Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Er , and I got up and I protested about it , on the grounds that if they could n't run a great big pop hall for , and I wholly agreed with the idea , of of them providing the facility .
2 It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle .
3 So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day .
4 Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove .
5 I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man .
6 I eventually got off the motorway and decided to drive straight to the hospital to see Toby , and paused only to buy him some fruit and a bottle of his favourite Bollinger .
7 When I eventually got off the bus back in Maseru I nearly collapsed , such was my weakness .
8 When I eventually arrived at the hospital I was feeling in the best of spirits and apparently shook the sisters by asking them to bring on the dancing girls . ’
9 For a little while I was afraid I was going to land in the middle of a town , but I mercifully drifted to the edge of this .
10 I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean .
11 But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday .
12 On this occasion I personally moved from The Bun Shop to a pub I believe was called The Volunteer run by a well-known and aged bare-knuckle fighter from London 's East End called Joe Mullins .
13 The tent seemed eerily dark , so I gingerly drawled towards the door and unzipped it slightly .
14 Just the other day , rushing choking from the gift grotto in a famous store , I inadvertently stumbled into the perfume hall and a battalion of women promoting the fragrance of the moment .
15 Even so , I am teetering on the brink of spending £300 to replace the turntable I foolishly ditched as an anachronism a few months ago .
16 ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’
17 What he did not tell me — and I only learnt during the course of the journey — was that we were adding about a thousand miles to our route .
18 ‘ There I only cared about the money and all the other teachers were the same .
19 I only got off the bus to catch the bus that was in front and I missed that .
20 I only got into a couple of fights .
21 I only looked for the sake of form .
22 Mrs Nicholas Beaumont , whose husband is Clerk of the Course , and whom I only saw in the distance ; Mr and Mrs Oliver Sherwood , Major and Mrs Peter Wiggin , Mr and Mrs Tim Dawson , Mr Harry Middleton , Mrs Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie , Colonel and Mrs Tommy Wallis , and their daughter Mrs Charles Baker ; Mr and Mrs John Guest , Mrs Tom Scott , Mr Peter Dimmock , and Mrs George Beeby .
23 I only came into the room and I switched it on and i there were quite a lot of recriminations with people who
24 I only came for a glass of water .
25 I only went into the place twenty minutes ago . ’
26 No I did n't , I only went in the hall for that paper .
27 I only stayed in the hall for a couple of seconds .
28 I only moved in a couple of years ago .
29 After breakfasting with the mortar team I made my way over to Brigade H.Q As I passed along the wall of the orchard I suddenly thought about the Frenchman and his family who lived in the cottage on the other side of the wall .
30 I suddenly thought of a way I could help Herbert .
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