Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew in one case that every Saturday morning I would get a letter from a lad who was having a very trying time at an operational training unit , and he begged me week after week , I eventually relented and brought him back ; he nearly went through and completed a second Pathfinder tour . |
| 2 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 3 | At one stage , when I happened to depart the room in the midst of an address by one of the German gentlemen , M. Dupont suddenly rose and followed me out . |
| 4 | As I was looking at him , he suddenly turned and caught my look . |
| 5 | But , having found what he evidently wanted , he only frowned and waved her away once more . |
| 6 | But Evans merely grinned and helped himself to a stool from under a neighbouring table . |
| 7 | The laughter was dutiful , except for Joshua who merely grunted and shrugged his shoulders . |
| 8 | When Farquhar nudged his hand with the bottle , he merely grunted and gripped it , rolling over to face away from his dallta as he drank . |
| 9 | ‘ And the reason the boy wonder suddenly rang and invited me to watch him go through his paces was because he wanted to show off something rotten , ’ she teased , intent on bringing him back down to earth . |
| 10 | She was soon telling Sybille : ‘ We must have another party , we so loved that last one . ’ |
| 11 | I tried to get Dad to tell me where they 'd gone but he was tipsy and only laughed and said they 'd gone on their ‘ funnymoon ’ . |
| 12 | Tina only laughed and shook her head . |
| 13 | Dame Sybil took her ladle to one of the soldiers when they started shoving their swords into the mattress , but they only laughed and pushed her outside until they 'd finished . ’ |
| 14 | She tried hooking her fingers round the door and pulling , but he only laughed and grabbing her , dragged her to him , kissing the part nearest his face , which happened to be the base of her neck . |
| 15 | Claudia would have shrivelled at the note in Roman 's voice , but Dana only laughed and put her hand on his arm . |
| 16 | A more accurate guide as to who went to the movies was given in 1928 by Pare Lorentz , who rather patronizingly suggested that whereas most people went occasionally , the regulars consisted of ‘ an army of clerks ’ who not only went but took it ‘ seriously ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ You only went and wrote your name on the outside , did n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | Mr Vernon admitted that he could not do justice to all the fund raising efforts of the year , but would nonetheless like to congratulate the organisers of the four local appeals in Lincolnshire , Filey , the Mersey area and Derbyshire who all reached and surpassed their targets in 1990 . |
| 19 | Frantically she tried to escape from his tightening grip , but he merely laughed and trapped her against the hatch with his body . |
| 20 | But she only smiled and said he was right . |
| 21 | He watched the vicar 's face waiting for the thunderous ‘ thou shalt be cast into the eternal fires ’ glare but he only smiled and shook her hand . |
| 22 | But she only smiled and turned him towards the door . |
| 23 | Since the meal had come entirely from tins , she could hardly believe he was being sincere , but she merely smiled and nodded her thanks . |
| 24 | Yet he so influenced or anticipated what was to come that he remains still the great point of departure for modern Protestant theology . |
| 25 | I only said that to annoy her as Fenella was leaning over the staircase banister to fix some tinsel with double-sided tape and one more inch and she need n't have bothered wearing a skirt at all . |
| 26 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 27 | My first natural impulse was to shout , to get help from whoever had come : and between intention and voice a whole stream of thoughts suddenly intruded and left me silent , open-mouthed to call out but unsure of the wisdom . |
| 28 | His eyes crinkling , he merely stood and watched her . |
| 29 | At first she felt slightly awkward , but he said little , merely stood and watched her , and she was relieved that she had no difficult cases , but found the work straightforward . |
| 30 | Wearing a woollen pixie hat above his bright red beard , he loudly and uninterruptedly belched and farted his way up and down Moel Hebog with a cheery smile and complete disregard for the appalled looks which followed his thundering progress . |