Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I repeat clearly today that the Government will continue to honour their commitment to people in that category . |
| 2 | I realized long ago that the only thing he has in common with other men is the prick between his legs . |
| 3 | I certainly learnt next to nothing at St Aubyn 's and when I took the Common Entrance examination for Eton I failed so ignominiously that the authorities wrote to my mother that it would be futile for me to try again . |
| 4 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 5 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 6 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 7 | I walked along , trembling with anger and misery , not through the London of beautiful houses and clean streets that I 'd dreamed of , where people wore only elegant , expensive clothes , nor between buildings that soared into the clouds , but in the darkness past trees planted at infrequent intervals and council houses with their unlit windows , all alike ; I passed people asleep , protected from the cold in cardboard boxes , and rubbish in untidy heaps or neatly tied up in black plastic bags and empty milk bottles with traces of sour milk lingering in them , and I marvelled once again that the dairies were trusting enough to leave them lying about . |
| 8 | I walked as far as the castle , where the tram tracks jut out towards the far bank of the Daugava River to show where the bridge was torn away from under them . |
| 9 | not that I perceived any longer if the had n't gone . |
| 10 | I ordered so recklessly that the waiter looked first surprised , then delighted , then alarmed . |
| 11 | But I remember quite well when the first incandescent gas mantles came in . |
| 12 | ‘ I heard just recently that a first cousin of mine was destroyed in the Battle of the Lesser Sack . ’ |
| 13 | The Way Ahead Committee has made significant progress and I believe most strongly that the future lies in cooperation between the Bar Council and the Inns , built on mutual respect and trust , rather than confrontation . |
| 14 | I approach slowly so that the animals will not be taken by surprise and panic into a rush for the sea , but even so several of the younger seals take fright and slide into the water . |
| 15 | I did give not give my public support to the scheme , in fact I feel most strongly that the cost of membership or the large increases in charges proposed will only succeed in driving away the poor . |
| 16 | However , I feel increasingly strongly that a concern to influence the content of social policy must be supported by an understanding of how social policy is made . |
| 17 | I feel very strongly that a man like Cram , who has served his country very well in the past and won a host of medals , deserves more loyalty . |
| 18 | Even though I may be in a minority , I feel quite strongly that the job of the record companies is to issue recordings of music at prices the music loving public can afford — not to enhance that price by paying for learned disquisitions seeking to explain what ought to need no explanation . |
| 19 | Since the object of the session in the first place was to play a part in helping the patient to deal successfully with a problem which has been troubling him , provided the session fulfils that role we do not need to worry unduly about whether it was a real regression experience or not ( although , as I have already stated , I feel quite strongly that the majority of cases are indeed genuine ) . |
| 20 | I feel quite firmly that the only way forward is to move to the situation where marketers control not only what they spend but also the presentation of sales results in terms of changes as a result of alternative contributory factors . |
| 21 | " shall I go as fast as a whirlwind , as fast as thought , or as fast as a bird ? " |
| 22 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
| 23 | And I think as far as the critics are concerned , John Maynard-Smith may allow me to adapt erm the critical misjudgement of all time , which was made by a Dublin Professor when The Origin of Species first came out , which you will remember no doubt |
| 24 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 25 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 26 | I was probably still thinking about that as I got back to Armstrong in Soho Square , which is why I reacted so slowly when the white Ford Capri screeched alongside Armstrong 's parking place and nosed into the kerb so I could n't move him . |
| 27 | Now we 've actually found seventy thousand pounds worth of savings we have n't made anybody redundant and we 've actually quite clearly taken in that seventy thousand pounds within our overall budget past decisions has had to be taken and they 've been taken as I said earlier hopefully when the financial climate gets better we perhaps we 'll be able to other things all or were revert back to things that we we do wish to do because the the financial restraints on us . |
| 28 | I was so physically tired that I slept as soundly as the corpses outside the window but , unlike them , awoke refreshed and went downstairs to a good breakfast . |
| 29 | As I sipped my coffee , I reflected once more than the Midland Irish were very like the English of the 1950s . |
| 30 | Having come this far , and having made the effort to come first , I reflected only briefly as the Commandant in front of me , with his four gold bars on his shoulders , signed a piece of paper and said , ‘ I 'm posting you to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes . ’ |