Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
| 2 | So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field , outside Edinburgh . |
| 3 | So you owe me a hundred pound . |
| 4 | So we give them a twenty five per cent mark-up , and we reckon that this helps with the whole business of child-care , since we 're not ungenerous in the salaries we pay , fo for the start , adding , by adding twenty five per cent of that , we 're helping . |
| 5 | Perhaps they send you a similar letter . |
| 6 | So they gave him a special job . ’ |
| 7 | At ten o'clock they gave us a handsome club sweater , which was so generous we decided to let someone else win the domino handicap . |
| 8 | Suddenly he gave her a rueful grin . |
| 9 | MARTIN LYNCH ( Cool Ground ) : ‘ Basically he gave me a great ride . |
| 10 | Perhaps it gives them a false sense of security . |
| 11 | So he found them a tiny cottage just south of Orvieto , in the grounds of the villa of some Italian friends of his who had departed for the northern mountains , a villa with a pool and a shady veranda along one side and an unspeakably romantic view down the steep hillside towards the floating cathedral . |
| 12 | so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds |
| 13 | So it gives her a little bit of leeway . |
| 14 | okay Right you mentioned it a few minutes ago you suggested that this thing was formed . |
| 15 | The more they reflected upon this the more they realised what a massive amount of fixed capital is necessary to eliminate human intelligence and how incredibly intelligent human beings really are . |
| 16 | and like they give you a secret number of what comes next |
| 17 | There was a cruel smile on his mouth as once more he gave her a comprehensive survey . |
| 18 | Fifty thousand pounds extra for the voluntary sector at a time when a recession , when so called but completely un care in the community is putting a tremendous burden of responsibility both on the voluntary sector and on we know what a good job the voluntary sector do in this city thousand pounds is a small proportion of the money that they are actually requesting from us . |
| 19 | A minute later I give him a smaller brown one back . |
| 20 | Later she made herself a light salad for lunch and ate it on the terrace . |
| 21 | When I phoned up she said what a lovely card ! |
| 22 | Two days later he granted me a private audience , a remarkable consideration during those eventful days to his youngest and least important guest . |
| 23 | ‘ Come on , old girl , ’ he shouted , ‘ calm down ! ’ and later he found her a scientific paper to read , which she liked . |
| 24 | Not only was he engaged in his publishing work , his meetings of the Moot and the Chandos Group , and his visits to Oxford for the Christian News Letter , but also he set himself a punishing schedule of conferences , talks and lectures ; in the first week of January 1941 , for example , there were six full days of such conferences . |
| 25 | Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in . |
| 26 | I used to think it bad enough parting from you , but now I feel it a hundred times worse . |
| 27 | There was nowhere to park the car , and that solved any uncertainty about how to handle the parting ; before she slid out she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek like a schoolyard dare , and was gone before there could be any reaction . |
| 28 | ‘ Every time we leave this country , when we come back we love it a whole lot more than when we left , ’ he growls . |
| 29 | So er I do n't mind at all being interrupted if anyone has questions as we go along please shout them out it gives me a little breather with me voice and gives a chance to deal with things in the right place if need be . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're at maximum lean angle now with so much grip that when it does step out it throws you a long way . |