Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly a wall loomed up before him , its top hidden by the swirling snow . |
| 2 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
| 3 | Suddenly a hand shot up in the foreground of my view , something glistened purple in its fingers . |
| 4 | Suddenly a cry went up along the line . |
| 5 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |
| 6 | Suddenly a fire broke out . |
| 7 | The key to freeing the body to regain its lost dignity lies in inhibiting the unconscious habit of muscle tension ; only then may we perform actions in such a way that they become as much a joy to carry out as they are to watch . |
| 8 | Now all I 'm suggesting to him is that there is here apparently a requirement laid down by the treaty which ca n't be aggregated by any one individual member state which could actually only be enforced by reference to a court of justice and what I 'd like to ask is in the light of this very deep seated concern by the French about Strasbourg er and the European parliament building and the knowledge that this is of such importance to the er of er voting and of representation in the community of the European elections . |
| 9 | Whatever category your interviewer falls into you should remind yourself even at this late stage that an interview is basically a conversation to find out how well two sides of a potential deal might suit one another . |
| 10 | For example , a plain jacket built on the Scandinavian shape , basically a tube split up centre front , with a slit at each upper side edge for straight cast off edge sleeves , could have woven strip front fastenings . |
| 11 | Well , I give a vote that erm , because certainly not everybody 's aware that er , this er Service director is merely a way to get round to payments that different people have opt out of the social chapter . |
| 12 | The parchment was merely a list drawn up in a clerkly hand describing the effects and property of one ‘ Patrick Seton Esquire ’ . |
| 13 | There is a universal indestructible ‘ I ’ ( called Manas ) and each individual man is said to be merely a ray projected down from it . |
| 14 | Or perhaps a tongue stuck out would be even more so . |
| 15 | So a boy coming up through a family that was involved in riveters would sort of more or less |
| 16 | The figs are widely scattered in the forests , however , so a troop ranges over much more ground than does one of brown capuchins . |
| 17 | So a handclasp burned along her nerves and home again with just herself and music , she burned through sonnets sober as never before and high as a condor . |
| 18 | This is in spite of the emerging medical consensus that people who drink up to four drinks or so a day live longer and are less likely to suffer from heart disease than either abstainers or heavy drinkers . |
| 19 | Identification among the members of a crowd , or group , leads to demands for all to be equal ; given the numbers involved , it is not possible for particular individuals to be the favourite , so a reaction-formation grows up , expressed as a group demand for social justice and equality . |
| 20 | A tablespoon is considered a 20ml measure , a teaspoon 5ml , and a coffee-spoonful 2.5ml , so a granule dissolved in : — 40 tablespoons = 800ml = granule/ml so a 5ml dose contains a of a granule. ( 160 days supply ) 30 tablespoons = 600ml = of a granule per 5ml dose ( 120 days supply ) 20 tablespoons = 400ml = of a granule per 5ml dose ( 80 days supply ) 15 tablespoons = 300ml = of a granule per 5ml dose ( 60 days supply ) 8 tablespoons = 160ml = of a granule per 5ml dose ( 32 days supply ) A coffee spoonful will represent a dosage twice as small as the above i.e. 40 tablespoons = of a granule per 2.5ml dose . |
| 21 | As he spoke , so a radio started up , tuned to a rock station . |
| 22 | So a doctor writes down his patient 's symptoms , an architect writes down his client 's requirements , Hansard records the proceedings of the British Parliament , we write down friends ' addresses , telephone numbers , recipes , knitting patterns , and so on . |
| 23 | So a rumour grew up that perhaps , at the last minute , he had jumped up and caught hold of part of the car and had clambered on to it somehow . |
| 24 | It 's gettin' so a fella do n't know where he 's dippin' it . |
| 25 | That poverty persists despite these efforts is less a reason to give up than a reason to learn from what works and what does not . |
| 26 | A telex is only a message sent electronically along a communications cable and translated into type on a piece of paper at the receiving end . |
| 27 | Nightlife is Igls is relaxed and friendly , with several restaurants and cosy bars : there is even a discotheque for the young at heart while the bright lights of Innsbruck are only a taxi ride away . |
| 28 | There , you could ask a dozen out to dinner at the last moment knowing that you were supported by the twin pillars of traiteur and pâtisserie only a telephone call away . |
| 29 | Now , a complete PC network , fully configured and tested , is only a telephone call away . |
| 30 | ‘ If there are any important decisions to be made , I 'm only a telephone call away . ’ |