Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cocked the old gun and squeezed the trigger , and it just went forward too slowly to fire a round . |
| 2 | Most young readers , and I was one of them , were bored by the seeming ponderousness of so much of the narration and probably gave up too soon to grasp the understanding of the American Indian mind it offers and the rapport that can be achieved with an understanding white man , here the legendary ‘ Hawkeye ’ . |
| 3 | Learning now seemed no longer even to require two cells in culture , but could be completely mimicked by squirting serotonin onto an isolated motor neuron . |
| 4 | Fresh tap water is usually heavily treated with chemicals and often chlorinated strongly enough actually to have a chemical smell . |
| 5 | Born in Scotland he started as a young full-back at Park Head … then after 200 games with Carlisle … he hit the big time with Spurs … that 's when he became pals with Hoddle … at 29 his English career was wrecked by injury … he helped pioneer soccer in the states and then came back home again to coach … |