Example sentences of "[pron] really [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lewis tells us in the preface to the published version of this book , his initial reaction was to wish for anonymity , ‘ since if I were to say what I really thought about pain , I should be forced to make statements of such apparent fortitude that they would become ridiculous if anyone knew who made them , . |
| 2 | I really took to golf , too . |
| 3 | And I really felt on edge walking back |
| 4 | What I really learnt about teaching was when I actually started the stuff . |
| 5 | But all I wanted was a bit of independence , a chance to find myself and discover what I really wanted from life . ’ |
| 6 | She even claims to be the government 's science policy coordinator — a role we should n't attach too much weight too , according to Mrs Thatcher , who once told New Scientist off for inflating this part of her job beyond what she really had in mind . |
| 7 | NUMEROSO : Before we go on , Unesco , could you tell us what you really had in mind when you proposed this experiment ? |
| 8 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
| 9 | They sat down to a celebration champagne lunch with Dai Davies , the farm manager , and set about opening the heaps of telegrams and congratulatory letters ‘ so that we really felt on top of the world ’ . |
| 10 | We really felt at home here from the first time we came . |
| 11 | If these people wanted to d if these people wanted to c and they really cared about conservation and education they 'd do what the care for the wild have done . |
| 12 | WHEN Fattorini & Sons , of Birmingham , were commissioned to fashion a trophy for a new competition to be run by the Essex Football Association in 1882 they really went to town . |
| 13 | They say it really came from Croissant , meaning crescent , because there 's a bend in the valley and the river there . |