Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Packages of that rare onion-skin typing paper which made my erasures of mistypings so easy came from your mother , who also sent you boxes of drugs , chiefly Dexedrine , those shocking-pink amphetamines which , I later discovered , are bad for the heart . |
| 2 | I only once went into his garden , a beautifully kept one , even in war-time , when he kindly picked a bunch of tulips for me and showed me some new potatoes he was growing in pots in the greenhouse . |
| 3 | ‘ I may not have been the tallest , nor the most athletic — Mick Doyle reckoned I only ever jumped from my shoulders up — but what I did have was the most effective arse in world rugby ’ . |
| 4 | If he could have talked to her in Italian it would have been different , but his correct English , which he had learned from his mother who had had an English governess , and which he only ever spoke with her friends or on a case that required it , was of no use to him now . |
| 5 | We are very grateful to the British Council for arranging these visits , and to all those who so willingly gave of their time to talk to and entertain us . |
| 6 | Of course , most of these assertions are merely matters of opinion , often rather wild opinion , for one ca n't help wondering just how much Messrs Ashdown , Smith and Brown really know about the ‘ other European countries ’ they so blithely summoned to their aid . |
| 7 | That uses a theme which Bizet much later cribbed for his L'Arlesienne music . |
| 8 | So I put it to him , ‘ Being famous does n't necessarily endow a guitarist with insight into the design and workings of the guitar , so why are artists so often asked for their input and reviewers almost never , when our job is to understand , examine and pass judgement on guitars on a daily basis ? ’ |
| 9 | Yet how could she possibly feel jealous over a man whom she had so long ago evicted from her heart ? |
| 10 | She was not to know that Tina , sticking to her principles , had long ago slept with her cousin Jarvis . |
| 11 | From Winnipeg — where he had to work a bootlegging ruse to get a drink — he hitched to New York to stay with some friends of Philip : they were in Vermont and so he busked a few days in Manhattan , perhaps even sang for his supper in Greenwich Village . |
| 12 | Phrases like ‘ Light of the World ’ , ‘ the Sun of Righteousness that setteth nevermore ’ and so on ran through my head without ceasing , and the mere sight of the sun was sufficient greatly to intensify this manic excitement under which I was labouring . |
| 13 | She shut the door gently then went to her daughter 's room . |
| 14 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 15 | He hardly ever spoke about his mother again . |
| 16 | She still virtually fell into his arms and they closed about her swiftly , holding her tightly to him . |
| 17 | And that darkness , that sadness she still sometimes glimpsed in his eyes , will be banished for ever . |
| 18 | Used as tracking dogs and guide dogs for the blind , the Rottweiler 's versatility and willingness to please his master once again came to his rescue . |
| 19 | The well-tested welfare organisation swung into gear , as the Welfare Officer once again climbed into her car to go and speak to the wife and assure her that temporary accommodation had been arranged for her and the family , and that the move from one house to another would be made as smooth as possible . |
| 20 | Seconds later , the breath once again hissed into her chest , this time with painful intensity . |
| 21 | He never singled out individuals and always publicly stood by his team . |
| 22 | Elsewhere , the twin bells of a sturdily traditional wind-up clock squeal , wakening another slumbering pair , younger , fresher , clearly less ossified in their morning habits than the first but equally resistant to the day . |
| 23 | Away from the defence debate Dr Mowlam also yesterday spoke of her despair at the growing homeless problem in her constituency . |
| 24 | The Bishops of Rochester now mostly lived at their Palace at Rochester or Lambeth , the houses at Halling and Trottescliffe being allowed to decay owing to the expense of maintaining them . |
| 25 | In addition Curzon fairly soon reverted to his habit of complaining about the way in which he was treated by his Prime Minister . |
| 26 | ‘ I saw a man dissipating so much affection for his country and his associates ’ , said Hakim , struggling to explain to a New York lawyer his bad case of ‘ love at first sight ’ , ‘ that the radiation of that love — it really immediately penetrated through my system . ’ |
| 27 | The Padre found that they even sometimes flew into his throat while he was reading or praying with a dying man . |
| 28 | He nodded decisively , and equally firmly walked into her office and closed the door on Davidson 's hopeful face . |
| 29 | The question was gently , even softly asked by his host . |
| 30 | He remained there for a few seconds then slowly got to his feet and moved to the door leading into the hallway . |