Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , and I got up and I protested about it , on the grounds that if they could n't run a great big pop hall for , and I wholly agreed with the idea , of of them providing the facility . |
| 2 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
| 3 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
| 4 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 5 | I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man . |
| 6 | I mostly stood on the sidelines , watching the heavy-weights raging at each other . |
| 7 | I eventually got off the motorway and decided to drive straight to the hospital to see Toby , and paused only to buy him some fruit and a bottle of his favourite Bollinger . |
| 8 | When I eventually got off the bus back in Maseru I nearly collapsed , such was my weakness . |
| 9 | When I eventually arrived at the hospital I was feeling in the best of spirits and apparently shook the sisters by asking them to bring on the dancing girls . ’ |
| 10 | For a little while I was afraid I was going to land in the middle of a town , but I mercifully drifted to the edge of this . |
| 11 | I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean . |
| 12 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 13 | On this occasion I personally moved from The Bun Shop to a pub I believe was called The Volunteer run by a well-known and aged bare-knuckle fighter from London 's East End called Joe Mullins . |
| 14 | The tent seemed eerily dark , so I gingerly drawled towards the door and unzipped it slightly . |
| 15 | Then , while going through a divorce , I literally forgot about the fish ; the filter broke down and his tank became polluted as well as becoming overgrown with algae . |
| 16 | Just the other day , rushing choking from the gift grotto in a famous store , I inadvertently stumbled into the perfume hall and a battalion of women promoting the fragrance of the moment . |
| 17 | What he did not tell me — and I only learnt during the course of the journey — was that we were adding about a thousand miles to our route . |
| 18 | ‘ There I only cared about the money and all the other teachers were the same . |
| 19 | I only got off the bus to catch the bus that was in front and I missed that . |
| 20 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 21 | Mrs Nicholas Beaumont , whose husband is Clerk of the Course , and whom I only saw in the distance ; Mr and Mrs Oliver Sherwood , Major and Mrs Peter Wiggin , Mr and Mrs Tim Dawson , Mr Harry Middleton , Mrs Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie , Colonel and Mrs Tommy Wallis , and their daughter Mrs Charles Baker ; Mr and Mrs John Guest , Mrs Tom Scott , Mr Peter Dimmock , and Mrs George Beeby . |
| 22 | I only came into the room and I switched it on and i there were quite a lot of recriminations with people who |
| 23 | I only went into the place twenty minutes ago . ’ |
| 24 | No I did n't , I only went in the hall for that paper . |
| 25 | ‘ I only stayed in the hall for a couple of seconds . |
| 26 | After breakfasting with the mortar team I made my way over to Brigade H.Q As I passed along the wall of the orchard I suddenly thought about the Frenchman and his family who lived in the cottage on the other side of the wall . |
| 27 | ‘ On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should . |
| 28 | On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should |
| 29 | Then there was this thing that I constantly talked to the press . |
| 30 | Scott laughed I just fell off the moon . |