Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This is perhaps why those who appointed me enquired rather anxiously whether I , too , meant to enjoy the kingdom for thirty years . ) |
| 2 | The staff told me to stay well away because she had a reputation for turning violent . |
| 3 | I gave him the standard treatment and told him to come back immediately if he did n't get better . ’ |
| 4 | When we got there the chucker-out told us to go in quickly because the film had started . |
| 5 | He told us to hurry back home after the picture had finished because it might get foggy later . |
| 6 | A ‘ short circuit ’ route for the water developed which cooled more rapidly than the rest of the reservoir , reducing its effectiveness . |
| 7 | Well at I worked I worked on then until I was se seventeen . |
| 8 | The same ostentatious pride in Southern good manners also prompted him to sit up immediately when one of the ship 's white-uniformed junior officers appeared at his side bearing a tray of iced drinks for him , his wife and two sons . |
| 9 | And Beuno said nothing , but he looked at him as mildly as he looks at the trout that he catches in the stream , and the doctor said , ‘ Until tomorrow ’ , and he left , and Beuno watched him go as mildly as he watches the sheep when he frees them from where they are caught in the hedge . |
| 10 | Her pride made her speak as formally as he did and always be the one who moved away first . |
| 11 | Anxiety made her speak more sharply than she had intended ; she was not looking forward to telling Madame Gebrec just why Officer Hassan was about to pay her another visit and it was a relief when Madame Delon answered her call . |
| 12 | His remarkable doggedness led him to carry on regardless when two stink bombs broke everyone else 's concentration . |
| 13 | Local planners admitted they went too far when they insisted he take down his flag pole because it was n't straight enough . |
| 14 | ‘ So then I had an idea that if I went to a composer who wrote very tuneful music , but asked him to work electronically rather than with instruments , I might end up with what I wanted , which was music the ear could relate to , rather than musique concrète which was the other sort of electronic music being done at the time . |
| 15 | Since so many of us had made love to either O or to Boy we felt that by comparing notes we knew a great deal about how they behaved when making love , and so when we saw them reappear so obviously as lovers we were pleased to see that our predictions had been correct . |
| 16 | They were not so much intelligent as shrewd — their organizational sense enabled them to sniff out the golden chance and grasp it firmly , it enabled them to strain forward rather than stand back waiting passively to be asked . |
| 17 | I nearly brought you down and treat , and I thought I 'd better not until I 've asked your mum . |
| 18 | Isabel , watching closely , saw him go very still as he saw what lay between the pages . |
| 19 | I saw him depart as peacefully as a sleeping infant . |
| 20 | What he saw he painted as exactly as could be painted but he certainly knew when to catch each view in its most romantic moment . |
| 21 | Nicandra felt his hurt as absolutely as if she loved him : " Oh , Robert , Lal was so longing — you do understand ? |
| 22 | It was about then that I noticed I could not touch the bottom and I felt myself going faster downstream than I was going across . |
| 23 | What we 're , in effect what we 're saying is that for a a number of years the Communist Party has provided , has made that moral economy work i in a s and made it work very well because rents have been reduced more than the peasants would expect erm er interest rate is extremely low . |
| 24 | The tea tastes like we got it heated up again because no one would drink it yesterday , and there 's no coffee at all . |
| 25 | ‘ Why did she stay on here if she dislikes him so much ? ’ |
| 26 | How long did he come in then after I phoned ? |
| 27 | Did anyone get as far as buying a programme for the Villa game , or did n't they even go on sale ? |
| 28 | No sooner had I laid back down when the sound of the buzzer broke the peace again and to my amazement it was the boilie rod . |
| 29 | It did n't get any better and somebody told me about and I took her down there , oh Mrs she 's picked up mange , I said mange , I know she said you feel just like when your child 's got nits in their hair |
| 30 | She forced herself to keep as still as she could , allowing her limbs to slacken , so that he would n't get the wrong idea . |