Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I had the wrong expectations . |
| 2 | so I had the older ones from Goose Hill |
| 3 | The trouble was I started wanting to play straight-ahead rock and heavy metal and so I left the traditional blues stuff on the back burner . |
| 4 | So I Nureyeved the front steps and flowed through the door in a single motion of Yale and Chubb . |
| 5 | So I spent the 4 weeks living in a style to which I was not accustomed , but found no difficulty in adopting ! |
| 6 | And because she wanted to know more , she wanted to find out all there was to find out about this dark , ancient stronghold that her ancestors had known , at times she stole out from her bedchamber after nightfall and stood listening to the night rustlings and the soft settling of the old , old timbers ( and the footsteps ? did n't she still hear the footsteps every night ? ) and thought that if only she knew the right words , or if only she had the power , she could summon the enchantments and lay bare the secrets and understand this place . |
| 7 | Perhaps she read the wrong books . |
| 8 | She tried to think more rationally , to dismiss the darker possibilities from her mind , but after what had happened here in the past week or so she found the worrying thoughts came more easily . |
| 9 | Another medium ( whose West Midlands accent made ‘ yappy little dog ’ sound like ‘ yuppie little dog ’ ) guessed it right about Tom 's father and uncle 's great rivalry in gardening , especially who grew the best chrysanthemums ! |
| 10 | Gently she tipped the furry contents on to the floor . |
| 11 | Just as the heat was getting too much we reached the cool breezes on the summit . |
| 12 | So we left the remote mountains of the north and west and headed back towards the central highlands and Mount Kenya , the main objective of our visit . |
| 13 | And so we used the small weapons we had . |
| 14 | In the first place , we had to come to know each other , to establish a community of interest , and so we used the early tours and concert schedules to play through the orchestra , s main repertory . |
| 15 | Apparently they feared the burning timbers more than the bullets , but no doubt they were feeling some reaction after more than four hours in action : four hours of dodging snipers ' bullets and bursting open doors that all too often concealed a rifleman who fired , while around the houses a grenade could be dropped from any window . |
| 16 | So they sang the old hymns with tears in their eyes and an ache of pride in their hearts . |
| 17 | So they entered the cheerful portals of the Jade Cockatoo , the only cafe to be found in Chetwynd , and threaded their way through a maze of small tables to an alcove by the fire , where they took off their soaking mackintoshes and warmed their hands . |
| 18 | His brother , Cherry , joined him in his work and together they became the first men to illustrate books on natural history throughout with photographs . |
| 19 | Together they searched the towering walls of moving water . |
| 20 | Gently he pressed the two ends of the wallet 's rim towards each other . |
| 21 | How long it took the different ancestors of these very different animals to evolve such tongues we do not know for there is no fossil evidence of any antiquity to tell us , but it must have been several million years . |
| 22 | Before he sat down he kissed the two women , first on the cheek , then on the lips . |
| 23 | In doing so he lost the only friends he had here in Paris , such as they were . |
| 24 | At three o'clock he drove the four miles to Rose Brady 's house . |
| 25 | Finally she reached the last notes , and took a final bow , practically flinging the microphone at Candy , who had stepped on stage to act as compère . |
| 26 | Here it was always twilight , the corridors lit or unlit according to whether or not the local gang bosses had made deals with those Above who controlled the basic facilities like lighting , sanitation and water . |
| 27 | From the earth bank outside she looked north ; soon she saw the bulkily-furred figures of Morthen and three of the hunters ; they followed the edge of the wood , round to the south , and were soon lost to sight . |
| 28 | Thus we designed the present experiments to investigate the effect of NO synthase inhibition on gall bladder muscular activity in vivo and in vitro . |
| 29 | Anyway , somehow we managed the financial crises and , having done so , every time electricity costs increased , the broader were our smiles . |
| 30 | I do try to give the rescue teams some feedback on the casualties , so that they know whether or not they did the right things . |