Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] and [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Lowell told them politely and falsely that it was good to see them . |
2 | Her mouth sought his again and again as they broke for breath . |
3 | He seemed to be trying to pull himself together and just as the bus appeared at the mouth of the square , he murmured : ‘ Do n't worry about Mama ; she will have understood what you were thinking , and in any case I can tell her if you 'd like . ’ |
4 | They sit him in the rocking-chair in front of the hearth , to rock himself back and forth as he muses out loud about the enslavement of man by natural technology . |
5 | She had become tougher on Creggan , saying that he must use what little space there was in his cage to practise flight — turning , wheeling , lifting himself again and again and again … for she said that the day might come when he would need those skills . |
6 | cos she just took them off and then and now now she owes me something posh . |
7 | I was eight years old when he died ; his death affected me deeply and profoundly and I miss him still . |
8 | Oh well I 'm gon na watch me Home and Away and nip downstair |
9 | Images kept on coming at me which , like a crazy horse , I tried to resist , defiantly tossing my head high , but each new picture flashing into my mind enraged me more and more and I shook my head frantically from side to side . |
10 | That 's got you better and better and better . |
11 | It rocks you backwards and forwards and is supposed to stimulate the endorphins in your brain , helping to boost thinking power It did n't — but then I was only on it for about 10 minutes before I started feeling sick . |
12 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
13 | Who really and truly and honestly gives a shit ? |
14 | It was Ana who drew you here and even though Devlin is behind all this they will expect an article . ’ |
15 | ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments . |
16 | ‘ I do n't play those games — but I should tell you here and now that I 'll make you regret it if ever you try to involve anyone else in this , ’ he warned her silkily , his grey eyes suddenly steely and intent . |
17 | You take the nasty results with the nice , examine them thoroughly and dispassionately and ask these questions : What are people really concerned about ? |
18 | Control repeated everything precisely and faithfully while a low , slow hammering began beneath the floor . |
19 | And want to find something you 've got to root through everything else , you 've got to move everything else and then when you want to come and find something else , you 've moved it . |
20 | She set off down the slope , forcing herself not to run , telling herself again and again that it was all right ; that her fears were unfounded . |
21 | It was ridiculous to be ashamed of her lack of experience , to feel only half a woman , to envy Suzie her ability to give herself mentally and emotionally and doubtless physically without thought or recrimination . |
22 | I want you to promise me here and now that you will not see Gary Oliver again . ’ |
23 | and say to him so and so and so and so he 'd always answer back and say I want to do it this way |
24 | ‘ That Friday night we just sat there rocking her backwards and forwards and crying . |
25 | They came on him rapidly and powerfully and he decided that all he could do was to circle in a gentle way to indicate that he was not hostile , his heart filled with joy to see his own kind . |
26 | And those breasts Dan ogled her innocently and unashamedly as he approached her , and continued to gawk over his shoulder after passing . |
27 | But Paddy mentions her now and again when he 's writin' . |
28 | She put her arm round his shoulders and hustled him out and upstairs before he recovered himself . |
29 | had him out and then when she brought him back he would n't stop crying . |
30 | Should I tell her here and now that Ewen Mackay had already been to the cottage ? |