Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second hour went by , while little by little I abandoned hope first of one bus connection , and then of another , until there were footsteps and a small thin man hurried in , pushing back the strands of hair which had plastered themselves across his forehead . |
| 2 | Some of the sound tests were done by a computer and luckily I had access to a computer from my dealer in Bath that enabled me to set the sound up perfectly . |
| 3 | Wacky , zany fun-loving ’ raving mad ’ trendies stay clear I like writing , music ( playing/listening ) , Floyd , Gabriel , Straits , Marillion , REM , Erasure , Michael Jackson ( not proud ) . |
| 4 | Eventually I got hold of a Telecaster , but nowadays , apart from the 345 , I use Strats and Duo Sonics with a metal slide rather than glass . |
| 5 | When eventually I got hold of him , I told him to stop making payments into my French bank account . |
| 6 | And eventually I got job on a scaffold . |
| 7 | In fact put it at the back somewhere I think pong . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd rather I wrote sea shanties , ’ he said in her ear . |
| 9 | Rather I found relief in desperately scribbling poetry , the style and substance a strange mixture of John Pudney , one of the war 's best-known poets , and the residual Platonism of one of my university courses . |
| 10 | Erm the total on the savings side should be two point four three that is the erm the sheet that we have received this morning is correct and lastly I think number six so those points can be taken on board Mr Chairman I will start . |
| 11 | Then suddenly I saw daylight over my shoulder as he appeared to falter . |
| 12 | Suddenly I wanted freedom … or at least a new master to serve . |
| 13 | And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune … |
| 14 | ‘ Clive said he did n't need a crew , only someone to take care of the meals — ’ She drew her palm across her forehead . |
| 15 | Erm and these are the fairly brief er Chairman I think , I am sorry for disappointing Mr because because erm I main properties but erm we are basically I think sort of more or less agreed parties that we actually want this . |
| 16 | Gently I took hold of the door handle and moved it . |
| 17 | If that 's alright I 'll do it got ta pay your own train fair I said Boxing Day they only do Sunday service anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ Only I ate supper , ’ Flavia said . |
| 19 | If only I had understanding , to send them back to their waters ! ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps I lack charity . |
| 21 | Then it hit me : stress perhaps I need stress ! |
| 22 | I teach physical education erm , in the primary schools in Edinburgh , and because of the equal opportunities , obviously I teach football to primary girls and boys , but I feel that the girls are not getting the opportunity |
| 23 | Personally I prefer port , and I find it strange that after an example set at Cana , in Galilee , churches persist in changing wine into watered down cordial . |
| 24 | ‘ Personally I think politics is already that bad . |
| 25 | So I had stuff which I knew was good , but that did n't quite fit the group because the tunes needed to be more orchestrated . |
| 26 | and I said right so I had gammon pineapple peas and chips right ? |
| 27 | They moved it out for something reason so I had occasion to look at it more closely . |
| 28 | So I said wonder if they 've got that headboard for Ken , you know I did n't know he had one I said we 'll have a look and see how much they are . |
| 29 | and then he 's , he 's fucking started marching us around the parade square and and we ca n't see a fucking thing inside there , and he said er come out a minute , so I 've blinking gone out and I 've noticed were about fifty yards from the beach |
| 30 | Well , well she was , she was standing outside , I mean I looked at her this morning and I 've loo so I 've sort of looked at her , and I was going to speak to her and then this fella walked up and I thought , I , I mean I could n't gauge whether , and I mean my , I , I was thinking what I was going to say anyway , I was going to say er you know sa is it Paula so you perhaps do n't remember me but I , I , and then I was going to say I 'm Adrian , Adrian |