Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Now that he was getting on in years he wanted to take things just that little bit easy , not see patient after patient , cramming in as many as possible , but space them out — eight , ten a day was enough — for with his practice so long established and his clientele so solid he could n't imagine any reason to fear blanks in his appointments book . |
| 2 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 3 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ They are so grotesque I can scarcely bring myself to touch them , ’ says Carey . |
| 5 | Starving her until the next evening , he coaxed her with pony nuts into a stall which Raimundo used for branding and saddling bigger horses , which was so narrow she could n't turn round . |
| 6 | . By the time they pack up work they 'll be so decrepit they wo n't be able to do anything . |
| 7 | Accents were so strong they could not even understand each other . |
| 8 | Were my feelings not so strong I could not bring myself to say goodbye . ’ |
| 9 | Like all Chinese bikes , it is an all-purpose workhorse : so strong it will probably go on and on , until like most other bikes on the road its seat leather is worn right through and every part has been patched by street-corner bike repairers . |
| 10 | First its propeller blade broke off after it hit a rock , then it got caught in currents so strong it could n't move in a straight line . |
| 11 | Some people said their incomes were so low they could not obtain mortgages and 18 were squatted in by former occupants who refused to pay the money . |
| 12 | His voice was so low she could scarcely catch the words . |
| 13 | His voice was so low she could hardly hear him . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He got his head so low you could practically see the cleft in his buttocks . |
| 16 | I 'm so low I ca n't help doubting every man who comes near me . |
| 17 | Her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying . |
| 18 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 19 | One family is so upset they can no longer bear to look after the girl they were given . |
| 20 | Söll is so warm-hearted you could almost get a tan from the welcome . |
| 21 | Something so awful she would never be able to put it past her . |
| 22 | So sorry we ca n't stay ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm so sorry I would n't listen to you , ’ she said at last . |
| 24 | I am so sorry I could not revert to the ‘ phone at the very moment you rang on Thursday . |
| 25 | next thing I remember was being undressed and in bed with Debbie standing there with a boiled egg on a tray , saying mummy were so sorry you 'll never do Christmas again , you 've done it for us for forty years , we shall do it for you now . |
| 26 | So sorry you could n't schmooze your way into our fabbo album launch shindig , dear reader ( see pages 28 and 29 for celeb-filled fun ) , but hey ! |
| 27 | and you 're not commissioned communicating professionally or particularly politely if you do n't ring up that day or the next day anybody understands if you have a puncture a road accident a client crashes but there 's nothing to actually stop you ringing up the next day and saying so sorry you could n't make it |
| 28 | James Grierson was stalking around his house in a fit of temper so acute he could almost taste it . |
| 29 | ‘ It was so loud you could n't ignore it . |
| 30 | He felt so weak he could hardly stand , but he knew that if he stayed where he was , he would die . |