Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I apparently walked at an unusually early age but was slow learning to speak . |
| 2 | Even so , I am teetering on the brink of spending £300 to replace the turntable I foolishly ditched as an anachronism a few months ago . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 4 | I only got into a couple of fights . |
| 5 | ‘ I only came for a glass of water . |
| 6 | ‘ I only moved in a couple of years ago . |
| 7 | I suddenly thought of a way I could help Herbert . |
| 8 | ‘ There I was , merrily going about my own business , when I suddenly disappeared in a puff of metaphysics . |
| 9 | When I first thought of that I suddenly got in an absolute panic — nothing to do with Darwin , but , you know never mind — and I thought what about those erm , preying mantises and things , which who have adopted their front legs for sort of seizing prey like that they 've even got four legs to walk on — what do the poor things do ? |
| 10 | When the man came from I would n't know , but I just felt as a op coopted parish councillor that I should make my voice heard on behalf of all the people that complain to me . |
| 11 | ‘ I just felt like a bit of a change , that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | I just felt like a drink . |
| 13 | Well I just thought as a woman not , you know as a person |
| 14 | ‘ I just went for a walk . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I just went for a camera and when I opened the bag I could n't believe what was inside . |
| 16 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 17 | ‘ I just went for a wander outside and all these police burst in , ’ he says . |
| 18 | Then she asked what had happened to Alec , because nobody had told her , and I just looked at a spot about a foot above her head and let Frank do the dirty work . |
| 19 | For example , I just returned from an exhibition and wrote a 6,000 word report in one burst in my hotel room . |
| 20 | I just shouted on an impulse and was very sorry later . ’ |
| 21 | My only desire was to keep these hideous creatures at bay whilst I desperately looked for a gap in the ring of steel surrounding me . |
| 22 | I stayed in hotels to begin with and when I finally moved into a flat , on the first night a rat ran across my chest . |
| 23 | I once read about a boxer who did that . |
| 24 | I once ran into a 10-wheel timber-hauling lorry which , being only about 3 miles long , had momentarily escaped my notice . |
| 25 | I once heard of a case where two dogs fought almost to the death over an empty sweet paper . |
| 26 | I once heard of a woman who complained that all the attractive men in London were gay . |
| 27 | ‘ Another strange comment I once heard from a doctor was that transsexuals were obsessed by sex , which was great news to us , especially to me , who lives like a monk . ’ |
| 28 | My wife and I once went into a pharmacie in Montauban and requested a packet of bandages . |
| 29 | I was nearly in love , I was proposed to a couple of times ; on the other hand , I once went for a year without men , without sex — both seemed too much trouble . |
| 30 | I once went for a job as a fisherman . |