Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly Sheila struggled to her feet . |
| 2 | Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way . |
| 3 | The judgement , rather settlement , had been effected with speed and secrecy , and begged several questions : Who the controversial compromise ? |
| 4 | Eventually Humbert was forced to surrender , handing his sword gravely to the English commander and being treated with all the honours of war and politeness of diplomacy . |
| 5 | Right Chairman , yes , the report 's for information , there are a few things to update , occupancy remains healthy , erm , the working total has fallen slightly over the Christmas recess , but erm , really by ten there . |
| 6 | One ketos disgorging Jonah has a dolphin 's tail and the head and snout of a boar and with feline feet and presumably claws . |
| 7 | Right Jon ? |
| 8 | Sociologists of religion frequently appear inexcusably reductionist to those whom they study . |
| 9 | Since the electoral registration officer is authorised by statute to sell copies of the electoral register , address lists from this source are fairly and lawfully obtained ; objections to trading in other address lists can be circumvented if , at the time of the initial collection of information , it is made clear that addresses will be passed on unless the data subject expressly objects . |
| 10 | A little sheep 's blood , perhaps … chicken , even fish would do . |
| 11 | It gets political in its indictment of the corrupt railroad — it ‘ leaves two shiny , slimy tracks like a snail ’ — that is the representation of a rapaciously capitalist civilisation , and dares to traduce Fonda , Monument Valley and sundry rather icons of the Ford universe . |
| 12 | Clare works for an estate agent so far up-market it 's mostly estates they deal in , not humble houses , no matter how extensive ; if it does n't boast a couple of salmon rivers , a few square miles of trees and a brace of hills , lochs or lakes , then they just are n't interested . |
| 13 | get the bus and I thought , oh er so luckily Lisa sa , like they said , oh do n't be silly we 'll come and get you . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's most kind of you , sir . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Perhaps … yes , it is most kind of you . ’ |
| 16 | Yes , would they go back to the same position , quite right Sarah |
| 17 | Right Sarah , could you share with Katie , and you two share as well |
| 18 | How that 's done I do n't know how do we reach these people there 's a broad sheet that goes to the school 's am I right Jan ? |
| 19 | This was mostly afternoon and evening clothes . |
| 20 | She was sent to a local predominantly majority school in Washington , and although credible from a political point of view , the move presented the impressionable girl with a confusing and often unstable lifestyle . |
| 21 | The barring of non-Estonian citizens , mostly Russians , Ukrainians and Byelarussians , drew protests from the Russian leadership and appeared to fuel tension over the issue of Russian troop withdrawal from Estonia [ see this page ] . |
| 22 | Five power stations with fifteen hundred jobs , mostly G M B members . |
| 23 | After reaching the Sahn , the highest of the 50-akce medreses , the scholar may become a 500-akce kadi and thence kazasker . |
| 24 | Of buildings entirely in fifteenth century style , the chapels are supreme : outstandingly Eton College Chapel ( 1441 ) , King 's College Chapel , Cambridge ( 1446–1515 ) , and S. George 's Chapel , Windsor ( 1475–1509 ) . |
| 25 | Luckily Crispins of Curtain Road in London , my main veneer supplier , still had four leaves from the same bundle that I had purchased the original set from . |
| 26 | Little Dollie Bell recited a sad ballad entitled At the Stage Door . |
| 27 | Though consent is undeniably a defence to an action for conversion , there are difficulties in reconciling this result , sensible as it may seem , with general principles of agency , for since Y's act was unauthorised it could only be effective if done within an ostensible authority — but that doctrine is inapplicable to undisclosed agency . |
| 28 | They 're rather weed , I know my two even . |
| 29 | Eventually Gurder said , ‘ You 're not trying to find Grandson Richard at all ? ’ |
| 30 | They spent ages cautiously moving up and down among the wiring , until eventually Gurder said , ‘ It 's no good . |