Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Mostly my father just gives me the money that I ask for and lets me get what I want for myself .
2 Now where is er where is Rita where are you Rit all right my love all right where 's Rita I 've got I 've got yellow I 've got red I 've got blue I 've got green .
3 Perhaps my legs just take the wrong turning on purpose .
4 I was propping myself up , still in my sleeping bag with only my head outside .
5 Only my brother really listened to him .
6 Small meetings , regular get-togethers of people who mostly know each other , are not so much my concern here , because they will probably run to an agreed format and be fairly self-contained .
7 This also cleared , only to develop into bronchitis , which slowed down my activities considerably .
8 As he lay , with my arms wrapped around his body , I brought down my head hard on his face , and drew a lot of blood from him .
9 Coming down my back maybe , and
10 She ran them down my arm lightly enough to make me shiver .
11 Not so my students however , for whom even simple things can cause immediate confusion .
12 With hindsight , it was inevitable my application to continue full-time study would be refused , for in their eyes I had wandered long enough in the margins and so my hierarchy now ordered that I return to the basics of uniform police duties .
13 So my aim here is to talk about how we will address these needs which we see emerging er at an increasing pace through the nineties .
14 So my mother calmly said , And I 'm not opening the door to you now or ever , she said .
15 Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement .
16 If I knew that Mr. Andrew was n't coming back , I 'd give in my notice tomorrow .
17 ‘ I handed in my notice yesterday . ’
18 And of course I went and , I I never handed in my book well of course I went and booked the other one out .
19 ‘ She was always very quiet and withdrawn , ’ was all Aunt Lilian would say , when pressed , and perhaps her interest really was in the young man 's academic future , not in her own , or mine , because she continued to coach him by post until two days before my birth .
20 Look also at the tops of the trees to establish a better idea of the wind strength , and perhaps its direction too .
21 Often girls in this situation are not only skilful in concealing their pregnancy through the loose style of clothes they wear , but remain physically small — that is , until finally the truth is out , and suddenly their pregnancy also seems to expand , as if with relief that it can at last be public .
22 And apparently her view now is that because the Government ha have said , anybody who is interested in becoming a in nineteen ninety three , must register an interest on sixteenth this year , which is really , that 's , you know , there legislating for what they have n't got any power in nineteen ninety three .
23 People put together their bids only to find that the work invariably stays with the in-house team .
24 This timing gives some idea of how long their travelling habitually took : still in a post-chaise , and allowing an hour , say , for breakfast , they required seven hours or so to travel a distance of about twenty-eight miles .
25 Alice had the same swanlike neck , delicate features and full soft mouth , only her hair instead of red was a dark chestnut-brown .
26 To fit in with the minimalist style of living , the couple had to pare down their possessions drastically .
27 She had turned down their invitation tonight , partly because she was tired , and partly because she wanted to read the typed hand-outs which had accompanied the day 's lectures .
28 On sterling balances , the pattern was one where some countries ran down their balances significantly , while others accumulated more .
29 I remember the over-eager , gaping mouths and outstretched necks , as well as those who could only just about lift their eyelids and had to have the food forced down their throats so that they would have the strength to keep fighting for life .
30 Today the Chippendales , put down their bibles long enough to pull on their bicycle shorts and reach for burn .
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