Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rather got lost in the rush . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 3 | The lesson was not wasted on Renaissance princes , who adopted individual portraiture on their own coins , in the hope that these would survive as lasting memorials to their achievements in the same way as Roman coins had ; this adoption of portraiture thereby laid one of the foundations of modern coin design . |
| 4 | Materials were collected in advance and stored in anticipation of their use ; powder slowly got cheaper in the course of the fifteenth century ; while many towns employed one or more men to supervise the effective use of artillery in case of attack . |
| 5 | It indicates that a real change did eventually take place after all , in so far as freedom of information and the inappropriateness of direct consultation without public mediation eventually became accepted as something which , at worst , had to be risked and something which , at best , formed an essential task of the construction of a Christian conscience in a Christian society . |
| 6 | Got squashed in the photo files by Brendon Fitzgerald , broke the photocopier , got lost looking for the canteen , uncovered the truth about IPC tea , became Dele Fadele 's personal typewriter ribbon engineer ( have been ever since ) , discovered House music had not yet reached Waterloo , realised that guitars really are the work of the devil , mended the then extremely sad NME stereo ( ie , plugged it in ) and was quickly appointed technical supervisor to anything mechanical ( plugs , electrical toothbrushes ) , invented dance music , formed Subbuteo league with James Brown and Simon Dudfield which eventually became fixed beyond all belief , tried to blag a Misty In Roots CD and failed . |
| 7 | Crossman eventually became convinced of the need for more radical action : the Boundary Commission was dissolved and the Royal Commission appointed ( Alexander 1982b:18 — 19 ) . |
| 8 | On our course we had the most enchanting fellow — a flight heutenant doctor and his name was Tom MacDonald — who eventually became one of the most senior Medical Officers in the RAF . |
| 9 | When conservative academics eventually became aware of the supposed invasion , they viewed it with alarm , as a threat to their , and their students ' , proper activity of reading , studying , and enjoying literature . |
| 10 | Because Granby House was a listed building , the contractor eventually became exempt from this tax , but as he could not reclaim any VAT he had already paid to suppliers , he had to pass most of it on to the developer . |
| 11 | hot got those on Friday morning . |
| 12 | A complex settlement of this problem was not reached until January 1983 , when Britain effectively got one-third of the fishing quotas . |
| 13 | It was a frightening book , full of strange ideas and dangerous dreams — dreams that slowly became real for Dorian . |
| 14 | Mrs Frizzell digested this truth , and the import of it slowly became clear to her . |
| 15 | Through her daze she slowly became aware of the sergeant 's voice . |
| 16 | As his eyes slowly became accustomed to the half-light , he began to make out row upon row of brown tents stretching as far as the eye could see . |
| 17 | Rogers eventually got involved with community work through a mother and baby group . |
| 18 | I eventually got tired of the sad lady and the mantenuta and started once again to look for something different . |
| 19 | ‘ They only made 500 of this model and all were made to order , ’ said Gordon . |
| 20 | Dusk was falling swiftly , as it always does in the tropics , and the silence that had so impressed me by daylight suddenly became noisy with the night life of the jungly-type trees in the mountains behind-the bull frogs , strange bird cries , the never-ending background of the cicadas . |
| 21 | Then tragedy : after a quick run Lamb 's right calf muscle seized up and he had to leave the field — and from 183 for 4 the score suddenly became 185 for 8 , then 201 all out . |
| 22 | Beyond this , one can add as likely members of the retinue a few men who suddenly became visible after Richard 's accession , such as David ap Guillim Morgan or , at a humbler level , David ap Jenkins who migrated to England to become a yeoman of the crown and hold office in Pontefract . |
| 23 | Beyond this , one can add as likely members of the retinue a few men who suddenly became visible after Richard 's accession , such as David ap Guillim Morgan or , at a humbler level , David ap Jenkins who migrated to England to become a yeoman of the crown and hold office in Pontefract . |
| 24 | Cleo suddenly became alert behind him and pulled herself upright . |
| 25 | I suddenly became aware of what a mess I looked . |
| 26 | He suddenly became aware of Kegan beside him , sharply tugging at the edge of his jacket , and turned to stare at him , blotches of anger flaming in his cheeks . |
| 27 | Willie suddenly became aware of how pale Tom looked and he felt alarmed for a moment . |
| 28 | After the Epiphany play of 1922 we were taking the home-made costumes back to the storage centre when I suddenly became aware of what an attractive , lovable person she was . |
| 29 | Rupert suddenly became aware of the danger signals and quickly tried again . |
| 30 | He suddenly became aware of a white Mercedes behind them . |