyes , long and tilted upwards a little at the outer corners , the straight nose , the generous mouth with its full bottom lip , and the firm , if not to say stubborn , chin . |
| 15 | About ½ inch ( 1.5cm ) or a fraction more below the selected bud , make a cut about ⅛ inch ( 0.3cm ) deep and sloping downwards a little as shown in Figure 17 . |
| 16 | Joseph , bare-footed and wearing just a shirt and blanket , had led a charge across the river to rescue the horses . |
| 17 | And the other one which is er Mr and that er has details of various convictions with er picture of his as a rather younger man er , various offences going back to nineteen seventy five and occupying quite a long space but there . |
| 18 | An enquiry , chaired by Mrs Justice Butler Sloss , was set up in July 1987 and reported exactly a year later ( DOH , 1988 ) . |
| 19 | Russell , who is again captain of the touring squad , again travelled to New Zealand to play for Mount Maunganui and while the team did not fare too well , the Stirling County professional was pleased with his form , averaging over 40 and taking quite a few wickets . |
| 20 | Yeah I know he took fucking and drank quite a lot as well and he was well buggered . |
| 21 | ‘ My husband lived practically next door to a children 's home when he was young and had quite a few friends in there , ’ said Jackie . |
| 22 | Laud , who was Visitor of All Souls College , Oxford , had him made a Fellow there , overruling the objections of the Warden of the College , Gilbert Sheldon , that he was disqualified by being too young and held only a degree from Cambridge . |
| 23 | Shamus was thinner and looked quite a lot older . |
| 24 | It was begun in 1084 and built over a seventh century church which now forms a crypt . |
| 25 | I take I take , only occasionally I go mad and let ripe and have quite a few , other times I just be on an orange juice and lemonade |
| 26 | Much to our confusion , the entire boat crew is Polish and speak scarcely a word of English . |
| 27 | The instrument is self-standing and requires only a mains connection . |
| 28 | This new construction can be cultured and develops quite a nice tooth , but now the sheet of cells that would have become the skin of the foot is induced to make enamel . |
| 29 | He may have been in his forties and driving either a grey , silver or light metallic-coloured car . |
| 30 | We must have the faith that vision can be developed in men just as creativity can be — it is trainable and represents only a higher evolutionary development and it is , therefore , open to all human beings . |