Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [adv] [conj] " 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 | But what is certain is that the democratic principle — that people should , as far as possible , make or participate in making the decisions that affect them most closely and importantly — could beneficially be applied far more widely in modern societies than It presently is . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Elms looked at them rather disapprovingly and then turned back to Tealtaoich . |
| 5 | We 'll skin them right here and preserve their hides so they can be shipped home and stuffed . |
| 6 | If anyone puts a verse like that on my headstone , I 'm warning them right now that I 'll get up and haunt them for ever . |
| 7 | As they neared fulfilment , he rolled them slowly sideways until his body was covering hers . |
| 8 | Even though he was old enough to be my father and now walking like an old , old man , every feminine instinct I possessed was reminding me most pleasantly that he was neither my father nor an old , old man . |
| 9 | There 's nothing to prevent you from unburdening yourself to me right here and now if you wish to do so . ’ |
| 10 | By this time , the College appreciated me rather more and there was a different bursar . |
| 11 | ‘ Just go back to Lévy tomorrow and sell the other vase , ’ Jean-Claude told me rather conspiratorially when Félix had gone to his bucket . |
| 12 | No , does n't fit on it 's stopped recording change the change the tape so a su but going back to that she was so convinced that it was gon na be a heck of a job that she would save us time by taking all the clothes out putting them somewhere else and I said it 'll take us three minutes |
| 13 | Er we we make that quite plain to them all right that there might be a delay . |
| 14 | I would have got them all right except for |
| 15 | What chance have they got of getting them all right when they can only inspect houses from the road outside ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What surprised the crew was that Michael led the insistence on the part of the actors to record both plays again , having done them extremely well but feeling they could be done better . |
| 17 | Carcases left uneaten attract sexton beetles which bury them extremely quickly and may even move them short distances ( Milne & Milne , 1976 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ My love , ’ he said , ‘ what was so urgent that you had to summon me so soon after we parted yesterday afternoon ? |
| 19 | I get a tremendous kick from the creative aspect of life , and I think it is this that keeps me so well and full of vitality . ’ |
| 20 | But they loved me so passionately that I had a secure base to my life . ’ |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ And the third man who … said he loved me … ’ and her voice faltered at the words ‘ … loved me so dearly that on hearing the slanders of my assailant he believed every word that he said , and none of mine . |
| 23 | Who needs to speak to me so urgently that they lie me down on myriads of pebbles by a sun-scorched sea in the southern part of England ? |
| 24 | I 'm not very good at listening to God , but between one and three am God spoke to me so powerfully and painfully that I have never felt so broken before him ( and still do ) . |
| 25 | When he turned to look at her , the firelight cast shadows across his body , so that she saw his arms not as arms , but as wings … and they will enfold me so strongly and so sweetly that I shall never want to be free … |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ The position does not matter to me so long as I am playing . |
| 28 | Horrible that you should tempt me so heartlessly and — and pity me , ’ he spat at her . |
| 29 | She did n't want him to stop kissing her , but curiosity made her murmur , ‘ Did you honestly believe that I would n't be angry with you for telling me so abruptly that you were Miguelito ? ’ |
| 30 | I honestly thought she loved me so much that she 'd been prepared to get herself pregnant to trick me into marriage . |