Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in the main town , we explored twisting alleys which eventually led us to the old Frankish quarter . |
| 2 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
| 3 | She was not there and after running frantically around the garden he eventually found her beside the old hanging tree at the bottom of the path . |
| 4 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 5 | Ribble 's failure to provide the service paid for will have caused inconvenience , and distress to elderly residents of Scorton and perhaps involved them in the extra cost of missed appointments or expensive taxi fares . |
| 6 | The former England batsman also claimed that Donald was not a one-day cricketer and that Warwickshire only used him with the new ball in such games . |
| 7 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 8 | Our clothes , living space and total environment all separated us from the outer world . |
| 9 | Innocent of intrigue , Meredith suddenly discovered it in the dark depths of Lucenzo Salviati 's eyes . |
| 10 | Um well we did n't know what to do with the money , so we basically gambled it on the Grand National . |
| 11 | The king personally rewarded him with the Victorian Order , fourth class , but broke off relations when the disgruntled recipient of the decoration returned it the following day . |
| 12 | One was strange , because it was about an old lady who meant nothing to me at all ; I hardly knew her and only saw her on the rare occasions when I went into her family shop two or three hundred yards from us . |
| 13 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 14 | ‘ The sessions not only pointed me in the right direction for obtaining information , they taught me a lot about the sort of questions I should be asking . ’ |
| 15 | It obviously recognized him as the only being that had ever showed it kindness . |
| 16 | Manager Goodman quickly spotted that Harry 's lack of inches ( he only stood 5ft 6in ) were something of a handicap when playing down the middle in Second Division football and successfully transferred him to the outside-right spot . |
| 17 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 18 | In my maths in school we just finished them on the last day . |
| 19 | No problem though for Tony he just hit it to the other side . |
| 20 | He pointed up the fairway and said : ‘ Just hit it at the wee stone marker . ’ |
| 21 | But she no longer treated him with the old irritable dismissiveness ; she knew of Edouard 's reputation as a businessman , and obviously had heard his abilities praised , for she now regarded him warily , as if trying to decide whether , after all , she might have been wrong , and her younger son might be of use to her . |
| 22 | After a hesitant start , the other leftwing and progressive parties who were defeated in the first round have joined Mr Da Silva 's campaign , along with the Socialist and Communist parties , which already supported him in the Popular Front coalition . |
| 23 | Sir , May I express through your columns Sends a Cow 's gratitude to the many people in our beleaguered industry who generously supported us at the Royal Show this year . |
| 24 | Both the Aurora Hotel and Labrador Inn were fully booked and the cab driver finally deposited them at the Royal Inn . |
| 25 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 26 | We had some more Marshalls that some friends lent us and maybe a Roland JC120 — I do n't know whether those ever made it to the final edit , though . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Villa totally outclassed us in the first half and we were extremely lucky only to be a goal down . |
| 28 | ‘ Then perhaps you do n't mind sharing , the way you once shared him with the little South African girl who was having such a miserable pregnancy when I was there trying to breathe some life into that Johannesburg radio station six years ago . ’ |
| 29 | Kenneth More told me of the unfortunate happenings on the set of The Mercenaries which he made in 1966 in Jamaica with Hollywood star ( though Australian born ) Rod Taylor and American football star Jim Brown . |
| 30 | I could get tired of even roulette if I always played it in the same place . ’ |