Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surrounded by extensive and enclosed grounds it is perfect for children who can play in complete freedom while their elders relax on the lawns that gently slope down to an attractive swimming pool . |
| 2 | It is my belief that anorexic speech ( or , more literally , behaviour ) consists of two quite separate and often contradictory texts , and that it is only by studying them both , in order to fit them together and so come up with an amended text , that we can understand what is going on inside the anorexic herself . |
| 3 | Its devotees felt badly let down by an earlier boom set off by ‘ Urban Cowboy ’ , a 1980 film starring John Travolta . |
| 4 | I was just let off for an afternoon to sit my first year Sociology exam and then I came into the hospital that was to be my home for the next three years . |
| 5 | Travellers journeying into the town no longer look out on an industrial wasteland the ramshackle legacy of Darlington 's past . |
| 6 | dad , dad did n't say nothing about all evening just pop in for an hour , but I could n't see Stuey and me sitting there disturb him , scared |
| 7 | YOU COULD say without fear of litigation or a severe kicking behind the pub that Stereolab 's greatest strengths is their ability to rip off six other bands within five minutes and still end up with an identifiable sound which is rarely overshadowed by any of its mentors . |
| 8 | Now if you had to have all the locks changed in your house , that probably come out on an even . |
| 9 | I often come up with an idea and keep it for later |
| 10 | Paint on oil-based paint , then partially rub off for an antiqued look . |
| 11 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 12 | But the book 's publishers should be warned : if searches for extraterrestrial intelligence ever pay off , then stand by for an avalanche of orders from interested parties . |
| 13 | She was to find out that something would startle her like this and then quieten down to an apparent normality , only to find that she had really been shaken up into accepting an entirely unnatural situation and adapting it to the flow of her life . |
| 14 | I sometimes go down to an 18 when maggot fishing or a single brandling or grain of sweetcorn on a 16 , but it is not very often such refinements are necessary . |
| 15 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 16 | He thus seems to go too far initially , and then shrink back to an anodyne conclusion . |
| 17 | When cutting , err on the large size , then pare back for an accurate fit , leaving the new timber about 3mm proud of the rest of the sill |
| 18 | You know , the one where you sit there and lie through your teeth about spending every waking hour flossing and probing and massaging and never go out of an evening without your single-headed brush , and the Aussie hygienist who looks like Brooke Shields on a good day takes one prod at your gum and it spouts blood like Moby Dick on a bad day and the game 's up there and then . |
| 19 | Whilst the 35mm slide is undoubtedly king in that country we happily muddle along with an OHP or a flipchart . |