Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said I obviously had n't a clue about pruning . ’ |
| 2 | You know , like I really do n't I , I just thought perhaps a note from me you know , apologizing . |
| 3 | So I just made up a face , drew it for them . |
| 4 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 5 | I just let out a giggle of disbelief which made the old gecko who ran the class flutter his ruff at me in disapproval ; I calmed him with a quip and continued the negotiations with my round and financially tenacious new chum . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you know , I just have n't a clue . |
| 7 | We wrote these extraordinary shows , and then I just put on a dinner-jacket , started singing and gave them up . ’ |
| 8 | What a diddy — and I just lit up a roll-up in a no-smoking carriage , but the woman opposite was kind enough to point this out to me , saving me further financial embarrassment and financial loss … now I know why tourists are regarded as idiots the world over , it 's because they are . |
| 9 | ‘ Actually , I already know quite a bit about it from the guide-books , ’ she began . |
| 10 | ‘ After all , since the intimacy of our initial introduction , I already know quite a lot . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I once gave away a dog that did that . ’ |
| 12 | Well i it 's a lot to do with the , the how light it is , I always get up a lot more easily I think when it 's , it 's not dark . |
| 13 | I still have n't a clue how it works . |
| 14 | I still have n't a clue of what er the |
| 15 | I usually have quite a lot of homework on Wednesday nights . |
| 16 | When she does appear someone confidently strikes up a conversation about her new film , Othello , instead of Orlando . |
| 17 | I also caused quite a stir as Moby Dick , and pulled pints as the fat barman at the Dog & Duck in Stratford — well , they ca n't all be famous ! |
| 18 | Just to be on the safe side I also set up a stick float and a bleak whip but I was hoping I would n't need them — so much for being positive . |
| 19 | I also set up a room for the program under review , so I can just click at the side of the screen and move to it . |
| 20 | That is to say , I earn a lot , but I also give quite a lot away in different ways . |
| 21 | I nearly tip over a bucket of water , in which Lucker 's vodka is tucked up . |
| 22 | I remember once feeling this when , walking along a suburban road in the half-light , I nearly stumbled over a bump in the ground . |
| 23 | Now the on the subject of treatment I I now pull out a government report here , because where do we get criticized from ? |
| 24 | A45 to date format 2 the entry for @NOW appears as a meaningful date ( in my example 09-Sep ) and if I now move down a row and type @NOW again it will instantly be displayed as the current date . |
| 25 | I now handed in a form explaining that my dad lived alone , is blind and disabled , and would benefit from me moving to his part of Glasgow . |
| 26 | I I often wonder how a person can get a degree in sociology . |
| 27 | What we have said we are involved in a process which must involve both governments and all parties , whose objective is agreement among our divided people an agreement which all our traditions must give their allegiance and agreement , and an agreement which must express which which must respect our diversity , now I have kept repeating that statement since we made it and I asked anyone to tell me what they disagree with it , now the loyalist paramilitary some weeks ago said that if the I R A were to k their impression they 've given all along is that they 're just a reaction to the I R A and if the I R A were to stop they would cease immediately , I immediately put out a statement welcoming that statement by them , I also offered to talk directly to them , but they have refused er given the nature of their campaign , particularly at the moment , I begin to wonder do they want the I R A to stop ? |
| 28 | I even carried out a double-bluff of appearing slightly guilty for the wrong reasons , so that adults told me I should n't blame myself because I had n't been able to warn Paul in time . |
| 29 | One of my horses , Firefly , has had a nasty cough , and it was so much worse today that 1 had to send for the vet ; and I simply had n't a moment . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ No , I simply have n't a clue , ’ Sophie said calmly . |