Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was then that Fat Watt regarded them most sullenly as though their nearness was a threat . |
| 2 | So the practice has been to regard them rather unofficially as having been satisfied if there is compliance on about … three occasions out of four , or four out of five , or two out of three — practices are variable from one authority to another . |
| 3 | The character must make a Cl test or else be forced by nausea to strip off his armour and clothes , unable to put them on again until they have been thoroughly cleaned and washed . |
| 4 | She had one pair of trousers , and she could n't put them on again until they were dry . |
| 5 | you get a bit of paint on it I 'd have a job to get it off so I take them off , then put them on just as it 's going off , you know , so you got ta |
| 6 | As they neared fulfilment , he rolled them slowly sideways until his body was covering hers . |
| 7 | And that is also why , speaking for myself , I have always been a little suspicious of what is described as ‘ purposive ’ construction , at least in cases where the purpose is not self-evident , although authority has compelled me on more than one occasion to apply it . |
| 8 | As Past President , , has said to me on more than one occasion , there is no finer Institute of which to be a member than the British Institute of Embalmers . |
| 9 | Furthermore Mr himself has said to me on more than one occasion that given the history of the situation it 's unlikely that we would get anybody of sane mind to take over the running of the two centres . |
| 10 | ‘ Just go back to Lévy tomorrow and sell the other vase , ’ Jean-Claude told me rather conspiratorially when Félix had gone to his bucket . |
| 11 | I would have got them all right except for |
| 12 | What chance have they got of getting them all right when they can only inspect houses from the road outside ? ’ |
| 13 | Oh er she 's put them in even though you 've not saved your subs |
| 14 | Erm that again had been rolled into balls and then he 'd have erm about a dozen sticks which which held these balls and stuck them in then after he 'd he 'd erm er thatched one erm length , one row , he 'd pull the string over and attach it to the the thick s er rope that was er going over the stack . |
| 15 | I was just worried that you 'd be furious with me for bringing them down here when you were out of the country . |
| 16 | ‘ It just seemed too much of a gamble , ’ he explained , and in fact the 22-year-old left-hander turned them down once before temptation overcame him . |
| 17 | I put them down there so you can |
| 18 | ‘ My love , ’ he said , ‘ what was so urgent that you had to summon me so soon after we parted yesterday afternoon ? |
| 19 | Human beings have never touched me so nearly as now when ‘ Nature ’ was so close : I think , too , I never before struck such firm roots into human hearts ’ . |
| 20 | She left this house to us , and an allowance to Emily so long as she did n't marry , and one to me so long as I stayed with her . |
| 21 | ‘ The position does not matter to me so long as I am playing . |
| 22 | The children all agreed that the adults were well behaved , embarrassing them only once when they stood up to sing ‘ I 'm A Little Teapot ’ , with actions ! |
| 23 | At least , Peter had found them disastrous , and he would find them so again if Anna chose to try and charm Colonel Richardson out of his opinion of working clergy wives . |
| 24 | But , of course , many of our means of communication are instinctive and we have practised them so frequently since childhood that we choose the means of encoding a message almost without thought . |
| 25 | Oh , just one little notice I do have that erm several of us are going on Thursday to the , on the trip to Docklands by the erm erm Rotary Club of Sawbridgeworth erm I 'm told that there are still one or two odd seats if anybody wants to come at the last minute er , he does n't anticipate he 's going to erm fill them so even if , late Wednesday night you suddenly find you are available , by all means , contact and I 'm sure it can be arranged . |
| 26 | Of the twenty States listed in the Table , thirteen are parties to the more recent Hague Convention of 1965 which does not involve the abrogation of the earlier bilateral Conventions but has in practice superseded them so far as the United Kingdom is concerned . |
| 27 | I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . |
| 28 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 29 | While , therefore , he accepted the idea , of an invisible church of the elect , Whitgift rejected any suggestion that it should be synonymous with the visible church of this world , arguing that : ‘ We must walk in those ways that God hath appointed to bring them [ the reprobate ] to salvation which is to feed them continually and watch over them so long as they are in danger . ’ |
| 30 | We have bread and bacon and butter that 's good , With oatmeal and salt that is wholesome for food ; We have soap and candles whereby to give light That you may work by them so long as you have light . |