Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of them suddenly erupt from a tiny hole in the sand and start sprinting across the dune looking for the bodies of insects that may have collapsed from heat stress . |
| 2 | You see some of them only live in a small cottage with no garden and that 's an extension to their home , you can go down there with the children |
| 3 | Ignorant me only knows of a Paris ‘ Conservatoire ’ , but I presume there must be such an august institution nearer to hand ( and foot ) . |
| 4 | I 'm not what you 'd call the retiring type , and I rarely flinch from a fight when I 'm sure of my own righteousness ; but there is one thing I can not cope with , and that is unprovoked aggression . |
| 5 | I better go in a minute . |
| 6 | Suppose I better start in a minute , had n't I really ? |
| 7 | I personally know of a foreign company planning to establish a factory and recruit a thousand staff in Britain . |
| 8 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 9 | I only change into a fighter in the last ten minutes before I get into the ring . ’ |
| 10 | I only got into a couple of fights . |
| 11 | ‘ You know perfectly well , Marler , that these days I only go after a story I think is really worthwhile . |
| 12 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 13 | ‘ I only moved in a couple of years ago . |
| 14 | I suddenly thought of a way I could help Herbert . |
| 15 | ‘ There I was , merrily going about my own business , when I suddenly disappeared in a puff of metaphysics . |
| 16 | I remember once , I was rehearsing a piece of Bach — I forget which piece it was — and I suddenly felt in a state of absolute harmony . |
| 17 | I feel far mo , less sympathy and far less identification with her than I perhaps do with a male worker who has to cope with the same kind of exploitation that I do , day in , day out . |
| 18 | When the man came from I would n't know , but I just felt as a op coopted parish councillor that I should make my voice heard on behalf of all the people that complain to me . |
| 19 | ‘ I just felt like a bit of a change , that 's all . ’ |
| 20 | I just felt like a drink . |
| 21 | Well I just thought as a woman not , you know as a person |
| 22 | ‘ I just went for a walk . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I just went for a camera and when I opened the bag I could n't believe what was inside . |
| 24 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 25 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 26 | That 's , that 's just like me that is , if I get into a rhythm and someone gives er , I can do it then , but if I just sit on a page , I think oh how do you do that ? |
| 27 | Can I , can I just pass for a minute and think on this one and come back . |
| 28 | , can I just speak for a minute . |
| 29 | Then she asked what had happened to Alec , because nobody had told her , and I just looked at a spot about a foot above her head and let Frank do the dirty work . |
| 30 | I just go on a Thursday , but I do n't go week |