Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he had not recognized her immediately Fleury had noticed Chloe a moment earlier as she came trotting into the clearing ; since he had last set eyes on her Chloe 's golden curls had grown foul and matted and in places mange had already begun to remove them ; a cloud of flies followed her and every few yards she stopped to scratch . |
| 2 | So far I 've not given it much thought . |
| 3 | He was thirty-six years old and not yet married , mainly because his trips to Africa — where most of his work had been done — had not left him much time to find a suitable wife , though others in similar positions seemed to have achieved wives and marriages , whether suitable or not . |
| 4 | He had not allowed himself enough time for Fairfax . |
| 5 | Narrowly dyadic relationships of this kind show no tendency to proliferate outwards so as to form a wider network , and , since they are usually short-lived , anthropologists have not often given them much attention . |
| 6 | Leonora confessed she had n't really given it much thought , all her attention on the weather as Penry loaded the boat . |
| 7 | No not really , no I , I 'm hale and hearty erm there is no history of illness in my family , my father , my grandfather lived till he was about eighty four I 've never really given it much thought . |
| 8 | Frank , 49 , who had requested the inquiry himself [ see p. 36843 ] , was a generally liked and respected member of the House , whose openness had originally won him much sympathy , although a detailed interview in Newsweek caused some offence . |
| 9 | I have n't really smelt it yet Fiona . |
| 10 | ‘ I must confess I have n't given it much thought . ’ |
| 11 | Until now she had n't given it much thought . |
| 12 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 13 | Well I have n't given it much thought but er if I were to die I would n't want my wife and family to suffer . |
| 14 | In January 1987 The Smiths ' planned single release , ‘ You Have n't Earned It Yet Baby ’ , a rather spiteful song with a catchy hookline , was switched to ‘ Shoplifters Of The World Unite ’ . |
| 15 | He had n't chucked her overboard bag and baggage yet , but he was probably only biding his time until they returned to their mooring . |
| 16 | Yes , I 'm afraid I have n't done it yet Mr. Lewis . |
| 17 | I 'm afraid I have n't done it yet Mr. Lewis . |
| 18 | The government service organisation considered that a shortage of legal and estates professionals may have been influenced by the Big Bang , but nothing was visible as a result of the Crash , and they had not been particularly affected themselves either way . |
| 19 | She has n't cut it badly Barbara , she 's not , she 's not as good as Lucy . |
| 20 | ‘ You have n't allowed yourselves much time to thrash out the Unesco project , ’ said Robina vigorously . |
| 21 | absolutely filthy , oh I ca n't be like it , I said she did n't ground it just dirt |
| 22 | Anne : What about Mr Major has he actually done himself any good this week ? |
| 23 | Some will argue that it was the decade when ‘ real ’ music was murdered by Stock , Aitken & Waterman or rap , but on the other hand the ‘ real ’ musician of mature years had never had it so good-Chris De Burgh , Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton never sold so many tickets , or so many records . |