Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [adj] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt oddly nervous when returning the call . |
| 2 | As being ourselves becomes more important than looking flashy , it is only natural that relaxed , comfortable clothing should emerge once more from the wardrobe . |
| 3 | Nobody had so much as breathed the word ‘ Wages ’ . |
| 4 | That way they will not only taste wonderful , they will also make you feel as cosy as wearing a cashmere sweater , or sitting with your toes in the Aga and a purring cat on your lap . |
| 5 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't you dare so much as lay a finger on me . ’ |
| 7 | For those tenants who become so dependent as to require more intensive care than can be reasonably provided in sheltered housing the survey asks : " Are they to be " bolstered up " by extra warden support ( and other sources of help ) or are they to be transferred to more appropriate settings ? " |
| 8 | While this may be acquired partly through acquiring delegated tasks it is little use choosing someone who feels totally inadequate when faced with new responsibilities . |
| 9 | To her disappointment , she had not been able to find a Château La Tour Monchauzet vintage on the wine-list , but the half-bottle of Côtes de Bergerac that she chose instead more than made up for it . |
| 10 | You 're pleased about his engagement — he told me that some time ago — and you 've as good as admitted it tonight . ’ |
| 11 | She had as good as thrown her interview opportunity of last night away — Cara would be livid ! |
| 12 | Her car had broken down , she had as good as lied to her parents , and had somehow managed to offend the man whom her sister would bend over backwards not to offend — and now she had just practically told Cara , when there was n't the remotest chance of it happening , that the damnable interview was in the bag . |
| 13 | No one had so much as noticed them there . |
| 14 | As their popularity grew , they became quite blasé when deciding what to accept . |
| 15 | They 'd as good as killed him when they 'd taken him out of the field . |
| 16 | Latterly they looked increasingly obsolete when compared with the modern cars operated by Blackpool , and indeed most of them dated from the early years of the Century . |
| 17 | To the extent that functioning markets have emerged — notably in the car parks of every big city — they do little more than recycle the small supply of consumer goods . |
| 18 | Er I think that 's wonderful , wonderful work they 've done , er they 're absolutely dedicated , they 've so much as spent all their time in the last four years working here . |
| 19 | It became more academic than grassrooted . |
| 20 | But it looks much quicker than re-tracing our steps . ’ |
| 21 | Characteristically , he charged considerably more than had been agreed for the work ; the ewer and basin weighed 570 ounces , substantially more than the requested maximum . |
| 22 | Dysart Engineering was one of the success stories of West Midlands industry after the Depression and , as Gordon Dysart 's only son , young Alan was a dozen rungs above the likes of you and me on the ladder of life before he 'd so much as lost his milk teeth . |
| 23 | He 'd as good as admitted he 'd gone off her sexually by saying he preferred just resting in her , motionless . |
| 24 | For a while , there , he 'd as good as haunted the place in the late afternoons … but then the van had broken down and getting into town had n't been so easy , and besides the restaurant had become so damned busy that he 'd become just another face in an ever-changing crowd . |
| 25 | That they make it sound as natural as breathing is something of an accomplishment . |
| 26 | But in successive writings Hare has gradually worked around to seeing the account of the very meaning of ethical language which he regards as correct as offering a kind of proof of utilitarianism . |
| 27 | After two complete runs of the 15-minute piece he looked visibly tired when asked to provide a couple of extra takes covering the few bars where orchestra members were off key . |
| 28 | Finding accommodation and getting to it proved as easy as falling off a log ; there were free-phone backpacker ads in the airport , we rang one of them and they had a ( free ) minibus waiting right there , which took all of us including bike . |
| 29 | And he did far more than help them just to survive . |
| 30 | That is not to say it is the recommended method , once you have started the latch tool method of working ribs it becomes so fast as to make you wonder why you did n't try it before . |