Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.

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1	With them eventually came dashing British sports , like steeple chasing , cricket , golf and fox-hunting , the last of which had runs in the nearby countryside called ‘ Old England ’ , ‘ Leicestershire ’ and , best of all , as a concession to the French , ‘ Have Leicestershire ’ .
2	The air between them suddenly seemed static , as she fought for the words to justify her decision .
3	‘ So one of them suddenly got rich , hey ?
4	And Karen last weekend , after you were sitting for them suddenly took ill on the Saturday I think , and Sheila was n't in any great shape , so he went back home er , from the office an over his lunch hour to see if he could just go and lend a hand , ge generally help out over his lunch hour .
5	The 1982 and 1984 BCS between them only uncovered two cases of attempted rape and 17 and 18 sexual assaults respectively ( Jones et al .
6	She says she was taken to the Plaza Hotel , to a party where Hoover sat in a fine black frock and insisted on being called ‘ Mary ’ ; after a while , he retired to the bedroom to be petted by two bought boys , one of whom prudently wore rubber gloves .
7	Reclaiming overtime is seen as the responsibility of each registered nurse ; I rarely did this , partly through choice but also because our patient dependency was regularly very high .
8	I duly knitted two backs , marked the shape of the front neck and also a slight ‘ dip ’ on the back section and stitched two lines with the sewing machine using a long stitch .
9	I successfully blocked one of the main avenues they were exploring .
10	After a telephone call to the senior medical officer in charge of part time training schemes at the Department of Health , who agreed that my application would be allowed , I successfully jumped all the hurdles .
11	In all my life there have been very few occasions when I badly wanted more money and that was one of them , because on my wage of three shillings a day as an AC2 I was unable to drape her with expensive clothes .
12	I just told him that I badly needed five hundred pounds . "
13	I badly needed more money , so the take-over could not come too quickly as far as I was concerned .
14	I eventually became worried and then frightened .
15	I eventually got tired of the sad lady and the mantenuta and started once again to look for something different .
16	After some further outside tests and a fair amount of soul-searching , I eventually bought this detector and the 10.5in accessory coil .
17	Much genetic data was collected from some two thousand young men and women , and using the computer services of two cooperating universities , I eventually selected six potential mothers .
18	In the beginning they offered me aversion therapy but I furiously refused that .
19	I slowly munched diced meat pie stuffed with herbs .
20	But I slowly became aware that they were all looking at me — just the time that sergia became aware of the direction of my gaze .
21	‘ Yes , I rather gathered that , Mr Travis .
22	‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving .
23	‘ I think I rather liked that . ’
24	And he was never especially unhappy about it , and I rather admired that really .
25	Indeed ; I expressly said that , Mr. Speaker .
26	I expressly authorised this .
27	I merely made encouraging noises and left quickly .
28	‘ I merely picked that as an example . ’
29	Also , Christie 's tell me that their film and entertainment sale of December 1991 saw a mere 10 per cent unsold by value and a paltry 25 per cent unsold by lot , which of course does not add up to ‘ a third of the lots ’ unsold , as I wrongly stated last week .
30	Once I was talking alone to Lucy in a corner , laughing together and , as I impulsively took one of her hands in both of mine , I heard a sharp cry of ‘ Lucy !

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