Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( We inevitably got the ‘ you fancy each other ’ spiel but I ignore people like that — I would like to hit them very hard ! ) |
| 2 | I did n't expect it to hit me quite so hard , but when I think about it it 's because I 'm so bloody sad that the last fourteen years were spent in dying not in living . |
| 3 | In fact , he irritates me intensely sometimes . |
| 4 | The really insidious and mischievous phrases are the well-established ones that come to mind unbidden because we have heard them so often . |
| 5 | You 've heard me often already chairman on this point . |
| 6 | ‘ On the contrary , she understands me very well and I 'm still free to play chess . ’ |
| 7 | Yet beyond this general expectation he did not pressure them too early , at one point he seriously doubted whether Hideki was fitted to benefit from university study . |
| 8 | Squeeze them together again and on an outward breath let them go again . |
| 9 | Take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard , using the muscles in your arms . |
| 10 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard , using the muscles in your arms . |
| 11 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard , using the muscles in your arms . |
| 12 | Sitting with legs outstretched and together , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard . |
| 13 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves and squeeze them together quite hard , using the muscles in your arms . |
| 14 | Keeping the legs straight , squeeze them together as tightly as possible . |
| 15 | And if you push me much harder , I 'll wash my hands of the whole thing and tell the Committee I ca n't cope , and make it clear I want you out — out , do you understand ? |
| 16 | Yeah and I ca n't I ca n't get myself pushed cos if they push me too hard I usually ache . |
| 17 | Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things . |
| 18 | I just , I do n't know , , gon na throw them away really . |
| 19 | Do you often throw them away then ? |
| 20 | If I 've got four of something can I throw them away now ? |
| 21 | Refusing to rise to the bait , she visualised and counted ten elephants , a hangover habit from her childhood , then , her voice tightly controlled , asked , ‘ Would you please explain why you insisted on bringing me here instead of taking me to the Trevi ? ’ |
| 22 | I remember Debbie bringing me home once from Bingo and he 's coming up as she 's coming up , she 's almost there too her house , and he would n't budge , he would n't back , he would n't reverse at all . |
| 23 | But the Colonel and John-William were both Justices of the Peace , often serving on the same Bench together , and although she had so far shirked inviting them to dine — the prospect of being alone with the Colonel 's lady frankly terrifying her — she was delighted to see them here today , feeling that their presence lent great distinction . |
| 24 | I suppose it 's probably because his time at Leeds coincided with the time when I used to go to see them most frequently . |
| 25 | ‘ I am a fairly lonely person — I do have friends but I do n't get to see them very often because of my unsociable shift work . |
| 26 | ‘ Mum gets a bit tired ; I go to see them as often as I can : it cheers Dad up , and Mum loves the children . ’ |
| 27 | I try to see them as often as I can . |
| 28 | because the second , third and fourth measures involve precise numbers rather than a vague expression of feeling , it 's tempting to see them as more useful and accurate . |
| 29 | My parents only live about five miles away and I try to see them about twice a week . |
| 30 | To see them together now it 's hard to believe that less than six months ago Tanya ’ Pret chen ska ’ from Russia thought of giving up her baby . |