Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 2 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 3 | Oh no no no I 'd had this hidden somewhere else before you see . |
| 4 | How many people think this project ought to be stopped right now before it goes any further ? ’ |
| 5 | Now the illusion is well and truly shattered and the only reason the share price has not plunged much further than it has is the hope that some brave soul will put the group out of its misery with a takeover . |
| 6 | But her pouch has a muscle around its mouth which contracts like a draw-string and shuts so tightly when she goes into the water that her young are in no danger of drowning . |
| 7 | That way everyone born after that particular time would have their sins forgiven so long as they believed in Jesus . |
| 8 | Russian diplomats in west-European capitals until the end of the seventeenth century expected to be maintained by the rulers to whom they were accredited , and often complained vociferously when they were treated less generously than they had expected . |
| 9 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 10 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |
| 11 | And he stood and listened to this for a while and then he thought he was delayed long enough so he set off home . |
| 12 | I think that 's had it , I think the er man from customs Simon was saving that , the man took it all apart and I think that 's why it probably got broken so quickly because I think they messed with it . |
| 13 | She checked only momentarily when she saw the chaos in the room . |
| 14 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 15 | It smelled all right when she got it out of the oven . |
| 16 | Leon , returning rather later than he had given anyone to understand , thought it politic to take the path through the far paddock and enter the stable yard via the muck heap . |
| 17 | ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live . |
| 18 | No sooner had I selected wheels down than I noticed that the port wheel had not come right down because I did not get a green light on that side of the undercarriage indicator . |
| 19 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 20 | According to Andrew , Eleanor 's verdict was that a woman would act less wisely if she chose the less worthy one . |
| 21 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 22 | She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes . |
| 23 | Lloyd George received a hero 's welcome wherever he went , but then so did Churchill in 1945 , and it is impossible to tell now whether Lloyd George would have fared so well if he had had Liberals rather than Unionists at his back . |
| 24 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 25 | But Mr Aimetti believes that it is easy enough to get them to work together successfully if they share a common technical language , in accounting , for example . |
| 26 | The pair have been keen to work together ever since they duetted at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert in April . |
| 27 | He 's also been careful to work er with the United Nations who have done er much better so far than they have in er some crises in the past . |
| 28 | Brough , who has won as many awards as he rode winners in his national hunt career , writes so delightfully because he cares , because he sees sport as a writer and also as a fan . |
| 29 | It 's she never attempted to go she just wandered all round till she met me |
| 30 | Watching him secretly from under her lashes , she revelled in his evident pleasure , and could n't help wondering whether he was driving so smoothly because he did n't want to wake her … or because he always drove like a man making love . |