Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I mean I do n't know how powerful they were that , I mean he were n't , he were n't belting on those but there was , he was playing loud enough to appreciate with its own you know |
| 2 | Once , if addressed in such a tone , he would have denied his hunger stiffly , even while it stared nakedly out of his eyes ; but now it seemed he had learned sense enough not to climb on his high horse quite so easily and unprofitably . |
| 3 | You just jump in half-cocked , and get the wrong idea of the argument then I was just about to say to you that is n't the better way of doing things , cos obviously neither of us knows that way it 's just a different way and it was just a a matter of opinion so I mean |
| 4 | When the call came I was just about to bite into his huge triple layer sandwich . |
| 5 | He was just about to start on his nineteenth nervous breakdown when I left him . ’ |
| 6 | One thing I learned there was how to deal with people and basically just how to get through it all . ’ |
| 7 | If we must be so very careful , then , in using what people write about themselves , would we do any better to turn to what other people have to write ? |
| 8 | With the advent of Verbivore , however , people are forced once again to rely on their own cognitive and creative resources . |
| 9 | I eventually got tired of the sad lady and the mantenuta and started once again to look for something different . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes … ! ’ he said deeply , and then his mouth closed over hers , burningly sensual as his hands moved slowly up to tunnel into her thick black hair , and as her mouth opened beneath his the hunger swept them both again , their breathing quickening as the kiss took fire and his mouth was fierce , hot , demanding , his hands moving over her body as she heard his heart thudding violently at his chest , and she knew she was in danger of losing her mind with the sweet , hot rush of excitement . |
| 11 | Either the loathsome Mr Sterne had flown out here deliberately to coincide with her lonely holiday , which seemed most unlikely , or else Charles and Lucy had somehow omitted to inform him that Virginia was coming in their place . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've told Moira to take tomorrow off to recover from her dreadful experience . |
| 13 | Carol had quite enough to do with her own job and all her own shopping without preparing meals as well and she hoped she would have a little rest after Christmas , now that people took time off in lots of offices until after the New Year . |
| 14 | At least one assumed he had been watching the sky , there being little else to view from his small window other than roof-tiles and guttering . |
| 15 | All avid travellers , they return from their journeys with yet more to add to their exotic collection of objects and furniture . |
| 16 | The term " Chetniks " could only have been used very loosely to apply to them all , although in Macmillan 's diary entry on his visit to Klagenfurt he refers to the use of the word " Chetniks " to describe " guerilla forces raised by the Germans from Slovenes and … |
| 17 | Genetic counselling was sought by all nine families , but it is still too soon to comment on their reproductive choices . |
| 18 | Just beating Higgins to the finishing line was world champion Stephen Hendry , happily back to form after his 10-4 defeat by Steve Davis in last weekend 's European Open final . |