Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students .
2 Eventually I made a new friend around the corner .
3 So eventually I got a temporary job , er in ni end of sixty , which lasted til er February sixty one .
4 Eventually I had a better bite and to my surprise I hauled in a roach of 11b 5oz .
5 Eventually I joined a real estate company in New Jersey and did rather well .
6 On I had a half day on Wednesday
7 Later on I produced a medical certificate , given me by the doctor , stating that my father was ill and that Saturdays and Sundays were the only days of the week I was at home and could help my mother look after him .
8 From then on I did a great deal of telephoning to him ; but , as usual , he preferred contact de vive voix .
9 Come on I want a nice drink please .
10 Eagerly I awaited a detailed review , but an upgrade package arrived from Microsoft first .
11 Only fifty yards further upstream I find a smooth glide along my own bank that looks as though it should hold a few chub .
12 Suddenly I heard a loud scream and rushed to the front door .
13 Suddenly I heard a huge bang about 50ft away .
14 Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle that seemed to resound through the whole universe .
15 Suddenly I noticed a naked boy .
16 I was going to shout to tell them they had forgotten me , when suddenly I saw a huge creature walking after them into the sea .
17 Suddenly I saw a whole host of photographers hiding behind the bushes .
18 Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson .
19 Suddenly I have a great urge to tell you about it , knowing that you will understand as you have suffered so terribly yourself .
20 Now what happened was originally that I lost compression on pistons three and four and it worked out there was a very thin channel from piston three to four on the head gasket and erm basically it ruined part of the engine and the whole report said that basically I want a new engine .
21 If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it .
22 ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’
23 I would not bother you again , only I have a last request .
24 Winding down I gave a firm strike only to find that I had missed the take , I was gutted .
25 So , two days before closing down I removed a thin strip at the edge and duly exposed a layer of dark occupation material .
26 Perhaps I take a special pleasure in Cold Comfort Farm from the fact that I was myself brought up in a rural setting , surrounded by wild-eyed manic depressives of the Starkadder school , while I was reading the works of D.H.Lawrence and F.R.Leavis , whose loam-laden versions of country life did n't quite chime with mine .
27 ‘ Well , perhaps I had a bland time , ’ she retorted ineptly .
28 A Buckinghamshire village boy ‘ liked best to go and stay ’ with a farming grandmother , finding a ‘ special quiet ’ and ‘ peace ’ about her ; while a Yorkshire weaver 's son who went to stay with his grandmother for several weeks ‘ during family sickness ’ always kept the bond they made then — ‘ religious , yet loving , although seemingly cold , perhaps I had a special bit of her love , for she corrected me with thrashing me . ’
29 God knows , perhaps I have a sixth sense , but the hair on the nape of my neck prickled with fear .
30 Perhaps I have a different point of view from the older generation . "
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