Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much relieved I handed over without a word . |
| 2 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 3 | How long did you go over with her ? |
| 4 | So how long did you live in for ? |
| 5 | ‘ How long did it go on for ? ’ |
| 6 | Only when the hollow reverberations of the horses ' feet on the timber rolled along the rock fissures below did he start out of his trance to the realisation that a company of mounted men was riding into Parfois . |
| 7 | How long had I gone off into my dream , my panic ? |
| 8 | His papers only instructed him to travel on to Edinburgh where he was to help train the next group of recruits who would take their places on the Western Front . |
| 9 | We very much wanted him to come down to Merstham again when the weather was better , so that we could drive him round the country . |
| 10 | His wayward energies soon got him kicked out of the pop club , but ‘ Shakin' ’ is a magnificent entry , an untrammelled mother-humper of a tune . |
| 11 | ‘ He should have knocked the guy cold and not let him go on to the fourth round . |
| 12 | No sooner had she sunk down on one of the chesterfields than he was hunkering down in front of her , lifting her injured foot to rest on his knee , removing the shoe and gently touching the nylon-covered flesh beneath the delicate ankle-bone . |
| 13 | and cos I just left it screwed up on the floor last night and then well I walked out the door without my skirt . |
| 14 | Len 's mop of unruly fair hair always made him stand out in a crowded goalmouth but , even over 30 years later , he continues to stand out in the memories of Palace fans who saw him play for our club . |
| 15 | Dorris Thompson , aged 84 , of Park Square West , Jaywick , was described to Essex Coroner Dr Malcolm Weir as a ‘ thin frail elderly lady ’ who always turned her heating off at night . |
| 16 | The realization of this fact quickly persuaded him to get out of the game before he lost whatever remained of his symbolic stature . |
| 17 | ‘ How ever did you get back to Yzordderrex to do that ? ’ |
| 18 | He had the weaving loom I think at the whether he ever had it set up at the I could n't say . |
| 19 | But only once had he ridden back with Maggie . |
| 20 | They always wanted us to put up with something — for example , I can remember riding in sweltering heat in the back of an old car of my father 's , in which the back windows did n't open ( be strong ) . |
| 21 | She probably expected him to nip off to his gunsmith , buy an AK-47 assault rifle , and bomb down to Southend to take reprisals . |
| 22 | A Ukranian choir has been stranded in Britain after a visa mix up meant they missed out on a concert tour . |
| 23 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |
| 24 | Not until three weeks later did he pass on to colleagues in the CIA , and to Casey , the thought that ‘ perhaps we are overcharging … to send money to the contras . ’ |
| 25 | He practically had me signed up for the European Monetary System when all I wanted was to touch him for a gold moidore . |
| 26 | After that meeting with John , Anne often met him strolling along near her home and always stopped to talk to him . |
| 27 | I often saw him wandering about in the fields and lanes or fishing in quiet reaches of the river when he should have been in school . |
| 28 | Talking of your first P-bass , what originally inspired you to get on to the instrument ? |
| 29 | ‘ Ed really had us pumped up before the Senior Cup final at Massereene . |
| 30 | Corporal Tambini immediately made us lie down in the mud and do press-ups . |