Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was pondering how to chat him up without attracting too much attention from Blanche and Eddy , when he heard the superintendent ask the man from the Drugs Squad who exactly had given them the tip-off in the first place . |
| 2 | I yes , I 've just had my massive little row with The Savoy about the prices and they just wanted to charge us the normal price ! |
| 3 | I just wanted to check what the position of the old executive committee of the W R A D which been appointed , whether that was in fact erm , something that qualified for a full allowance . |
| 4 | Now I have gone beyond thirty one because I just wanted to show you the way it goes and it 's easy . |
| 5 | I just wanted to know what the ticket arrangements are for the Liverpool game at Anfield later in September . |
| 6 | That 's one trophy in 37 years , none in the last 19 ; hardly sufficient to warm the cockles of what once cared to call itself the hotbed of soccer . |
| 7 | Nadirpur gradually began to grasp what the Englishman meant . |
| 8 | ‘ I always wanted to see what the Greshorns looked like , ’ Ratagan said . |
| 9 | Mr Dick also wanted to know what the term ‘ fine lace ’ means . |
| 10 | In addition to the in hospital assessment , we also wanted to know what the patients thought about the amount of information they were given , and to do this we administered a telephone questionnaire consisting of six questions about their inpatient experiences , one of which read ‘ Was the amount of information you received before your operation too much , about right , or too little ? ’ |
| 11 | And TODAY really did show her the way home by persuading Captain Nick Fletcher to let her sit in the cockpit with him . |
| 12 | And it swallowed up my four whole units , because I even got to say what the answer was and I thought that was forty P , and I thought , I 'm never ever going to phone into one of those things again . |
| 13 | He vaguely tried to remember what the friar had told him . |
| 14 | To add realism I then used to turn one the ginger-haired player to face the goal and said ‘ What the fuck was that ’ in a Scottish accent . |
| 15 | She thought about that one for a second , then decided to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 16 | Lord Greene M.R. stressed that the court should not substitute its view for that of the corporation , and then proceeded to examine what the term unreasonableness meant in this context . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's a message from Bill , ’ she said , then proceeded to give him the details . |
| 18 | She sometimes had given him the spare front door key but he denied having had the key on the day of her death . |
| 19 | In terms of prospecting , I usually do the training exhibition at the N E C every July , er , in eighty six , a man came onto my stand and we chatted for half an hour , he then said to tell you the truth I 'm not interested now , but I will be interested next May . |
| 20 | I fully intended to show her the caravan and then take her home . |
| 21 | And again had to wonder what the dickens was the matter with her for Ven , in no way similarly affected , moved and , taking casual hold of her arm , began to lead her across the road . |
| 22 | Surtees was a good choice , but I never got to know him the way I did Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodriguez . |
| 23 | If I tell you that Maureen actually had to give him the kiss of life twice when he caught a chill , you 'll appreciate why we went to such lengths to keep him warm . |