Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [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 | The car was so low it looked as if a giant had tried to stub it out and it was clear that getting out of the bucket seat gave the Greek momentary altitude sickness . |
| 7 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 8 | But McGrath , who has had eight operations on his knees , revealed this could be his swansong , saying : ‘ I will decide at the end of the season , but I 'd rather quit at the top than drop down to a lower level , and the knees cause me a lot of pain . |
| 9 | Instead of browsing on the ‘ Aufwuchs ’ on rocks , they feed mainly on organisms living in the substrate , but probably also eat anything tasty that comes along in the open . |
| 10 | Indeed , she could n't have got closer to doing what Cara wanted than to drive up to Vendelin Gajdusek 's house at the appointed time and ring his doorbell . |
| 11 | It is no longer a steam locomotive but a fast diesel pulling a trail of red , white and blue carriages , an express that rumbles down to Ashqelon between the orchards and the sea . |
| 12 | The works , in whatever medium , must be self-sufficient and stand up for themselves . |
| 13 | No matter how helpful some of the tools presented seem to appear , they will prove useless and even harmful if taken up by those with eyes which are spiritually blind and whose hands lack spiritual strength . |
| 14 | He vehemently dislikes smoking and while they were together she stopped smoking and cut down on drinking . |
| 15 | Stop smoking and cut down on sugary snacks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Eye colours should be rich and dark with lips outlined in soft brown and filled in with nearly nude shades of coffee and cream . |
| 19 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 20 | His hair was dark brown and slicked back with Brylcreem . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | " I do dislike them when all the petals turn brown and flap about in that untidy way . " |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Another is that some guesses were quickly proved to have been wrong and ended up in bankruptcy . |
| 25 | When I had finished , her abdomen was lifted high and nipped in like a wasp-waisted Victorian lady of fashion . |
| 26 | Margaret herself was dressed in a tight-fitting , damson-coloured gown which emphasised her full , rounded figure whilst her golden hair was unbraided and hung down to her shoulders . |
| 27 | 1 sliced white loaf ( day old and kept out of its wrapping ) |
| 28 | Potential staff have to be at least 18 years old and qualified up to GCSE level , including maths and English . |
| 29 | Did you know it 's a replica of one of the charms said to be over a thousand years old and dug up on the island of Bornholm ? ’ |
| 30 | He decided to be generous and went in to the shop . |