Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say I forcibly removed him in a headlock because he was ‘ In five short minutes , playing himself back into the job of Athletico manager ’ , is not only true but also likely to get this fanzine banned within a fifteen-mile radius of ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 2 | After another series of battles with the employment exchange , the Royal National Institute for the Blind and various principals of local technical colleges , I eventually got myself onto a TOPS typing course at a college in south-west London . |
| 3 | I eventually converted it into a feeder rod ( this was in the era before today 's more suitable weapons ) and it could throw a heavy feeder with ease . |
| 4 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 5 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Does n't matter , I only brought them as a diversion anyway . |
| 7 | I only saw him for a moment , but my blood seemed to freeze . |
| 8 | I only saw her for a day or two . ’ |
| 9 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 10 | Might have been my idea — well , it was , but I only said it in a fit of temper ! — but she carried it out . |
| 11 | I only wanted it for a |
| 12 | Anyway , I only have it with a slug in it in the morning . ’ |
| 13 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 14 | At the age of 30 , I suddenly found myself at a turning point in my life . |
| 15 | I used to watch him sleep , wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past , and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death . |
| 16 | I was in the kitchen and I just heard something about a bomb near the Prime Minister 's |
| 17 | Could I just move you on a little bit ? |
| 18 | Aye , so she says I do n't think I 'll bother I just put it in a bargain |
| 19 | Can I just borrow you for a few moments ? |
| 20 | But she was still smiling at me , so I just tied it in a knot and left it . |
| 21 | Jon sees the key to it all as simply getting out and having a good time : ‘ I just do it for a laugh , basically . |
| 22 | I just did it for a laugh . |
| 23 | No I just did it for a laugh cos I want , I want everyone to know the most interesting language in the world which is part of my language is n't it ? |
| 24 | I just caught something for a , then put them on . |
| 25 | whatever it is , deflate , and er guy come round , no problems , no problems with it , well I mean the head gasket 's gone and there 's a hole near the wing and bald tyre on it but mechanically it 's , this guy comes round to look at it , I mean he 's been driving it from Plymouth , he 's in the navy , up and down here , bloke comes round , yeah no problem , come on round mate , come and have a look at it , look round it , says yeah I like this can I just take it for a drive ? |
| 26 | As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine . |
| 27 | I just needed them for a purpose , and that was enough . ’ |
| 28 | I just won it in a |
| 29 | I just want something with a little bit more garden . |
| 30 | Yet the magical city had not yet finished with me , for I somehow found myself in a dark little wood-panelled bar , with a cosy snug in the rear , and a counter near the door left over from the pub 's grocery-bar days at the turn of the century . |