Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not what you 'd call the retiring type , and I rarely flinch from a fight when I 'm sure of my own righteousness ; but there is one thing I can not cope with , and that is unprovoked aggression . |
| 2 | I better go in a minute . |
| 3 | Suppose I better start in a minute , had n't I really ? |
| 4 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 5 | I only change into a fighter in the last ten minutes before I get into the ring . ’ |
| 6 | I only got into a couple of fights . |
| 7 | ‘ You know perfectly well , Marler , that these days I only go after a story I think is really worthwhile . |
| 8 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 9 | ‘ I only moved in a couple of years ago . |
| 10 | I suddenly thought of a way I could help Herbert . |
| 11 | ‘ There I was , merrily going about my own business , when I suddenly disappeared in a puff of metaphysics . |
| 12 | I remember once , I was rehearsing a piece of Bach — I forget which piece it was — and I suddenly felt in a state of absolute harmony . |
| 13 | ‘ I just felt like a bit of a change , that 's all . ’ |
| 14 | I just felt like a drink . |
| 15 | Well I just thought as a woman not , you know as a person |
| 16 | ‘ I just went for a walk . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I just went for a camera and when I opened the bag I could n't believe what was inside . |
| 18 | That 's , that 's just like me that is , if I get into a rhythm and someone gives er , I can do it then , but if I just sit on a page , I think oh how do you do that ? |
| 19 | Can I , can I just pass for a minute and think on this one and come back . |
| 20 | , can I just speak for a minute . |
| 21 | Then she asked what had happened to Alec , because nobody had told her , and I just looked at a spot about a foot above her head and let Frank do the dirty work . |
| 22 | No I just sound like a bloke . |
| 23 | My only desire was to keep these hideous creatures at bay whilst I desperately looked for a gap in the ring of steel surrounding me . |
| 24 | I stayed in hotels to begin with and when I finally moved into a flat , on the first night a rat ran across my chest . |
| 25 | I once read about a boxer who did that . |
| 26 | I once heard of a case where two dogs fought almost to the death over an empty sweet paper . |
| 27 | I once heard of a woman who complained that all the attractive men in London were gay . |
| 28 | ‘ Another strange comment I once heard from a doctor was that transsexuals were obsessed by sex , which was great news to us , especially to me , who lives like a monk . ’ |
| 29 | My wife and I once went into a pharmacie in Montauban and requested a packet of bandages . |
| 30 | I was nearly in love , I was proposed to a couple of times ; on the other hand , I once went for a year without men , without sex — both seemed too much trouble . |