Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern scholars have found proof that from here they continued to withdraw north-eastwards , groups of them eventually making their way to the vicinity of the Tigris-Euphrates basin , the region which now constitutes the border between Syria and Iraq . |
| 2 | I had nice Tory ladies saying that to me in 1983 , and me vigorously nodding my agreement . |
| 3 | As Citrine had earlier told his colleagues , a tactical retreat of accepting the Minister 's suggestion and then showing it to be ineffective would enable them better to assert their independence in future . |
| 4 | Our invaluable handbook , which otherwise retails at around £100 is included in membership — and members invariably find that knowledge gained via membership , be it from the Handbook , a seminar or fellow members , allows them annually to recover their membership subscription . |
| 5 | If he is to continue , he should now be taking different movements and linking them together to form his fighting style — a format of defence and attack that becomes second nature to him . |
| 6 | However , he offered me a place ( perhaps out of consideration for my father ) , and I duly began my undergraduate career . |
| 7 | Dusk was falling as I eventually made my way back into town . |
| 8 | Other special Air Force camps were built in different parts of Germany and it was in these that I eventually spent my rime as a prisoner . |
| 9 | That was how I eventually got my bicycle . |
| 10 | I eventually had my baby , a little girl , but she was born with spina bifida . |
| 11 | I eventually had my baby , a little girl , but she was born with spina bifida . |
| 12 | When I eventually reached his house we got out his canoe . |
| 13 | The postman handed me a letter as I eventually reached my Pop 's house — it was an offer of a council house . |
| 14 | The great problem I faced , when I eventually obtained my degree in zoology , was that to convert my childhood fascination into an adult career I would have to carry out experiments on animals . |
| 15 | I humbly thank your ladyship . |
| 16 | ‘ Warning you , ’ I tell her as I slowly take my hand away from her mouth . |
| 17 | I slowly made my way down the road . |
| 18 | I slowly shook my head . |
| 19 | I did , but I slowly shook my head . |
| 20 | He gave me a few quick , curious glances from time to time as I slowly sipped my coffee , but he did not appear to have heard any of the rumours . |
| 21 | When I started on my mental journey ; the way seemed to be dark and impossible , yet I slowly found my way ; and so can everyone else . |
| 22 | ‘ I rather like your head on my shoulder , ’ he said quietly . |
| 23 | I rather like your idea of a course . |
| 24 | ‘ You can have too much of anything , ’ was Gay 's sage rejoinder , ‘ and I rather think her mother 's been overdoing this entertaining stunt . |
| 25 | I was often called Hamlet because I so resembled my father 's appearance in his most famous film , the ‘ Coronation ’ Hamlet , so named because it had been released in Coronation year . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ Generosity , happiness and warmth abound in their presence — I so appreciate their friendship , especially when my wife was ill with leukaemia . ’ |
| 27 | I so move my Lord Mayor |
| 28 | I so move my Lord Mayor . |
| 29 | I so move my Lord Mayor |
| 30 | So I merely downplayed my reply . |