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Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Eventually everyone leaves the room to shower and drink coffee and do all things that people usually do after intercourse — communally in this case — and Samantha and I are left alone .
2	I felt uneasy and the back of my neck was prickly with sweat , but relentlessly I kept the same pace towards them .
3	But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on .
4	Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun .
5	mostly I have the erm tut my sp special tapes records
6	Correction : mostly I watched the women watching it .
7	Slowly I unfolded the thick paper and spread it flat in front of me .
8	Slowly I leave the land 's hard lights behind ,
9	Nervously I left the safety of a good peg and did a few free moves towards the next one , 20 feet away on the blank left wall .
10	Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake .
11	Then you can give him the clothes , right I want the clothes .
12	The initial research provided nothing , but eventually I discovered the scientific name and came up with a photograph of Synbranchus marmoratus , also known as the Marbled Swamp Eel .
13	Eventually I reached the cliff top .
14	Eventually I interrupted the diatribe to point out that I was paying him to take me to the newspaper , not for his opinions about it .
15	Eventually I thought the only way I could control what I was doing was to decide on one specific charity — I chose Muscular Dystrophy — and work just with them , which is what I did .
16	Eventually I reach the road and follow it to its top , surprised by how close I was to the summit of the pass .
17	Eventually I reach the same old compromise .
18	Eventually I struck the compromise .
19	Melville explains , ‘ The downside got overlooked because of the crusading side , but eventually I got the sex mag blues .
20	Eventually I walked the night away , twice hiding in the ditch of the old Glencoe road as lagerlout cars — I could hear their maleficent approach down the glen — tyre-screeched past .
21	‘ I belong to the Duke of Gloucester Trust and eventually I persuaded the officials to try fitting one of my whistles .
22	Eventually I had the other repeat to make the three parts , so then I could make harmonies by playing along with the tape . ’
23	I swallow , throat dry , tears finally coming into my eyes and eventually I squeeze the words out :
24	‘ Eventually I suppose the Unknown Lands will become Khanates , ’ Jotan said .
25	I 'm totally left-handed , but eventually I learned the bottleneck style used by blues singers .
26	But then I , eventually I tried the building trade again and I joined a firm called er forget , or something like that and I was working up in George Street in , in , in Edinburgh .
27	Eventually I called the police and they broke down the door .
28	I have most of them already and besides I enjoy the reputation of being the best teacher .
29	The glassy grain of water looking upward I see the bed
30	From somewhere I got the idea of going to art college I 'm sure it was because I 'd read about all the rock musicians who 'd started their bands at art colleges — John Lennon and Keith Richards in particular .