Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] managed " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd been trying to see someone there for months , but although I 'd delivered petitions , I 'd never managed to get through the front door . |
| 2 | But I would wake up , startled and guilty , horrorstruck that I had somehow managed to allow myself to get out of control . |
| 3 | I had also managed to artificially acclimatize myself . |
| 4 | The next day I had just managed to sneak home and hide when Death arrived . |
| 5 | I was given soup from the middle pot , meaning I had just managed to achieve my work quota . |
| 6 | She said : ‘ The irony is that people used to think I was terribly strong — particularly after that commercial — but I had never managed to cope with life at all . |
| 7 | I had enjoyed Hope and the work we did at night , but I detested working at night , as I had never managed to sleep well during the day . |
| 8 | I had always managed the walk with ease , but this time it was different . |
| 9 | There had been a delay in building it , so that I had only managed a few hours ' practice in the streets of Salford . |
| 10 | I think I 've finally managed to come to terms with that débâcle . ’ |
| 11 | I 've also managed to catch up with the ever-lengthening list of official consultations . |
| 12 | My mother could n't believe I 'd turned down the highest single accolade known to show business aside from This Is Your Life ( which I 've also managed to avoid by dint of a pact with the reclusive man with whom I share my digs ) . |
| 13 | There are various likely barns near where I live where she might seek shelter , and I 've always managed to lure her back with food . |
| 14 | Would n't particularly bother me because erm I 've always managed to distract my professional and my personal career . |
| 15 | Well I , I 've always managed |
| 16 | ‘ I 've never managed to arrange a trip abroad with these boys until now , ’ says Jim , ‘ but hopefully it wo n't be their last . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've seen all his films except Do Me A Favour ! which funnily enough I 've never managed to catch although it 's on TV all the time . |
| 18 | ( Apart from the last 2 bleak and miserable years , where I 've only managed to get to about 10 games because of my new secret life as a student . ) |
| 19 | I have even managed to persist so long that the final work on an article was dealt with by the third editor , but that owed something to my delays as well . |
| 20 | And you will be pleased to hear that I have even managed to bring a bucket of ice to chill the wine . ’ |
| 21 | I have n't managed to speak to my own government . |
| 22 | I have n't managed to yet but one day I 'll get it right . |
| 23 | I have n't managed to find out whether anyone from East Sussex actually rang up in a panic . |
| 24 | Yeah I have n't managed to get all of them |
| 25 | But I have n't managed to do it yet . |
| 26 | Er now we we 're trying very hard I have n't I have n't managed at this particular moment to er to contact with Mary Whitehouse we erm we have n't we have n't we will try and er in it 'll it 'll probably happen you never know . |
| 27 | I have n't managed to escape there , I 'm glad just to get on the pitch . |
| 28 | I should say that I , I came away from the last meeting with an enormous list of things to do , and I have n't managed to do them all , but they 'll emerge as we go through , erm , developments Perth , Perth if inter interrupt me |
| 29 | Should n't think so , I do n't know , I have n't managed to contact , |
| 30 | ‘ I have n't managed to get through yet , ’ he said , studying her face intently from beneath his heavy eyelids . |