Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 2 | His knowledge of foreign issues was limited and Roosevelt had not consulted him in the brief period that Truman held the vice-presidency . |
| 3 | Racks and Torments ! dost think , Child , that my Limbs were made for leaping of Ditches , and clambring over Stiles ; or that my Parents wisely foreseeing my future Happiness in Country-pleasures , had early instructed me in the rural Accomplishments of drinking fat Ale , playing at Whisk , and smoaking Tobacco with my Husband ; or of spreading of Plaisters , brewing of Diet-drinks , and stilling Rosemary-Water with the good old Gentlewoman , my Mother-in-Law … . |
| 4 | Because you have n't got it in the correct mode it 's not working algebraic . |
| 5 | He soon calmed down , then went across and fussed over her to make up for the rumpus , though it had n't bothered her in the slightest . |
| 6 | It had n't bothered her in the slightest . |
| 7 | The fall had n't affected her in the slightest , but the shock of finding herself lying beneath Dane stunned her into silence . |
| 8 | I 'd been hurt — the man I thought loved me had not only jilted me and stolen my money , but admitted that he had n't wanted me in the first place . |
| 9 | It was , by now , Saturday , a day on which the registrar 's office was normally closed , so special arrangements had to be made and the registrar had to open up just for me , which , I imagine , had n't put him in the best of moods , which manifested itself when I could n't remember the date on which Nigel and I were married . |
| 10 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |