Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barak instinctively stuffed them back into his pocket then rubbed his hands together nervously . |
| 2 | The CECOS surveyors make it clear that the drinking problem which most concerned them and was undoubtedly of serious proportions in their sample , was by no means confined to men ( indeed their condemnations of drinking mothers are particularly sharp ) but one can certainly detect a mainly female temperance counter-current in the survey , apparently connected to religious observance.21 ( A male informant remembered during the inter-war period " a lady keyboard operator [ who ] used to get out her Bible and have a wee read " , at idle moments . ) |
| 3 | And it sounds ridiculous saying it now , but what eventually made me decide to move was when John Mayall brought horns into the BB line-up ; I was so dumb that I thought , ‘ If it 's horns , it 's not blues . ’ |
| 4 | The third John Booth provided much of the capital for his partners , Samuel and Aaron Walker , when they established the business that eventually made them the leading ironmasters in the North of England . |
| 5 | I eventually made it into the Yorkshire second XI and ultimately the first team . |
| 6 | Despite press speculation that GM might be offered a modified deal on Land Rover ( 49 per cent of the shares ) , the government eventually made it clear to GM that Land Rover was not part of the Leyland Vehicles deal , and as a result GM withdrew its offer . |
| 7 | We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau . |
| 8 | But he survived his brush with death and eventually made it back to an English hospital . |
| 9 | Implicit within the ruling was the concept that once an abortion restriction had been upheld in one state , other states could implement it , an interpretation which effectively made it more difficult to challenge the imposition by individual states of restrictions as long as they were within the guidelines established by the Court 's ruling in June 1992 on Roe v. Wade [ see p. 38954 ] . |
| 10 | Ormanroyd wins the header Speedy flicks it on again and Chettle er Chettle rather got it away as Jochim came in on him . |
| 11 | He successfully fought them off and they fled empty-handed . |
| 12 | All were of the highest technical calibre and all displayed an extraordinary range of exuberant and exotic motifs , For a few years , until Justinian effectively eclipsed it by his construction of the church of St Sophia in 532–537 , st Polyeuktos was evidently the largest and most sumptuous church in Istanbul ( Constantinople ) . |
| 13 | In the flicker of an eyelid the hostility had vanished and he had become a model of charm and smiling good humour , as he politely asked her all about herself and answered her questions in return . |
| 14 | He did n't tip me , but placed the ferrule carefully inside the wallet , and then politely asked me who I was , and fulsomely , where I had learnt such excellent French . |
| 15 | ‘ I politely asked him not to bully me but that infuriated him . |
| 16 | There was one kid , however , who did n't move back as far as the rest of his row , so I politely asked him to get in line . |
| 17 | Benjamin politely asked him to wait . |
| 18 | One Sunday night at the Wood Green Odeon a group of youths and girls were making so much more than a tolerable racket that I eventually asked them to quieten down . |
| 19 | If you wished to borrow such things you instinctively made it clear that you intended no blasphemy . |
| 20 | Ms Wendy Mountford was living in a house belonging to Mr Roger Street , under a written agreement headed " Licence " , in which she expressly agreed she had no Rent Act protection . |
| 21 | It was very warm for Kirkistown and I lost concentration half way through , but luckily got it back together before the end . ’ |
| 22 | It was very warm for Kirkistown and I lost concentration half way through , but luckily got it back together before the end . ’ |
| 23 | Boon duly got it next day and took his average to a Bradmanesque 86 . |
| 24 | A patch of lights off to the right revealed the presence of a town which slowly orbited them and disappeared into the darkness . |
| 25 | ‘ Are n't you going to present me , Araminta ? ’ he asked blandly , and saw a flicker of relief in Theda 's eyes before she discreetly lowered them . |
| 26 | The belt tying the skirt on drew the bodice edges in round the breasts ( if they were to be exposed ) and presumably lent them some support from the sides and from below . |
| 27 | ( Sweet ale drinkers vigorously attacked it as that pernicious and wicked weed ) . |
| 28 | And the thought of Leo actually kissing her properly made her feel positively ill ! |
| 29 | I waited and waited for him at the points and eventually met him about three or four o'clock in the morning for the first time . |
| 30 | They had hoped to find the Pakistani on his way back from night work in the steam laundry , but the Pakistani successfully avoided them . |