Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Cheshire social services chief David Whitehead said Siobhan was so weak she could hardly walk . |
| 32 | Or is your cover-up act so complete you wo n't even let yourself see through those damned barriers ? ’ |
| 33 | NEW council housing supremo Arnold Phillips admitted yesterday that the market is so depressed he ca n't even find a home for himself . |
| 34 | I 'm so dry I ca n't speak . ’ |
| 35 | We made the cut , but he was so bad-tempered he would n't speak to me , and sometimes I just did n't know what to do for the best . |
| 36 | She 's elderly and , quite frankly , so bad-tempered I would n't leave her a cat . |
| 37 | The Very Old Fish , who is so old he ca n't remember his age , Hangle who spends most of his time hidden in the wardrobe , and the Drawer People , who are forever sneaking out to make mischief , are just some of the very odd characters who share Wizadora 's house and her often chaotic adventures . |
| 38 | Perhaps they 've been for their walk , this one looks as if he 's so old he can hardly ! |
| 39 | He goes , he thinks you 're , he thinks you 're so funny I ca n't I do it in music . |
| 40 | IF YOU ARE sufficiently distinguished you may well be lucky enough to be invited to address the prestige conference Advances in Fermentation ‘ 83 to be held in September . |
| 41 | the water stood so clear I could not gauge |
| 42 | ‘ I want you to know we did n't use any of this nonsense ’ , Koch protested between the titters ; ‘ … you would sort of start down that road and get so self-conscious you could n't do it . ’ |
| 43 | I was born a poor black boy down in Mississippi , out in Alabama and he 's like a jet white ai n't he ? and he says I always felt different cos all the other kids they just sit there and they 'd be tapping their feet and then you go onto the oh and they 're getting the old rhythm going , like they do and he 'd be going like I all so different I could n't quite do this and he used to get in look , and er |
| 44 | So high you ca n't get over it |
| 45 | They keep the temperature so high you ca n't adjust when you come out , and everyone gets ill . |
| 46 | It 's so high you ca n't get over it , so low you ca n't get under it , so wide you ca n't get round it . |
| 47 | It went so fast you did n't know how fast it was going ; it went so high you could n't see how high it was . |
| 48 | He knew he had the tournament won , but he was so high he could n't even line up the putt . |
| 49 | The famous ceiling , where the wooden angels flew face down through the dusty air above the crowd , was so high it could scarcely be seen in the gloom . |
| 50 | By this time , my temperature and blood pressure was so high I could not even be given a proper anaesthetic . |
| 51 | Several victims were so afraid they would n't see their loved ones again they set fire to their pubic hair . |
| 52 | Maybe it works in the case of God ; I 've always been so afraid it would n't that I 've never tried it . |
| 53 | By the time I 'm finished , you might be so organised you 'll even be able to find time for your wife . ’ |
| 54 | I try to babysit for different people ; sometimes I 'm so embarrassed I ca n't go back to a place . |
| 55 | ‘ I did get some interviews but I would be so paralysed I could n't do myself justice . |
| 56 | I found it so interesting I will certainly be going back for a closer look . ’ |
| 57 | If only conventions were not so rigid she could easily have had him for a lodger . |
| 58 | Laryngitis with hoarseness worse ( < ) in the evening ; larynx so painful they can not talk ; very sensitive to touch and cold air . |
| 59 | dividend and if your dividend had accumulated to so much you would maybe be allowed a black book . |
| 60 | ‘ I do trust George completely ’ Annette went on ‘ I just have to with his work and so much he ca n't tell me but when he come back in that state I just could n't help … |