Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly a thought struck her and her eyes grew puzzled . |
| 2 | Suddenly a memory engulfed her . |
| 3 | What took place towards the very end of March should have made you realise that this is very much a time to hold you fire when dealing with important professional issues . |
| 4 | ‘ How long a visit did you have in mind ? ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps this was merely a ruse to trick them into a crossing at Forteviot . |
| 6 | But how do you know when you 're eighteen , whatever , is a natural teaching ability or merely a wish to try it ? |
| 7 | The latter pulls down a menu giving you the option to ‘ maximise ’ the window . |
| 8 | You 've taken that down a semitone to make it minor . |
| 9 | He were a remarkable man in his way : he went down a well to clean it out on the day he died . |
| 10 | FitzAlan and de Villiers were glaring at each other across her , but as she made a move to sit up Isabel saw the scowl fade from Simon 's face and he reached down a hand to steady her . |
| 11 | Once formed in place , they could be extracted by the Frasch process — pumping superheated stream down a borehole to blow them to the surface in molten form . |
| 12 | Just as a telescope collects light , so a spectroscope splits it up . |
| 13 | Richard adjusted his position so a gap separated them , ‘ Do n't mention it . ’ |
| 14 | ( I 've filled in a couple to get you started . ) |
| 15 | In these sessions they practised their kicking and wheeling ; John brought in a sergeant-major to train them in military marching . |
| 16 | Well I do it probably was actually but it was the switch that had gone , maybe lightning had hopped across the switch , yeah , but erm , that 's all it was it was the switch , but er , I mean the thing is it went wrong and they had to pay for it , okay it 's only a tenner to have it done , but it , if a C D player , I mean if the carriage goes , you know , sixty , seventy quid , you know I 'm buying these electrical things , it 's , because it 's a burg lock , I can buy them , get them a warranty with it an'all , then it 's took the burden off them . |
| 17 | Only a quarter said they did it for love and just over one in six admitted it was a drunken fling . |
| 18 | He had only a daughter to succeed him and his son-in-law turned out to be a second Michael Chambre , who after Lath 's death ‘ let loose the reins to many disorderly courses , as cocking , raseing , drinking and lewdnesse ’ , so that he too finally lost all and sold Balderton to Robert Hayward , a local yeoman . |
| 19 | Having beaten the Royal Navy , who then defeated the RAF , the Army needed only a draw to give them their 29th outright title , but they seldom generated the cohesion necessary to trouble what was a disciplined RAF team . |
| 20 | When the Bashkirs , supported by Lenin and a minority of the leadership , complained at being deprived of the autonomous republic , the secretary of the central executive told them , ‘ That whole autonomous republic which you take so seriously is only a game to keep you people busy . ’ |
| 21 | A few months later , England were in the Caribbean for a tour that , in the problems they encountered , lacked only a riot to round it off . |
| 22 | The news will throw Tottenham 's future to fresh confusion and leave the club hoping desperately that manager Terry Venables can put together a deal to save them from collapse . |
| 23 | If anything in the Amis corpus has validated his penchant for the poison dart , it was last year 's Memoirs : indiscreet , at times indefensible , but nevertheless a book to leave you giddy with laughter . |
| 24 | The goal looked good enough to give United the draw as well , but with just a minute to go they cracked . |
| 25 | No not Jennifer hang on just a minute let me try Jennifer there . |
| 26 | cos that really was flying you know , that was , no , it was none of this fucking press a button and let the , just a computer do it , you 're a computer technician , you 're a pilot now , but this fucking Eddy , Eddy the , yeah real , there 's , there 's quite a few reputable |
| 27 | It was just a stick to beat me with , was n't it ? ’ |
| 28 | Or had all his compliments and charm , so convincing at the time , been just a charade to get him what he wanted ? |
| 29 | The more easterly of the two valley roads which combine at Pierrefitte takes you first to the charming town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur , which may look like one place but is really two , with more than just a hyphen dividing them . |
| 30 | So you 've got just a month to do it in . |