Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as you keep the Looms properly oiled and follow the rules you ca n't really go far wrong . |
| 2 | However , the LF eventually relented and began the process of disarming on April 30 . |
| 3 | I knew in one case that every Saturday morning I would get a letter from a lad who was having a very trying time at an operational training unit , and he begged me week after week , I eventually relented and brought him back ; he nearly went through and completed a second Pathfinder tour . |
| 4 | John slowly rose and sat at the table where he was soon joined by the two women . |
| 5 | Ignoring her , the captain ordered his men to carry the body aft , and the woman eventually rose and hobbled after them , still sobbing piteously . |
| 6 | Are the spine and boards badly scuffed or rubbed ? ( the euphemistically-minded cataloguer may say ‘ chafed ’ , the French , more elegantly , ‘ tired ’ ) . |
| 7 | Their main duty was to arrest wanted persons ; they rarely reported or investigated crime during the early years of colonial rule . |
| 8 | I mean I 'm not , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not one of these formal you know want 's to everything but the idea of this is that we go we get it off the ground and then the management committee take over and run it , it will hopefully have two parish representatives , wo n't be overcommitted by being you know constantly hectored and badgered by people saying this is your ground . |
| 9 | He went up to look more closely at Mr Edgar , who suddenly recovered and hit Heathcliff hard on the neck . |
| 10 | When Widmark began questioning Wayne 's direction , Big John responded initially with patience and understanding because he greatly respected and admired the other actor . |
| 11 | As he was relating his story , he suddenly realised that sitting before him among the directors was the sandy-haired man he had seen talking to Mr Dwerringhouse . |
| 12 | A seven lumen manometric catheter , with recording orifices radially oriented and spaced 15 cm apart ( Arndorfer Medical Specialities , Greendale , Wis ) , was then advanced over the guidewire . |
| 13 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 14 | At one stage , when I happened to depart the room in the midst of an address by one of the German gentlemen , M. Dupont suddenly rose and followed me out . |
| 15 | The launch , however , behaved like a well-trained work-horse and merely rose and fell with the swell . |
| 16 | She suddenly stopped and rounded on him . |
| 17 | About two yards from the sea he suddenly stopped and jumped round to face us , legs apart and arms above his head , ‘ Right , you bloody lot , last man to Brighton beach is a sissy ’ . |
| 18 | Ruth stood before the screened fireplace in her duchess gown , drinking her tea , the focus for all the eyes which constantly rose and came to her , and the old smiles which lifted up the lips over the discoloured , sharp old teeth . |
| 19 | We were informed that the Prime Minister had set aside an hour for us , and she arrived on the dot , nicely accoutred and coiffeured and saying she was ready to go when we were . |
| 20 | They talked for half an hour and suddenly upped and went . |
| 21 | It would protect all those persons in Hollins v. Fowler who merely handled the cotton ministerially , such as a carrier who merely received and delivered the goods in the ordinary way and it would not save the man who had sold the cotton to another . |
| 22 | In came and went , because it 's got , which went out ever going and coming again , the ever , aspect has gone , so how could you get that . |
| 23 | The three glossed signs from transcript 1 ( KNOCKED , CAME , WHAT ? ) represent three propositions with the meaning that someone knocked at the door , the person inside came and tried to find out what it was . |
| 24 | Eight o'clock came and went . |
| 25 | The finishing time of 8 o'clock came and went , and they were only beginning . |
| 26 | Nine o'clock came and went and there was no sign of him . |
| 27 | We are no longer so much nibbled as jostled . |
| 28 | A little still she strove and much repented And whispering ‘ I will ne'er consent ’ consented . |
| 29 | He edged his way through the standing drinkers and for a moment she thought he was going to join her , but he merely nodded and drifted down the room , taking up a position by the wall where he seemed to become engrossed in watching the efforts of a group of youngsters on the one-armed bandit . |
| 30 | Alain merely nodded and smiled and Jenna glanced at him curiously . |