Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door . |
| 2 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
| 3 | I had dressed as well as I could that morning , in more or less the same stuff I 'd worn for Grandma Margot 's funeral . |
| 4 | But if just once I feel I 've run as hard as I possible could , in good shape , and I 've still only done 27:50 , maybe I 'll be happy to say , ‘ Oh well , Solly , you 've been kidding yourself all along ’ . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said . |
| 6 | ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony . |
| 7 | ‘ And although I do n't think I 've played as badly as people have said , I think I can get more out of myself , and more out of others around me , if I play in a midfield alongside Gazza . ’ |
| 8 | I 've lived here longer than you . |
| 9 | So that 's why I ended up doing science and I 've got this far so I ca n't be bad at it . |
| 10 | ‘ I have persecuted more furiously than Paul … . |
| 11 | I have gone much further than I intended when I set out on this report and am already beginning to regret the substantial breach in normal departmental procedures which this has involved . |
| 12 | I came from Jamaica over twenty years ago and I got married in this country and I have stayed here ever since and although perhaps I might want to go back to Jamaica it 's not home to him . |
| 13 | I have done what I wanted , or thought I wanted , I have pushed as hard as I could , and this is it . |
| 14 | Although that is not this case , I have done so both because we were told that it would be helpful to all those concerned with the treatment of minors and also perhaps the minors themselves and because it seems to be a logical base from which to proceed to consider the powers of the court and how they should be exercised . |
| 15 | It did not make it clear that the impulse to take the peach is a continuing reaction in awareness of its anticipated taste , so that I have chosen rightly only if I continue spontaneously to welcome the awareness right up to the savouring of the juice on my tongue , in other words if I do relish it , enjoy it . |
| 16 | I have responded as fully as possible when the hon. Gentleman has raised the matter , and I have drawn it to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |
| 17 | Also , on many occasions , I have telephoned as late as 7.15pm only to hear ‘ today 's ’ forecast — at a cost of some 50–60p — but with no hint of when it will actually be updated with the outlook for tomorrow . |
| 18 | Twice fought over , she has suffered as badly as any country in the world . |
| 19 | This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic . |
| 20 | She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go . |
| 21 | He might have the advantage of size and strength , but thanks to the martial arts classes she 'd taken as regularly as she could over the past few years , she had a few tricks of her own up her sleeve . |
| 22 | A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door . |
| 23 | ‘ Actually , you 've done far better than I expected . |
| 24 | Well you 've got less actually because they 'll be getting your grandma changed |
| 25 | ‘ You 've worked too hard since your father died , ’ Tamar told him . |
| 26 | She knew she had gone too far when his eyes narrowed to glittering blue slits . |
| 27 | She had gone much further than she had imagined . |
| 28 | When Edmund had left her she had wandered as far as the orchard , and had just pushed aside the crooked wicker gate to re-enter the garden when she heard the latch of the heavier postern rattle . |
| 29 | He had kissed and fondled her and she had responded as well as she could but they had both been too aware of each others inexperience and uncertainty to achieve fulfilment . |
| 30 | And the niece , leaning on his shoulder , wept again for Auntie , whom she had known so well since she had been a very little girl . |