Example sentences of "[verb] i [adv] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's really what drew me here in the first place , ’ he said quietly . |
| 2 | If she caught me now in the front hall she would waste a good ten minutes warning me that I was risking tuberculosis and a gastric ulcer by being too late to eat a proper meal quietly , and probably throw in the chances of my poisoning a patient with the wrong drug before the night was out through carelessness induced by my own lack of blood-sugar . |
| 3 | They impress me less in the beautiful central Andante in C minor : it needs expressive playing which should be poignant without overstepping the bounds of musical propriety that Mozart set himself , and here it sounds merely pleasing . |
| 4 | ‘ Psst — Jack , ’ I hissed as he joined me damply in the breeze-filled tent . |
| 5 | It seems to epitomise the whole range of values and ideas that have taken me there in the first place . |
| 6 | They were shooed away by the Sheikha , who rebuked them for being naughty and greeted me almost in the same breath . |
| 7 | He shot me again in the right-hand side of my body . ’ |
| 8 | He never wanted me there in the first place . |
| 9 | See me now in the top ten . |
| 10 | I challenge anyone to show me anywhere in the New Testament a verse that says Christ pays a penalty . |