Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I instinctively had a quick look but I could n't see a damned thing . |
| 2 | At first the beeves were indistinct masses , cold and blurry , but I eventually got a satisfactory materialisation . |
| 3 | Taking one of the white roads , I eventually found a small village . |
| 4 | I additionally sported a wide silver tie furled in buxom Windsor knot . |
| 5 | As it happened , I emerged a little late and I fear I rather startled the young gentleman , who immediately pulled his attaché case away from me and clutched it to his chest with both arms . |
| 6 | I am sorry that I so rattled the Prime Minister with my question at the previous Prime Minister 's Question Time that he has not come to the House today . |
| 7 | I personally felt a great affinity with the people of the highlands and islands , although I know this was not so with many of our officers who preferred to work in the south . |
| 8 | I personally led a vigorous campaign to get Niblet removed at the first opportunity . |
| 9 | I personally favoured a psychological explanation . |
| 10 | Now , I served on the island many years later and became friendly with a host of people , and I personally researched a great deal on our raid when not a single bomb fell on the seaplane base . |
| 11 | When I first moved from India ( where I was born ) to England , I obviously had a great tan , and I got called ‘ Indibum ’ and all.that . |
| 12 | I obviously made a huge mistake in thinking that we could ever learn to tolerate one another . |
| 13 | I only died a small death at his words and the way he said them . |
| 14 | I only asked a polite question . ’ |
| 15 | And did so , with a smiling , ‘ It makes me very glad I only ate a light lunch today . ’ |
| 16 | And as I say again , I never went into a into the shops , I only saw the expensive stuff really . |
| 17 | On Saturday morning I was in such a hurry that I only said a quick goodbye to my family , before setting out to walk the few miles into town for the London coach . |
| 18 | ‘ I only had a tiny part in Coriolanus , ’ he said a few years later , ‘ but it was the most exciting experience I 've ever had in the theatre . ’ |
| 19 | I only kept the little note that was with them , and the statuette , of course . ’ |
| 20 | I only took a wee bit , leave it there and I 'll eat it at the end of the day . |
| 21 | ‘ I only took a quick look , he 'd been dead a long time , it was n't nice , and yet — it looked like Uncle Mosse . ’ |
| 22 | I only corrected the false impression he had of — " |
| 23 | ‘ I considered finding another writer but , as I only wanted a talented writer , I feared such a person would want to change the characters . ’ |
| 24 | I only did the nude modelling because my sister did it . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was the wine I had drunk but I only gave a short yell before my hair was grabbed and my head jerked violently back . |
| 26 | As I dragged myself back to the Duck and Forceps , I suddenly felt a strange empathy with the great Mike Channon . |
| 27 | I suddenly felt an immense relief that I only had one more charter to complete for Cutwater , and that I would then be free of these men . |
| 28 | ‘ They put me in the bin because I suddenly had a talking jag , ’ Edward said . |
| 29 | The longer you throw , the more , good boy , it 's so well hidden in the leaves , it 's exactly the same colour that 's the trouble this time of year , but no , life is a funny thing , and I find it personally very hard to believe that only two months ago , I mean what is it nine weeks ago , and I suddenly had an enormous view |
| 30 | THE other day , as I was walking along the main street of a small town in Buckinghamshire , meditating , as so often , on time and chance , and in particular on the various chances which had combined to bring me there , I suddenly heard a loud crash , followed by urgent shouts and the desperate revving of a car . |