Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector 's hands trembled so badly that he had to rest the telescope on the shattered window sill . |
| 2 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 3 | Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger . |
| 4 | He stopped as abruptly as he had begun . |
| 5 | He broke off , repeated a passage , and then stopped as abruptly as he had begun . |
| 6 | He stopped as abruptly as she had done . |
| 7 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 8 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 9 | I realised just now that you had to be the one to finish it . ’ |
| 10 | It seemed long ago that she had left her teenage years behind and faced college and a job with determination . |
| 11 | When he had been in work he had eaten at 6 o'clock when he got home , but now they ate much later than they had ever done . |
| 12 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 13 | Surprisingly , sleep came more easily than she had anticipated , and soon her eyelids felt heavy and her eyes began to close . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I did n't get up Sunday , then I thought I 'd better go in to work on Monday , but I came home early and I 've been in bed ever since . ’ |
| 15 | She hopped down to the floor , but it seemed further away than she had expected and now suddenly it was rising up crazily to meet her . |
| 16 | AS the January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen , many questions were left unanswered . |
| 17 | Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared . |
| 18 | We played as well as we 've played all season last weekend and a match like this is the best way to end our league season , ’ said coach Tommy Dowens . |
| 19 | Macca played as well as I 've seen in the first twenty minutes . |
| 20 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 21 | ‘ Colin played very well and I have no regrets ’ , said Weir after the game . |
| 22 | Actually the day Passed more quickly than I had expected . |
| 23 | I replied rather coldly that I had not drunk alcohol since 1939 , and that it had been my hope that we should stop somewhere where I could wash up generally , relieve myself and have a little rest . |
| 24 | It was only when Gould declared on 28 February 1837 , that Darwin 's island specimens of the Galapagos mocking bird differed so profoundly that they had to be categorised as three completely distinct species , that the alarm bells began to ring . |
| 25 | Everything happened so quickly that I have no very clear recollection of what actually took place . |
| 26 | The girls hurriedly departed , and the bouncer withdrew as quickly as he had appeared . |
| 27 | As the man withdrew as silently as he had arrived , Joan was surprised to find herself alone with the young king . |
| 28 | With Mark Hughes stepping into the centre-back role , Tranmere defended as well as they have all season , restricting Leicester to a smattering of half chances . |
| 29 | Some studies stated quite explicitly that they had chosen to study young men only because they felt that as male ethnographers they could only portray the male point of view . |
| 30 | Full of good intentions I declared quite sincerely that I had a dog in my rucksack . |