Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karen instinctively got up to try and help , which made the punt wobble even more wildly . |
| 2 | The hatred that had motivated him for so long had inexplicably withered and died . |
| 3 | Before he finally lay down to rest and sleep he hesitated over whether to cross his small room again and close the window on the chilly night . |
| 4 | Bett just did n't realize that keeping company was no longer a walled alley leading to the altar . |
| 5 | By the fireplace , there was what was known as a ‘ Turkish corner ’ , protected by a screen , in which the Empress normally sat either to read or to talk informally with someone who had come to see her . |
| 6 | He deliberately used both brush and pen as boldly as possible to soften the mechanical nature of the process . |
| 7 | Or is the carefully structured Arabian djinn world a remnant of some extension of communication which we once knew how to use and control but have now lost ? |
| 8 | ‘ I quickly learned not to cry and to let them do what they wanted , ’ says Jonathan , 32 . |
| 9 | She still had n't spoken and had only just , so she thought , heard his name . |
| 10 | Nicholson , who was renowned for his ability to crystallise ‘ anything ’ , not only crystallised the rosaniline free base but also went on to prepare and crystallise a range of rosaniline salts . |
| 11 | It was the last public appearance of Laura 's mother , Helen , who very soon after had suddenly collapsed and died from a completely unsuspected kidney complaint . |
| 12 | They really did n't understand or realize that they were worth so much . |
| 13 | In most countries the bourgeoisie , however defined , plainly did not control or exercise political power , except perhaps at the subaltern or municipal level . |
| 14 | Thus , he created an atmosphere in which people felt autonomous and in control and consequently became incredibly dedicated and committed to the project . |
| 15 | Mr Waldegrave gracefully admitted not knowing and promised to send a letter to the low fellow . |
| 16 | For a second he looked at her intently and then walked over to stand and search her face with dark eyes . |
| 17 | He then decided not to pay and drove away . |
| 18 | In the blink of an eye , Joe Walker 's Starfighter rammed the Valkyrie 's starboard wingtip with its tail , then rolled sharply left and flipped upside-down , ripping off most of the left hand and part of the right hand vertical tails . |
| 19 | You 'll still carry that emotional baggage with you wherever you go , wondering what you said or maybe did n't say that frightened him off . |
| 20 | I picked it up , then did n't know whether to leave it or bring it up . |
| 21 | Yet I am sure that Messrs Noah , Forget and Leconte neither did n't know nor care about that . |
| 22 | Mick disapproved of Memet as strongly as did the rest of her family , but Memet either did n't know or did n't care . |
| 23 | When the sentence has been passed , possibly ( as the sentencer indicated in this case ) with the benefit of some mitigation , it is discovered that the means to pay either did not exist or have in one way or another disappeared . |
| 24 | The other partners are only safe if the individual who acted had no authority in fact and the party with whom he dealt either knew about the absence of authority or else did not know or believe the individual to be a partner . |
| 25 | In her catalogue essay , Rosemary Betterton draws attention to the development in the 1970s of a feminist politics of representation which justifiably set out to expose and dismantle the patriarchal jurisdiction over creative and institutional practices . |