Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern scholars have found proof that from here they continued to withdraw north-eastwards , groups of them eventually making their way to the vicinity of the Tigris-Euphrates basin , the region which now constitutes the border between Syria and Iraq . |
| 2 | I had nice Tory ladies saying that to me in 1983 , and me vigorously nodding my agreement . |
| 3 | Then Stirling called everyone together to explain his plans . |
| 4 | It would suit them better to use their surplus cash to aid starving children in other countries . |
| 5 | As Citrine had earlier told his colleagues , a tactical retreat of accepting the Minister 's suggestion and then showing it to be ineffective would enable them better to assert their independence in future . |
| 6 | And Dalglish must have gone into shock again as the side who have so far swept all before them suddenly surrendered their 100 per cent home record . |
| 7 | It did not take them long to make their minds up : mobility , Jessica said , was the nicest thing she knew about being well-off . |
| 8 | ‘ If the FA had asked me personally to select our opponents I 'd have gone for Orient , ’ said Still . |
| 9 | Our invaluable handbook , which otherwise retails at around £100 is included in membership — and members invariably find that knowledge gained via membership , be it from the Handbook , a seminar or fellow members , allows them annually to recover their membership subscription . |
| 10 | At the Council of Arminium forty-five years later , there were four British bishops , one of whom apparently paid his own way — which would seem to indicate some degree of prosperity . |
| 11 | But again , she 's making good eye contact , both of them only let their eyes flick down to their notes to remind themselves of the next point they want to make . |
| 12 | If he is to continue , he should now be taking different movements and linking them together to form his fighting style — a format of defence and attack that becomes second nature to him . |
| 13 | Some of them obviously exceeded their duties in their zeal for examination improvement , as a memo of December 1942 makes clear : These examinations are to be regarded as a domestic affair of the Local Education Authorities for the conduct of which no responsibility must rest upon Inspectors … |
| 14 | But it was going to be a real bummer not having the little guy around to chat with while I single-handedly solved my cases . |
| 15 | However , he offered me a place ( perhaps out of consideration for my father ) , and I duly began my undergraduate career . |
| 16 | And I duly accept their off accepted their offer . |
| 17 | I uneasily awaited his first question about my journalistic ambitions . |
| 18 | Dusk was falling as I eventually made my way back into town . |
| 19 | I eventually retrieved my five pound note that had , luckily , not made it to the duck 's mouth but had got caught on the bank . |
| 20 | Other special Air Force camps were built in different parts of Germany and it was in these that I eventually spent my rime as a prisoner . |
| 21 | That was how I eventually got my bicycle . |
| 22 | I eventually had my baby , a little girl , but she was born with spina bifida . |
| 23 | I eventually had my baby , a little girl , but she was born with spina bifida . |
| 24 | When I eventually reached his house we got out his canoe . |
| 25 | The postman handed me a letter as I eventually reached my Pop 's house — it was an offer of a council house . |
| 26 | The great problem I faced , when I eventually obtained my degree in zoology , was that to convert my childhood fascination into an adult career I would have to carry out experiments on animals . |
| 27 | I eventually found my parents in the sponsor 's tent in a huddle with Jack and his delightful wife , Jenny . |
| 28 | I humbly thank your ladyship . |
| 29 | ‘ Warning you , ’ I tell her as I slowly take my hand away from her mouth . |
| 30 | I slowly made my way down the road . |