Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These I personally selected at training schools , generally those with " Distinguished " passes . |
| 2 | I literally jumped for joy when I heard that key turn in the lock and saw Mum and Mrs Taylor enter with another woman . |
| 3 | I confess that I literally gasped with disbelief when I heard him calmly announce his determination to get rid of the poll tax at the first possible opportunity . |
| 4 | ( Well , I only got to page 8 … ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I only went to school for two years , ’ says Maxima Flores , forty-year-old mother of four . |
| 6 | But I should not have been sent straight from school to Somerville on Classics ; I wanted to swap to History but did not know enough , so I was encouraged to do P.P.E. I was bored by both Philosophy and Economics so I only worked at Politics ’ . |
| 7 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 8 | I suddenly felt at ease and I 'm just hoping I can stay in the side alongside Alan . ’ |
| 9 | Mm but this was last year and I just cleared the ball and everybody ran out ran out and I suddenly collapsed in agony on the floor cos my knee just completely gave way and it was really painful and a minute later I stood up and it was fine , it did n't give me any more hassle for the rest of the day . |
| 10 | ‘ I grew up in Australia , and when I was about fourteen I saw a guitar and that was it : I just fell in love , just totally obsessed . |
| 11 | I just felt like crying . |
| 12 | idea to get it going and get it off the ground even if you you put your beer on at , well I just thought of couple Boddingtons put their they 're they 're gon na put their , they 're gon na put there 's at a pound a pint . |
| 13 | I just went to bed for a sleep ’ , he revealed . |
| 14 | He cried for put him on the bed , could n't do no college work so I just went to bed and left him . |
| 15 | I just went from person to person and asked if they needed help when a policeman asked me to come and take a look at Johnathan . |
| 16 | Mill says exactly what I just said in response of him that is if the people are prepared to accept these why what 's to stop them consulting and asking for advice about how they should cast their vote and so Mill later on gives a response to his own suggestion about plural voting in effect without realizing that what he 's done . |
| 17 | So I just said in passing , I said Well your husband 's allowed up to two hours , he thinks it 's only gon na t Ooh she 's says it wo n't take that , no . |
| 18 | I knew she was n't far offshore , but I did n't know anything about the set of currents off Winter Marsh , and if I just rowed into darkness I might miss her altogether , and be carried anywhere . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , ‘ I just got into town and she said if ever I was here , I should look you up . ’ |
| 20 | I did n't go in June with being full of cold , I just knocked on door and that got him out . |
| 21 | So , ’ he added with a slightly twisted smile , ‘ I just concentrated on business , and became even more of a workaholic than ever ! ’ |
| 22 | Well , having had to avail ourselves of the help of the officer who got rid of our gigantic wasp nest , I should like to say what a superb job they do , but I just wondered in view of the tremendous number , whether there is some kind of way of preventions . |
| 23 | Only I just turned into grocery because you could n't get fruit , when you want Well you had a bit but not much . |
| 24 | I just collapsed with laughter … . |
| 25 | I did n't go back to school after coming out of hospital , I felt that all that potential had gone ; I just stayed at home watching ‘ Rainbow ’ and ‘ Play School ’ . |
| 26 | " I just stopped at home . " |
| 27 | But it was also a time of exhaustion and tension as I desperately hurtled between work , father and family ; and of sorrow to see him suffering . |
| 28 | They were a very friendly lot and I soon felt at home . |
| 29 | I picked up my knife and attempted to copy the old lady but I soon got into difficulty . |
| 30 | But when I finally got to bed again it was well into Monday morning and it was Monday afternoon when I surfaced and there was a policeman on the door and it had n't been a nightmare after all . |