Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Secretly I applauded your decision . ’ |
| 2 | Thankfully I brought my certificates with me . |
| 3 | Thankfully I accepted his invitation to ‘ jump in the back ’ , and home we sped . |
| 4 | Very slowly I took my weight on the good hand and slid my feet over the rim of the tub . |
| 5 | Ever so slowly I raised my head and camera and there it was . |
| 6 | Slowly I opened my eyes . |
| 7 | Right I got my key then . |
| 8 | Eventually I reached our yard safely and entered the house breathless . |
| 9 | I made a decision , or rather I hedged my bets . |
| 10 | So everyone called it Druid 's Bottom because it was at the bottom of the Grove . ’ |
| 11 | Suddenly I realised what Tennyson had in his heart when he said : |
| 12 | Suddenly I felt my arm go and fall out of its joint . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I was looking at him like I had done a million times and suddenly I saw his shoulder twitch slightly , ’ she said . |
| 14 | I I just could n't , I just thought , suddenly I thought my God , you know I can change this . |
| 15 | ‘ It completely changed the shape of my face and suddenly I had my cheekbones back , ’ says Janet , 37 . |
| 16 | Suddenly I recognized her attitude for what it was . |
| 17 | I would have the food in my hand — hence all the effort to make her take food from me at home — and I made sure she could see it , however much I loosened her leash . |
| 18 | I became really depressed because no matter how much I loved my children or tried to take care of them , I could neither keep the doctor at bay or the fungus that was destroying everything that it came into contact with . |
| 19 | I was ashamed ; and thenceforward I took my turn with the rest — to my benefit . |
| 20 | Naturally I withdrew my threat because there is no way I will let Singh and his cronies put one over on Leslie Bence . |
| 21 | All her life she 'd thought , If only I knew what so-and-so was thinking I 'd know what to do … . |
| 22 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If only I had my journal , ’ Wynne-Jones complained . |
| 24 | ‘ If only I had my journal , ’ Wynne-Jones complained . |
| 25 | If only I had my thing ! |
| 26 | If only I had his nerve , think of the greasy eggs and tough bacon I could have been spared ! |
| 27 | Teague admitted : ‘ When I was pounding the hills alone I thought my England days were over . |
| 28 | Perhaps I commented on this once too often ; perhaps I expressed my gratitude too sincerely . |
| 29 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 30 | And he er and he was really delighted of course , so he said , Well I 'm holiday and I 'll come round with the caravan , so I had my holiday which did n't make much difference because there was had to you know we were n't working really , and I went round with him for this week , all round and the villages everywhere . |