Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | and erm er I said , I 'm terribly sorry I 've got the wrong number . |
| 4 | He did feed them at one time , but they became so rampant he had to stop . |
| 5 | I 'm only sorry you have to put up with it too . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm only sorry I had to bring you out in it . ’ |
| 7 | Not sorry he had said it , she noted , only sorry she had heard it ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was so tall he had to incline his head to avoid hitting the beams , and his nearness made her tremble . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm so sorry you 've had a vain journey . |
| 15 | ‘ But I got so depressed I had to have it cut short . |
| 16 | For one thing , I 'm so old they 've changed the rules on driving . |
| 17 | ‘ But he 's so brave he has made a wonderful comeback . |
| 18 | His first public show was at Branksome Community Club in Darlington where he was so popular they have asked him back . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I was so afraid you 'd changed . |
| 21 | It was so crowded they had to unlace the side-flaps of the enormous tent and raise them up so that people could sit outside the tent , down the sides , and though we could n't see him very well , we heard him . |
| 22 | Ulster Unionist councillor Jim Rodgers says the situation is so serious he has contacted the airport to see what can be done . |
| 23 | But Mum 's tie-breaker slogan had been so clever she 'd won the competition and now here they were in Malta . |
| 24 | Earls Court , on the other hand , was so packed we had to use overflow rooms . |
| 25 | What the government is proposing er is the bare minimum and because it 's so minimal you have to ask are they really serious er about dealing with the the kind of fraud that er lead er to this attempt to close the er stable door er after the er the the horse has has bolted . |
| 26 | But this made it so obvious who had sent this copy that he was astonished that it had been sent at all . |
| 27 | The uppers had come completely away from the soles of the toes and the treads had been worn so smooth he had taken a hot knife to them in an attempt at a retread ! |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm so glad everything has worked out for Ernest and Rosie , ’ said Ruth . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm so glad they 've taken away my chains , ’ I told him . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm so glad we 've had this little talk ; and it 's so nice to think that she and Annabel are friends . |