Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] manage [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 2 | I was in a chain , and I only managed to complete last week . |
| 3 | ‘ I only managed to walk round the first time , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I only manage to squint a civil wince in return . |
| 5 | I only manage to get one thing on I do |
| 6 | ‘ I managed to get clear at Metropole but then Mick came up beside me at the Juniper chicane but I was n't going to be beaten at this stage and I just managed to hold on . ’ |
| 7 | But somehow I just managed to miss Leading Aircraftsman by two per cent when I passed out . |
| 8 | Also the person who has helped us sort out maybe come to sensible engineering conclusion on the minor problem , but be saying to his chief , there was a problem with the York though I just managed to sort it out . |
| 9 | Just a quick post-script to my last message about tickets for the Sheff Wed game — I just managed to get through to the ticket office , and they said that all postal applications were sent back yesterday with a letter telling you that it 's been postponed , and to re-apply if you still want tickets . |
| 10 | I just managed to catch her as she was going over the edge . ’ |
| 11 | The last time this happened I just managed to catch a glimpse of his two black eyes , going down for the third time , before I landed him . |
| 12 | I just managed to get in the fact that it really was quite important before she hung up . |
| 13 | ‘ If it 's of any interest to you , I scarcely even remember what I said , but if I somehow managed to upset you … ’ |
| 14 | And this started a stampede amongst the rest of the herd and as I advanced down the field with them all in close pursuit I somehow managed to clear a four stranded barbed wire fence like an Olympic champion . |
| 15 | So did Metastim capsule when I finally managed to fumble one out of the tiny pouch in my belt . |
| 16 | Mrs Rumney held the door wide as I finally managed to steer him towards it but the big dog was n't finished yet . |
| 17 | I finally managed to push the huge animal away and backed into a corner for safety . |
| 18 | Dear Catriona I could guess you probably worked this out a long time ago but I might as well get it over with once and for all and I finally managed to summon up the courage to do so , A S A , a secret admirer , no longer exists , he no longer admires secret or otherwise and has n't existed for almost a year now and again you probably know who he is but I might as well tell you it 's me Johnny the eleven year old , now fourteen , you met at Christmas ninety and boy do I feel stupid . |
| 19 | Naturally , when I made this suggestion to St John and his sisters , they protested strongly , and it was with great difficulty that I finally managed to convince them of my firm intention to carry out this plan . |
| 20 | I finally managed to get to where the directions led me . |
| 21 | I finally managed to get a a card for the wedding in Tesco 's . |
| 22 | The damage that I once managed to inflict was to bend on of the metal strips away from the needle . |
| 23 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 24 | Though some of them were charming young ladies , I always managed to avoid breeding with them ( as you so courteously put it ) and I advise you do the same . |
| 25 | Despair overtakes me as soon as I see the dreaded trolleys jammed together ; I always manage to pick one with a crab-like action ; my heart sinks and culinary amnesia sets in somewhere between the tinned fruit and dried pasta . |
| 26 | On the occasions of my own visits I always manage to see something new when I visit Rutland Water : a preening water rail in full view below Lax Hill , four buoyant , saw-billed goosanders showing off their diving skills , short-eared owls roosting at dusk on the fence posts of the Hambleton Peninsula , a pair of displaying great crested grebes presenting mutual gifts of waterweed … |
| 27 | ‘ I always manage to land in the least desirable areas . |
| 28 | For one thing you ca n't be too careful these days , and for another I always manage to get stuck with the check when Connors eats with me . |
| 29 | after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ? |
| 30 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |