Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without any apparent break in the text and without any change of tone in my voice I got out some of the things I so badly needed to tell you . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was selfish of me , I so badly wanted to put a live baby into Celia 's arms — ’ Her mouth quivered slightly and she turned away . |
| 3 | I so much enjoyed coming to see your mother . |
| 4 | I only just managed to get it down before bolting from the tent just in time to get rid of the contents of my stomach . |
| 5 | I only just managed to get back to our house before collapsing into bed . |
| 6 | I only just remembered to put some clothes on . |
| 7 | I was a bit disappointed to hear this , I 'd have loved to have heard him say ( on a channel largely watched by scum ) ‘ I only ever wanted to play for Leeds ’ . |
| 8 | I mean , I only really wanted to dry me towels , because I hate having to run out laun launderette while I 'm drying all me other clothes on radiators . |
| 9 | yes , well is there any more you want to say on that , is er , er , er , subject to Mr as you say of course , erm I just simply wanted to know erm so that I can have a , a , a look , erm at what on one view , erm might be the , the case , it might clear be the conclusion that you er incorrect in or partially incorrect or I was unable to answer all the questions er at this stage |
| 10 | I 'm sure there are other other examples , but I just really wanted to record that appreciation . |
| 11 | Er I just really wanted to know when that 's likely to occur . |
| 12 | But I do n't think I ever seriously considered having Low Birk Hatt connected when they offered it to me . |
| 13 | There 's only one thing I ever really wanted to do . |
| 14 | And I , foolish man , felt so rebuffed that I hardly ever tried to go through the barriers . |
| 15 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |
| 16 | I really just wanted to record our appreciation erm , and I think those of others too . |
| 17 | I really just wanted to speak in support of . |
| 18 | On migration , erm I really just wanted to make the point that erm the structure plan and er as supported by the local council is really seeking to meet the needs of the resident population . |
| 19 | I no longer had to push away the picture of Saad laid out on the floor , or banish from my imagination the sound of his huge voice , louder than the roaring of the wind , dumb for ever . |
| 20 | ‘ And I never even came to see him when he was dying , ’ she choked . |
| 21 | ‘ By this time I had already been fooling around with sound on sound recording , and then in 1971 some aunt that I never even knew left a small house to me and my two brothers . |
| 22 | I never even started to think . |
| 23 | I never really regretted opting out , and I know that I could never have settled down to a steady shore job while the cutters were still available . |
| 24 | I never really felt cared for , ever , not in the way of support . " |
| 25 | I never really got to know her She was the most obtuse person I ever met . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , ’ she said with relief , ‘ Doctor Jenner left the university in 1982 , that 's the year I first came here so I never really got to meet him . |
| 27 | It 's funny , I never really did like him and Ken Pitt thought I always wanted them to be together . |
| 28 | And the supporters been treating me well , the promotion been treating me well , so obviously I never really wanted to move but we had a few problems with the negotiating with the contract and the financial terms was n't quite right so but I 'm glad to say we 've got it right now and you know we both sort of gave a bit and we came to a settlement er which I 'm very pleased about . |
| 29 | But at the time , I suppose I never really wanted to come off . |
| 30 | The jacket is a great windstopper — I never once needed to put a waterproof on top to stop the wind getting through . |