Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second hour went by , while little by little I abandoned hope first of one bus connection , and then of another , until there were footsteps and a small thin man hurried in , pushing back the strands of hair which had plastered themselves across his forehead . |
| 2 | Little by little I learned Leslie 's recent military history . |
| 3 | Some of the sound tests were done by a computer and luckily I had access to a computer from my dealer in Bath that enabled me to set the sound up perfectly . |
| 4 | Eventually I got hold of a Telecaster , but nowadays , apart from the 345 , I use Strats and Duo Sonics with a metal slide rather than glass . |
| 5 | When eventually I got hold of him , I told him to stop making payments into my French bank account . |
| 6 | And eventually I got job on a scaffold . |
| 7 | Besides I promised Rosie-Posie to stay for tea . ’ |
| 8 | But I ruined my own life — and more importantly I ruined Ashi 's too — because I refused to admit that I was what I was . ’ |
| 9 | Earlier on I quoted Freud 's remarks to the effect that in the course of human development ‘ external coercion gradually becomes internalized ’ and that this internalization produces the superego . |
| 10 | ‘ While all this was going on I began work on Corrections and Police , two magazines founded by the Ford Foundation . |
| 11 | Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd rather I wrote sea shanties , ’ he said in her ear . |
| 13 | Rather I found relief in desperately scribbling poetry , the style and substance a strange mixture of John Pudney , one of the war 's best-known poets , and the residual Platonism of one of my university courses . |
| 14 | Suddenly I felt Wilkerson 's hand on my head . |
| 15 | A Guardian stalwart made a telling observation about him : ‘ While Ian Wolldridge might spend hours searching for the good line , Hugh will spend the time searching for the truth ’ — and suddenly I saw McIlvanney almost as if he were a bare-knuckle fighter in one of his brother 's novels . |
| 16 | Then suddenly I saw daylight over my shoulder as he appeared to falter . |
| 17 | Suddenly I saw Biddy and Joe at the door , arm in arm . |
| 18 | Actually I was cos I I had the back door open and I thought I 'll just leave it and if he wants to come in he can and I poured him a a bit of a drink of milk and er , then I went in the kit , in the bathroom and the door was still open and then suddenly I thought God I wonder where he was ? |
| 19 | Suddenly I wanted freedom … or at least a new master to serve . |
| 20 | Suddenly I wanted Toby , very much ; I knew now how he felt when I left him . |
| 21 | Suddenly I remembered Robert too . |
| 22 | And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune … |
| 23 | Gently I took hold of the door handle and moved it . |
| 24 | Naturally I approached Bates in the strictest confidence , but all too quickly I learned that he is just a gin-sodden loud-mouth . |
| 25 | If that 's alright I 'll do it got ta pay your own train fair I said Boxing Day they only do Sunday service anyway . |
| 26 | Sure enough I got mushrooms and fried bread as well as bacon and egg and tomato , and porridge beforehand . |
| 27 | ‘ Only I ate supper , ’ Flavia said . |
| 28 | If only I had wings , Oh what a difference it would make to things , All day long I 'd be in the sky , up on high , Talking to the birdies that pass me by |
| 29 | ‘ The things I could do if only I had oodles of cash , ’ she added with an intense longing . |
| 30 | If only I had understanding , to send them back to their waters ! ’ |