Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right that one 's got the table on instead of the graphics . |
| 2 | The amputee 's tongue flickered silently , stumpily , as though tasting the molecules of Lexandro 's sweat which escaped into the air , before he resumed his discourse : ‘ The longest that anyone has endured a nerveglove at level tertius until irreversible insanity , is fifty-two minutes — by which time the pain signals were so burned into the nerves that they could never cease thereafter . ’ |
| 3 | Now today because it 's a little windy we 've rolled up some of the sail out of the way to make it easier for you |
| 4 | Devoy would surely count her match against Jackman as one of the most demanding she has experienced during her long reign as the world 's leading player , while Jackman , who was unlucky not to win the second game , pronounced herself happy with her performance . |
| 5 | and erm er I said , I 'm terribly sorry I 've got the wrong number . |
| 6 | He did feed them at one time , but they became so rampant he had to stop . |
| 7 | I 'm only sorry you have to put up with it too . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm only sorry I had to bring you out in it . ’ |
| 9 | Not sorry he had said it , she noted , only sorry she had heard it ! |
| 10 | Simon , whose medal in the individual event was Britain 's first for 84 years , is now so hard-up he has to rely on drinks from mates and his girlfriend . |
| 11 | There were never enough hooks so each one had to take several coats . |
| 12 | He was so tall he had to incline his head to avoid hitting the beams , and his nearness made her tremble . |
| 13 | ‘ So long as you do n't gossip with him , no , ’ he said flatly , and turned on his heel to stride coolly out on to the terrace again , so tall he had to dodge the metal chimes that hung over the french windows . |
| 14 | It was long enough to need a semaphore to signal from one end to the other , dark enough so you would never have seen the flags , and so narrow we had to squeeze past the single bed by the door to reach the open land before the next one . |
| 15 | Mr Carson took me to Astor House for luncheon and it was all quite elegant , but the food was so rich it has left me thirsty . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ See how much simpler we have made it : as well as being the true faith we are the simplest . ’ |
| 17 | Surprised me , it did , 'ow little I 'd forgotten . |
| 18 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm so sorry you 've had a vain journey . |
| 20 | ‘ But I got so depressed I had to have it cut short . |
| 21 | It 's very , it 's deceptive if you 're not working out what you 're doing and relating it back to the graph , and relating it back to physics , to an experiment you 're doing , someone 's checking the clock every second to see how much further it 's gone . |
| 22 | For one thing , I 'm so old they 've changed the rules on driving . |
| 23 | ‘ But he 's so brave he has made a wonderful comeback . |
| 24 | His first public show was at Branksome Community Club in Darlington where he was so popular they have asked him back . |
| 25 | The company , founded by Mrs Cooper 's great grandfather Robert Richardson , soon began to specialise in clock making and became so popular it had to set up a separate factory at Robert Street . |
| 26 | Perhaps this one had belonged to her mother ? |
| 27 | One had made one gluing bits of straw together another one had used something else but they 'd |
| 28 | I was so afraid you 'd changed . |
| 29 | So this one had gone too , another fighter in the family . |
| 30 | Well I mean you do n't have to see , so this you 've got this sort of social thing there . |