Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I rarely got beyond this point in my sales patter before expressions of incredulity replaced polite interest . |
2 | I naturally came to this conclusion only with the greatest reluctance ; it was no easy matter for me , the responsible commander , to abandon my dreams of hope and victory ! |
3 | And I suddenly realized at this stage that there was going to be something rather unexpected happening . |
4 | I just went past these fellows and one of them shouted , ‘ Hey , speccy four-eyes , ’ and I ignored them like you told me and then they came and took them off and stamped on them . ’ |
5 | I just looked at this piece of paper in horror and was pounced on . |
6 | Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on . |
7 | ‘ Oh , I just bumped into some people , who knew some people … . |
8 | I just mentioned with that microphone . |
9 | Sadie and I gradually learnt about each other . |
10 | In an attempt to solve this problem , I have used the experience gained from an analysis I once made of some Playschool programmes on BBC2 , and brought along some assistance , in the form of Big Ted and Little Ted , who will play the two speaker roles , and to whom I shall give an oral and a nasal voice respectively . |
11 | ‘ The closest I ever got to any man was when I had him in the sights of the rifle and I never missed . ’ |
12 | My mother , too , was a science teacher and I was good at science , and I always continued with that line because partly of the family background and partly of my own interests . |
13 | I felt preternaturally over-sexed , and despite being removed from The Fat Controller 's proximate influence I still stuck to this rule . |
14 | My mind was a blank ; I automatically went through some drills and some stretching . |
15 | I also realised at that time that the future had little meaning for me . |
16 | I also put in some choices that only SF readers were likely to recognise : Hugo Gernsback ( an early pulp-publisher ) , Clifford Simak ( a prolific SF writer ) , and Stanislaw Lem ( the foremost Polish SF author ) . |
17 | I also aimed at another thing which people consider Italian I mean a certain squareness and horizontality of outline . |
18 | ‘ But getting back to your question , what I really wanted from this album was for anyone who hears it to say they like it or they do n't like it , but that it 's pure Steve Harley . ’ |
19 | During the next three and a half years I often thought of this meal and of the amount I had to leave on my plate because I could not eat any more . |
20 | I strongly disagreed with both arguments . |
21 | My mind was n't on my driving and for the first time I almost collided with another taxi . |
22 | I actually went with this girl to a little hotel . |
23 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
24 | I never heard of these scripts again and they were never broadcast to my knowledge , but , for whatever interest they may have , I included one of them in my collection of short stories , scripts and plot summaries under the title ‘ Bits and Pieces ’ to be published one day . |
25 | I never wrote to that box number . |
26 | I believe especially I never came on this campaign until after I went to see Arafat . |
27 | I never thought of that angle . ’ |
28 | ‘ I never thought in those terms , officer . |
29 | I half disapproved of these costumes , they made me feel uncomfortable , but at the same time I admired and envied her , she was so original and unconcerned . |
30 | I recently wrote to all Second Division clubs asking if they wanted to retain terracing and every reply to date says yes . |