Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I felt uneasy and the back of my neck was prickly with sweat , but relentlessly I kept the same pace towards them .
2 Slowly I unfolded the thick paper and spread it flat in front of me .
3 The initial research provided nothing , but eventually I discovered the scientific name and came up with a photograph of Synbranchus marmoratus , also known as the Marbled Swamp Eel .
4 Eventually I thought the only way I could control what I was doing was to decide on one specific charity — I chose Muscular Dystrophy — and work just with them , which is what I did .
5 Well I 'm , I 'm easy , I mean the thickish cord erm , washes ni , they wear better I think the thickish cord but I mean erm and they 're a bit warmer , but if you shop about usually you can get them erm the same price as the needlecord I 'll leave that with you , right .
6 Suddenly I heard the guttural roar of fire from my studio above .
7 Suddenly I realized the awful truth .
8 When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’
9 Basically I had the wrong equipment at Reading '88 .
10 Oddly enough I met the same warrant officer some years later when he was SWO on a station near Warboys and we had many a chuckle about that .
11 Perhaps I had the same look once , though I 've lost it now .
12 I 'll , I 'll be going to the village hall but I might have to go back to the Cross Keys , that 's why I put Roger , perhaps I put the wrong thing on you see ?
13 ‘ Then perhaps I attract the wrong sort , ’ he hissed .
14 Personally I find the authentic sound of a French orchestra irresistible , although I would advise listening to Disc 2 , track 1 ( the Pavane pour une infante défunte ) .
15 So I said the only thing he would believe .
16 It 's for our new one again you see so I rolled the front seat down put my brief case on the front seat so he says , where 's your van then mate ?
17 Or so I heard the other day over lunch from Patricia Routledge , best known as television 's appalling social climber , Hyacinth Bucket .
18 so I says the only thing that 'll be is to er toast cheese on toast
19 So I thought the shorter journey would be better .
20 And so I left the old lady in her bride 's dress in the candle-light , with the dusty furniture around her .
21 So I became the only bluesman in Kensal Green .
22 So I get the little gift voucher .
23 So I think the inescapable logic of of this and I think this was accepted by and it 's accepted by the County Surveyor certainly if not by the County Planning Officer , is that the new settlement for access reasons , should be on the A sixty four north east corridor .
24 I could n't stand the thought of him seeing anyone else and so I did the only thing I could think of : I decided to spy on him .
25 So I did the logical thing — for a gambler , that is .
26 is totally different so I did the first lecture with what my idea of to find myself talking to a a contract housing guy whose biggest order was two thousand pounds
27 Erm so I did the two year C C Q S W course .
28 The Transit being left-hand drive , I was nearest to her so I did the gentlemanly thing .
29 So I lock the bottom window .
30 So I suppose the only answer is to take the unusual step of inviting you back tomorrow , and I hope we can continue the conversation tomorrow .
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