Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] and [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could go her own way , or she must hand over that rebellious will , and seek God 's forgiveness for the years when she had been downright disobedient and pushed Him out of her life . |
| 2 | What the Henry Pratt books ( there is a second in print , Pratt Of The Argus , and a third imminent ) have in common with the rest of Nobbs ' work is his love of running gags and bizarre symmetry , an interest which made Perrin so relentlessly funny and reached its peak in the near-geometric farces of the two Bit Of A Do series . |
| 3 | His weekly half-hour CBC programme was one of the most popular and kept his Victor recordings high in the rating charts . |
| 4 | For seventeen , he was big and heavily built , but the man who carried him was so tall and held his weight so easily that there was no doubt who he was . |
| 5 | I was so elated and relieved I could have kissed them , but immediately felt ashamed that I 'd let them see my fear . |
| 6 | I had to be told which character was Chaplin ; he was so old and looked nothing like the silent comic I knew so well . |
| 7 | She had a lot of hair , but it was so tangled and matted it was impossible to determine the colour . |
| 8 | In addition , having listened repeatedly to the cassette he felt much happier in himself , realizing that the stammer which so embarrassed and distressed him was not going to prove incurable . |
| 9 | He says did n't realise it was so serious and sent him back to class with an ice pack . |
| 10 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 11 | She was much disgusted and sent us a postcard saying she was developing webbed feet . |
| 12 | The time had come and Ruth stood up , so nervous and overwrought she nearly dragged the damask tablecloth with her . |
| 13 | Farrar was short with livery lips and thick black eyebrows , and Something was prematurely bald and thought he was really cool . |
| 14 | Things have changed and unemployment has hit people extremely hard and reduced their ability to buy cars . |
| 15 | Mrs Over said : ‘ In November last year she was working extremely hard and decided she needed a three-week holiday . |
| 16 | He felt so ill and exhausted he did n't know how he was going to get through the rest of the evening . |
| 17 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 18 | Thank you all so much for your prayers over that time — God was so good and taught me so much . |
| 19 | Mr Maclean dismissed that as highly speculative and said it had no connection with the draft authorisation under consideration by HMIP . |
| 20 | When she saw a test of it she was extremely pleased and told him to run off a few hundred yards . |
| 21 | He was so proud and wanted everybody to share with him . |
| 22 | However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women . |
| 23 | She looks so thin and tired my heart aches for her . |
| 24 | Perhaps the most general comment in this direction was the fact that many felt far less bloated and felt their mobility had consequently benefited . |
| 25 | After several days of this treatment , Honey became less anxious and forgot her bad habits of rearing and crossing her jaws ; and she eventually became quite a pleasant horse to ride . |
| 26 | ‘ In your brother 's papers there is mention of something your father told him about a year ago which greatly surprised and puzzled him . |
| 27 | ‘ I asked him was that pounds or dollars and he said dollars , so I said sure that 's not so bad and offered him £5 off the price of a new sweater . |
| 28 | She was utterly incredulous and said something like : ‘ The King dead ? |
| 29 | Already gowned and masked herself , she drew up the lignocaine and opened the suture packs . |
| 30 | Nevertheless the memory of his stricken face was somehow disturbing and made her feel guilty — a strange and unpleasant sensation that she tried to banish by taking a final look at her patient . |