Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I felt uneasy and the back of my neck was prickly with sweat , but relentlessly I kept the same pace towards them . |
2 | Slowly I unfolded the thick paper and spread it flat in front of me . |
3 | The initial research provided nothing , but eventually I discovered the scientific name and came up with a photograph of Synbranchus marmoratus , also known as the Marbled Swamp Eel . |
4 | Eventually I thought the only way I could control what I was doing was to decide on one specific charity — I chose Muscular Dystrophy — and work just with them , which is what I did . |
5 | Well I 'm , I 'm easy , I mean the thickish cord erm , washes ni , they wear better I think the thickish cord but I mean erm and they 're a bit warmer , but if you shop about usually you can get them erm the same price as the needlecord I 'll leave that with you , right . |
6 | Suddenly I heard the guttural roar of fire from my studio above . |
7 | Suddenly I realized the awful truth . |
8 | When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’ |
9 | Basically I had the wrong equipment at Reading '88 . |
10 | Oddly enough I met the same warrant officer some years later when he was SWO on a station near Warboys and we had many a chuckle about that . |
11 | Perhaps I had the same look once , though I 've lost it now . |
12 | I 'll , I 'll be going to the village hall but I might have to go back to the Cross Keys , that 's why I put Roger , perhaps I put the wrong thing on you see ? |
13 | ‘ Then perhaps I attract the wrong sort , ’ he hissed . |
14 | Personally I find the authentic sound of a French orchestra irresistible , although I would advise listening to Disc 2 , track 1 ( the Pavane pour une infante défunte ) . |
15 | So I said the only thing he would believe . |
16 | It 's for our new one again you see so I rolled the front seat down put my brief case on the front seat so he says , where 's your van then mate ? |
17 | Or so I heard the other day over lunch from Patricia Routledge , best known as television 's appalling social climber , Hyacinth Bucket . |
18 | so I says the only thing that 'll be is to er toast cheese on toast |
19 | So I thought the shorter journey would be better . |
20 | And so I left the old lady in her bride 's dress in the candle-light , with the dusty furniture around her . |
21 | So I became the only bluesman in Kensal Green . |
22 | So I get the little gift voucher . |
23 | So I think the inescapable logic of of this and I think this was accepted by and it 's accepted by the County Surveyor certainly if not by the County Planning Officer , is that the new settlement for access reasons , should be on the A sixty four north east corridor . |
24 | I could n't stand the thought of him seeing anyone else and so I did the only thing I could think of : I decided to spy on him . |
25 | So I did the logical thing — for a gambler , that is . |
26 | is totally different so I did the first lecture with what my idea of to find myself talking to a a contract housing guy whose biggest order was two thousand pounds |
27 | Erm so I did the two year C C Q S W course . |
28 | The Transit being left-hand drive , I was nearest to her so I did the gentlemanly thing . |
29 | So I lock the bottom window . |
30 | So I suppose the only answer is to take the unusual step of inviting you back tomorrow , and I hope we can continue the conversation tomorrow . |