Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he was obviously placed carefully on to the sofa , the freshly pomaded hair is awry and could have benefited from a comb prior to being photographed . |
| 2 | So they have plenty of time to grow to a respectable size and are merely carried passively up to the surface with the rest of the magma when it is erupted , and are distributed uniformly throughout it . |
| 3 | In dark trousers and with the sleeves of a pristine white shirt rolled up to reveal golden , muscled forearms , Vitor had obviously walked straight out from behind his desk and into his car . |
| 4 | The division 's business plan , apparently created early on by consultants , targeted the machine at document imaging , geographic information systems , computer-aided publishing and financial markets . |
| 5 | The Warlords had already marched right out of the arena . |
| 6 | It was partly the comment itself , partly the way it had been delivered , dead pan , a little gem just plucked unwittingly out of the air . |
| 7 | He turned to Marian but she had already plunged far down into unconsciousness , overwhelmed by the need for sleep . |
| 8 | Just looked steadily back at him with the faintest trace of a smile . |
| 9 | Today at the inquest into the family 's deaths , the driver in the car behind , Stephen Marsh , said their Ford Escort just carried straight on across a bend on the road near Longcot , for no obvious reason . |
| 10 | The whole bizarre situation had finally slid right out of control . |
| 11 | ‘ I think so , ’ answered Mildred , though in fact she had made up the tale on the spur of the moment and it had somehow got rather out of hand . |
| 12 | Conifers other than yew usually resent harsh treatment , however , and are difficult to rejuvenate , Deciduous species are best pruned hard back in late winter , evergreens in late spring — cutting one side a year back to a foot within the intended final width to allow room for regrowth . |
| 13 | Depending how quick they actually okay them erm I mean for two years , three years now they they 've just gone straight through with no queries at all . |
| 14 | He looked as if he had just stepped straight out of one of those bespoke tailors in Saville Row in London 's West End . |
| 15 | What had to be decided was whether 2.63 miles of the extended six-lane M3 would be tunnelled through the downland chalk or just cut straight through in a deep , wide trench which would obviously make an irreparable mess of the down . |
| 16 | She heard the noise of the start but not even that had the power to disturb her thoughts , which were totally turned inwards on to herself . |
| 17 | The beats are almost always found well out from the margins . |
| 18 | The local security equipment retailers had clearly done well out of Ruggiero Miletti 's kidnapping . |
| 19 | Her massive bosom was heaving in and out and the splash of water down the front of it made a dark wet patch that had probably soaked right through to her skin . |
| 20 | The rear seat is also mounted further back on different mountings . |
| 21 | The public , as ratepayers , should realize that not only is all compensation paid out of the land-drainage budget , but that the fees of the landowner 's agent are also financed entirely out of the public purse of the water authority or other public body carrying out the scheme . |
| 22 | Kennedy , he said , had no previous conviction but in this , his first crime , he had clearly gone straight in at the deep end . |
| 23 | The band was originally formed way back in the early 1900's under the name of Milltown Flute Band , but shortly after its inauguration the band 's conductor and founder member , John Millar , died and the other members decided to change the name of the band in his memory . |
| 24 | The façades are rarely , as in Lombardy , divided into bays and masses but are evenly decorated all over with arcading , up to four or five rows on the west side . |
| 25 | It 's a taste that seems to be catching on in Japan , replacing a traditional fancy for whale meat , which is now priced well out of the range of most Japanese pockets . |
| 26 | To be honest , Mildred 's stories often got rather out of hand , when she would find , to her dismay , that the whole class was listening and believing every word . |
| 27 | This harassment and unfair bias has now got totally out of hand and has become nonsensical . |
| 28 | As for the hair which used to be trimmed by a top London stylist and had swung in a smooth shoulder-skimming bob , it had not been cut for months and was now bundled unceremoniously on to the top of her head . |
| 29 | Simon has now cut right down on the amount of time he spend playing and has also undergone treatment from his doctor . |
| 30 | She was packed off to bed by midnight but Mrs Burrows often worked patiently on till the early hours of the morning . |