Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Felipe eyed Maggie sceptically and spoke as little as possible . |
| 2 | Nor did we have sinks and drains , so all the water had to be carried in and carried out again when it was dirty . |
| 3 | I said nothing , but turned away and walked as quickly as I could towards the stairs and down to the student canteen in the basement . |
| 4 | The historian D.L.W. Tough comments that the main pointers are in what is omitted rather than what is mentioned : barely a reference to shirts or nightshirts , and the possibility that even adult Borderers had their underclothes sewn on and removed as seldom as those of slum children in later industrial cities . |
| 5 | This second wave struck more rapidly and spread more broadly than its predecessor . |
| 6 | He might have an interesting tale to tell but it could probably be told in the space of thirty minutes and on later meetings hauled out and paraded again exactly as it was on the first occasion . |
| 7 | One particular article written in July issue 1967 called ‘ A Case of the Emotional Painter ’ by Dimitri Dejanikus I take out and re-read more often than the others . |
| 8 | He did , however , ask to see and approve the proposed wording , and on 30 December sent some comments on the proofs accompanied by a brisk command to ‘ get this sorted out and cleared as soon as possible ’ . |
| 9 | I locked the shed again and jogged as far as the bridge while I got my breath back . |