Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had decided , in fact , to return the outfit , and Faye 's mentioning it like this forced the issue so that finally she found the courage to speak . |
| 2 | Yet they attached the greatest importance to the economic ( and its organization , the State ) , so that ultimately they denied the right of national self-determination ( that is , the right to an independent State ) . |
| 3 | The only evening dress she had brought with her was the colour of well-polished copper , which added a little colour to her pale complexion , but it was not going to be warm enough and so she took the mink that had been part of her trousseau from the wardrobe and slung it around her shoulders . |
| 4 | He drew her down and again she lay the length of him , over him . |
| 5 | He had thought it might be so and now he had the Proof . |
| 6 | ‘ Saturday is usually hectic in the shop and I 'm ready for bed and a book by ten o'clock but tonight I felt the need of a nightcap . |
| 7 | ‘ Sooner or later you hit the Lower Road . |
| 8 | So we take that away and then you got the refurbishment programme and now taken away from the refurbishment programme something like two hundred , now where is the if you 're refurbishing four homes where is the vacancies when you close the home , you have made the staff the redundant , they go up the road or out wherever they 're going to redundancy persons . |
| 9 | We would rather have gone somewhere else if that was what we wanted ; it was n't quite right somehow and so we painted the windows up again . ) |
| 10 | Over and over she asked the questions and became so demented by them that , though she trembled with indignation , she once more went into the Casa Guidi and , controlling herself as best she could , asked to see her old mistress . |
| 11 | Heads down , strenuously and determinedly we fought the southerly swell for a couple of hours before arriving at An t-Aigeach , a wild though sheltered inlet , respite , complete with deer , a heron and a live floating urchin . |
| 12 | Then coolly and carefully he tossed the rough cloth over the lowered horns . |
| 13 | Blushing furiously she turned away but still she felt the eyes of the Frenchman on her naked back . |
| 14 | Slowly and carefully he made the thick , pliable rope into a noose . |
| 15 | And slowly and carefully he peeled the garment over her head , his hands unsteady as he completed the task . |
| 16 | Slowly and sensually he traced the outline of her lips with the tip of his tongue . |
| 17 | The review may be evaluated generally by how effectively and efficiently it met the objectives set out in Document 1 , on the basis of which it had been negotiated . |
| 18 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 19 | Sometimes I used to see the funny side of these sessions , but he was not one to tolerate flippancy and more than once I received the rough side of his tongue . |
| 20 | Melissa , struggling to follow the staccato bursts of speech that punctuated their intake of food , was so fascinated by their mannerisms that more than once she lost the thread of what they were saying and had to beg them to speak more slowly , which they did with great good humour and shrieks of tinny laughter . |
| 21 | I never ceased to be astounded by how quickly and thoroughly he absorbed the notes I gave him . ’ |
| 22 | More and more they saw the folly of setting out with a medium in search of a message … |
| 23 | She looked at him once more and then she left the room . |
| 24 | The Manager joined Andrew Cunningham underground and together they continued the search but it was in vain and they were forced to return to the surface . |
| 25 | Their lips met once more as slowly they savoured the pure essence of love . |
| 26 | Now and again she wetted the clay from water in a shallow bowl , stretching and smoothing to her satisfaction with marvellous economy of movement . |
| 27 | His mother was still sobbing and now and again he heard the low rumble of his father 's voice , but no actual words . |
| 28 | Used to the sight and the smell of the dead , Athelstan did not feel queasy , though now and again he held the pomander to his nose for a welcome respite . |
| 29 | Some were sturdy beggars , thieves and rogues but now and again you passed the honest yeomen , the skeletal , white-faced , puny children and worried , dark-eyed wives who tramped the roads looking for work . |
| 30 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |