Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I badly needed more money , so the take-over could not come too quickly as far as I was concerned . |
| 5 | After some further outside tests and a fair amount of soul-searching , I eventually bought this detector and the 10.5in accessory coil . |
| 6 | In the beginning they offered me aversion therapy but I furiously refused that . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I rather gathered that , Mr Travis . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I rather liked that . ’ |
| 9 | And he was never especially unhappy about it , and I rather admired that really . |
| 10 | Indeed ; I expressly said that , Mr. Speaker . |
| 11 | I expressly authorised this . |
| 12 | ‘ I merely picked that as an example . ’ |
| 13 | I better shut this before it gets wrecked ! |
| 14 | as to which of those distinguished people should be dispensed with , but nevertheless it might be the advantage of everybody if the numbers of the cabinet were reduced to sixteen , I personally thought that for a very long time . |
| 15 | When I heard from Liz that your boss was starting to talk about wedding bells I swiftly moved all my operations back to London . ’ |
| 16 | I obviously made some fundamental mistakes within the first few days of my move . |
| 17 | I obviously understood this very well and I had all sorts of |
| 18 | I obviously wanted some more but it was very expensive : coke sells for between £80 and £120 per gram , and a gram 's not a lot at all . |
| 19 | I foolishly sent this medal home . |
| 20 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 21 | No I only ordered that . |
| 22 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 23 | The frontispiece from a copy of the music from the Peer Gynt suite by Grieg was a beautiful piece of artwork even before it was decorated , so I only arranged some flowers in two of the corners , rather than all the way round , which would have overpowered the original design . |
| 24 | ‘ I only played half the games yet we were never out of the top five and qualified for Europe . |
| 25 | I only got that cos kindergarten . |
| 26 | At the time we took up the , the secretary took took up the matter and I got him to send us er a copy of the reply , and it , it appears that , as you know it 's all voluntary and , and it relies charity for individuals , but I noticed , I only got this from Ron yesterday , paragraph here says , where the community demonstrates it 's active support for such adventure , then there is an increase likelihood of the establish of a service , although it has to be said that there already exists a waiting list of communities eager to re receive P D S A support . |
| 27 | I only got this book last week . |
| 28 | ‘ I only smoked some . |
| 29 | I only saw that one demonstration . |
| 30 | I 'm afraid they came down the steps and chose the path leading away from me , so I only saw those three at a distance . |