Example sentences of "[adv] [noun sg] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Svetlanov realised that the Philharmonia could count three in a bar , and in the Polonaise from Tchaikovsky 's Eugene Onegin for the most part kept his hands regimentally to his sides , waggling his fingers every now and again . |
| 2 | The breed was initially dual-purpose , whatever its colour , but for the most part ceded its milking role to the neighbouring Ayrshire ; it has continued as a beef breed but has never been intensively developed for that role . |
| 3 | At independence governments for the most part gave them preference over entrepreneurs from immigrant groups . |
| 4 | Dad had a soft spot for Auntie Nellie and perhaps Mum had something to be jealous about . |
| 5 | Only experience saved him from despairing at this rag-bag of memories . |
| 6 | ‘ They said they had nowhere to go , so mum took them in . ’ |
| 7 | His only son had been killed in a car accident so Mum expected us to make a fuss of him . |
| 8 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 9 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 10 | So Mum said you all right ? |
| 11 | So Mum said you know could it be my blood sugar level . |
| 12 | So pre-programmed did their behaviours seem , that they themselves might have been the subjects of some meta-experiment and the pallor of their laboratory coats a function of their caged confinement . |
| 13 | So Dot kept her coat on at breakfast-time but Mrs Hollidaye did n't seem to mind . |
| 14 | So Dot whispered it . |
| 15 | Only kindness stopped you saying |
| 16 | But he did not isolate or identify the substance , and for 12 years or so con fined his work to the use of crude extracts in selective culture media . |
| 17 | Then inexorably nature took its course , and Robbie slept . |
| 18 | Run along and do n't hurry back , ’ said Susan ; so Breeze tucked her up in the manner she thought befitting to an invalid , and ran up to put on her coat . |
| 19 | So Breeze did her Christmas shopping alone , and looked after the house , and did the cooking . |
| 20 | So daddy bought it instead , it 's like , it 's like that big and . |
| 21 | ‘ My dad was killed in the pit , and my ma died soon after , so Gran sent me to London . |
| 22 | Suddenly Sheikh shouldered his bat and , letting out a kind of howl , set out for the middle of the pitch , elbowing a fielder out of the way . |
| 23 | All the guide books insisted that ‘ fit walkers ’ could certainly complete the five Munros that loop round from Glen Lyon , and so vanity compelled us to try . |
| 24 | So sex sent you straight to hell ! |
| 25 | A lot of pushing and shoving went on and I panicked a bit , so Uncle picked me up in his arms to protect me and calm me down . |
| 26 | And as they moved together Folly felt her lips part to welcome the hungry passion of his mouth . |
| 27 | Only inertia carried me forward . |
| 28 | Benjamin and I turned , daggers drawn , staring into the shadows , but only silence greeted us as if assassination and murder were common events . |
| 29 | Martha bolted out of the door and crashed through the hedge into Mada Joyce 's yard , expecting to hear her grandmother 's shout of rage behind her and all the more fearful when only silence pursued her . |
| 30 | But only silence answered him , and when he looked round he was alone in the room . |