Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only meant to make it welcoming and nice . |
| 2 | I only wanted to tell you first so you could save yourself this sort of scene in front of them . |
| 3 | ‘ I just happened to discover it last spring , when I was trying to find out more about the d'Urbervilles and noticed your name in the village . ’ |
| 4 | I just wanted to know what that information was , that 's all . |
| 5 | " I just wanted to offer you any help if I can . |
| 6 | I was ashamed , and I soon learned to keep my two lives separate . |
| 7 | I once attempted to read his first book , Alex Through The Looking Glass , but stumbled and fell at page 10 where the Hurricane made this observation on the subject of literature : ‘ My favourite read is Robert Ludlum . |
| 8 | Useful though it may have been , I never tried that approach ; I did not have the heart , and I was sure that I always had to leave my intended customer a face-saving way out . |
| 9 | I always did like anything new , as long as it was comfortable . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I hardly liked to ask him that ! ’ |
| 11 | Yes , but I probably tried to create my own personal brand of Dadaism , just as each of them had their own brand of Dadaism based on the same ideas but expressed in an intensely personal way . |
| 12 | I also failed to complete my 1000 runs for the season as I clocked up yet another ‘ did not bat ’ when only 968 runs short . |
| 13 | I now planned to discuss my proposed modifications with the lads before leaving camp . |
| 14 | If I really wanted to make it all ‘ organic ’ I 'd take out a section of , like , six guitarists , who could all double up on parts . |
| 15 | I immediately started giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and heart massage . |
| 16 | I even had to leave my sick bed because I 'm the only goalkeeper . |
| 17 | I even had to loan him some more to get out of Nicaragua . |
| 18 | I even began to enjoy my weekly visits to Whitechapel , where I would be given the chance to show off my new-found skills . |
| 19 | I again had to find my own place . |
| 20 | Elaine : ‘ I like the idea of the outer cover but I never seemed to get her comfortable . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I ne'er liked telling it that way , like a fairy tale ; but he 's allus been that strong-willed … ’ |
| 22 | I have seen hundreds of adverts for gravel cleaners and I recently decided to make my own . |
| 23 | Now , as the throbbing drone of the aircraft 's engines broke through her dark memories , and she wearily attempted to make herself more comfortable in her seat , Laura almost groaned aloud when she looked back at the total innocence and naïveté of her much younger self . |
| 24 | She mostly managed to get her own way with him . |
| 25 | At the moment when she suddenly needed to say something important to her boy and had no words for it , that gesture came to life and said on her behalf what she herself was unable to say . |
| 26 | I said no ! ’ she screamed , slapping at his hand blindly as she finally managed to drag her bruised mouth from his . |
| 27 | As he led her out on to the floor , and they began moving together to the rhythm of the music , she desperately tried to relax her rigid , tense body . |
| 28 | You just needed to get it all out of your system . |
| 29 | She knew what she wanted to learn and she knew where it was ; she just had to shovel it all into her head . |
| 30 | That was another thing that annoyed her about the child : she always had to find something nice to say . |