Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it sounds ridiculous saying it now , but what eventually made me decide to move was when John Mayall brought horns into the BB line-up ; I was so dumb that I thought , ‘ If it 's horns , it 's not blues . ’ |
| 2 | Benjamin politely asked him to wait . |
| 3 | There was one kid , however , who did n't move back as far as the rest of his row , so I politely asked him to get in line . |
| 4 | One Sunday night at the Wood Green Odeon a group of youths and girls were making so much more than a tolerable racket that I eventually asked them to quieten down . |
| 5 | Ms Wendy Mountford was living in a house belonging to Mr Roger Street , under a written agreement headed " Licence " , in which she expressly agreed she had no Rent Act protection . |
| 6 | And the thought of Leo actually kissing her properly made her feel positively ill ! |
| 7 | The first drive I went on made me wonder about the sanity of grouse . |
| 8 | And it struck me straight away that although the twentieth century as it marched on made us look more and more like Americans , we are Europeans , we always have been Europeans , our roots are there , our culture 's there and of course in the late twentieth century our economic needs , and the geographical links , the electronic links mean that we are there whether we like it or not . |
| 9 | However , my GCSE courses eventually led me to attend university as a mature student and now I hope to become a solicitor . |
| 10 | The industry 's own appliance selling effort was not dictated purely by its retailing interests , but was biased towards winning that part of the domestic electricity load which most helped them to increase electricity sales while minimising costs overall . |
| 11 | The postman eventually found him canvassing on the High Row and handed over the State secrets there and then ‘ I was very impressed , ’ says Fallon . |
| 12 | Picking her way through the guests , she eventually found him talking to Edward , but when he saw her approaching he left his host and came to meet her . |
| 13 | He eventually found it sitting on a wall outside a house . |
| 14 | Ibrahim rather doubted it had been there in the first place . ’ |
| 15 | When this body , which was composed of an independent chairman and two representatives from both sides , eventually reported it suggested that there should be no change in conditions and wages in the industry . |
| 16 | Susan clasped her hands because she was trembling , but the tension in her locked fingers only made her shake the more . |
| 17 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 18 | But it only made her smile . |
| 19 | of ten , when people talked at her , it only made her feel more isolated and cut off . |
| 20 | In many ways the life of a great political hostess was very attractive to her , which only made her feel more guilty , but she knew that she could not tolerate a life of subordination and absolute dependency . |
| 21 | It only made them laugh more . |
| 22 | Telling the poorer workers that others were producing more , simply led to demoralisation ; they already knew that , and telling them so only made them feel worse . |
| 23 | The bracelet not only made them fly , but had taken them to the moon . |
| 24 | The thought of this not only made him feel uneasy , but embarrassed . |
| 25 | Being spurned by Malcolm McLaren only made him want the group more . |
| 26 | Her outburst only made him laugh . |
| 27 | She was no feather-weight , but even the stairs only made him breathe a shade faster . |
| 28 | ( 128 ) Other women — they only made me love you more . |
| 29 | ‘ He only made me cry once , ’ she mumbled against his sweater . |
| 30 | Being with the nuns only made it feel worse . |