Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 So all together given me about five pounds .
2 I only got it about 6 years ago , but the badge is the smiley or ‘ penis ’ ( smiley penis ! ? ! ) .
3 He thought about the plot for a year or two , but when he sat down to write it late last year , it came very quickly . ’
4 erm And I think erm we 've got to obviously give them as much respect as possible , because for them to reach the semi-final , the same as us erm they obviously erm have got some useful players .
5 Really I think I 've only done it twice this term .
6 It only cost them about five dollars to make .
7 okay cos they 'll all want some , they 'll all give me about ten P which is n't much
8 Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ?
9 No , it only takes me about forty minute , no hold on !
10 Yeah , it only takes him about ten minutes to get home .
11 Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well
12 His success in calming her down reassured them both that anger could be tamed .
13 Sadly , it only took me about ten seconds to think of this merry lot so I 've probably missed lots of good candidates …
14 Sadly , it only took me about ten seconds to think of this merry lot so I 've probably missed lots of good candidates …
15 He suddenly remembered her carefully veiled amusement when he had mentioned the tinkers .
16 So do it right first time .
17 ‘ The kidnappers have just given us quite explicit instructions not to involve the police in any way , yet you claim that we can send a senior officer along on the pay-off itself without there being any risk ! ’
18 She appealed for the Cabinet not to target her comparatively tiny budget of £4 billion .
19 He took the hand-brake off and just moved it about thirty yards .
20 Totemism originated after this to cope with the guilt the brothers felt , for the totem animal will protect them like a father , and they will love it , and not kill it under normal circumstances .
21 They also do not process it anew each time it is presented .
22 Is it really necessary for Mother to smell eternally of hens ? she wondered , and ushered her into the kitchen so that the unmistakable odour should not permeate her carefully prepared living-room .
23 Ridiculous , she told herself , relieved when he moved away to pour them both some Perrier water .
24 oh , I 've not done it yet this morning
25 While Eva was at Usher the political situation did not give them too much pause for thought .
26 ‘ I am not concerned about Moore because he did not give me too many problems .
27 ‘ I 've still got the knife , ’ she said , but she knew she 'd already said it too many times .
28 ‘ The Police generally support us on this , but I have to say the problem does not seem quite as serious now as it used to be , and they did not mind us frequently playing Saturday games last season . ’
29 Had he not told her so last night ?
30 How perceptive he is , but did n't he know that the BBC had already produced it about two years ago with Frank Finlay and Miriam Karlin ?
  Next page