Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Some of the sound tests were done by a computer and luckily I had access to a computer from my dealer in Bath that enabled me to set the sound up perfectly .
2 Eventually I got hold of a Telecaster , but nowadays , apart from the 345 , I use Strats and Duo Sonics with a metal slide rather than glass .
3 When eventually I got hold of him , I told him to stop making payments into my French bank account .
4 And eventually I got job on a scaffold .
5 ‘ While all this was going on I began work on Corrections and Police , two magazines founded by the Ford Foundation .
6 Rather I found relief in desperately scribbling poetry , the style and substance a strange mixture of John Pudney , one of the war 's best-known poets , and the residual Platonism of one of my university courses .
7 Then suddenly I saw daylight over my shoulder as he appeared to falter .
8 And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune …
9 ‘ Clive said he did n't need a crew , only someone to take care of the meals — ’ She drew her palm across her forehead .
10 Erm and these are the fairly brief er Chairman I think , I am sorry for disappointing Mr because because erm I main properties but erm we are basically I think sort of more or less agreed parties that we actually want this .
11 Gently I took hold of the door handle and moved it .
12 I teach physical education erm , in the primary schools in Edinburgh , and because of the equal opportunities , obviously I teach football to primary girls and boys , but I feel that the girls are not getting the opportunity
13 Well , well she was , she was standing outside , I mean I looked at her this morning and I 've loo so I 've sort of looked at her , and I was going to speak to her and then this fella walked up and I thought , I , I mean I could n't gauge whether , and I mean my , I , I was thinking what I was going to say anyway , I was going to say er you know sa is it Paula so you perhaps do n't remember me but I , I , and then I was going to say I 'm Adrian , Adrian
14 The animals did n't want to go near him so I took care of him .
15 It is necessary I had come to that view for me , at that time it was necessary for me to contact one of the duty Chief Officers and on this occasion it was the Assistant Chief Constable Mr , so I made contact with him .
16 So I put teddy in the first
17 birthday was on the eighth of September or before , if it was in the summer holidays or up until the eighth of September , you could leave school and my birthday was the eighth of September so I left school at fourteen .
18 So I got hold of Dave and I said ring Stuart and ring
19 So I got hold of the right side .
20 So I sit docile above her , upright and male , unresisting as she delves with her hand .
21 So I see evaluation as a very democratic activity , which allows people perhaps to appreciate each other 's viewpoints a little more than might otherwise be the case erm and does n't pretend that people all feel the same about things , but at the same time it does n't attempt to sort of countermand the realities of the situation that , you know , each person ca n't go their own sweet way , there have to be quite a lot of collective decisions and people have to recognise where the majority opinion is , but at least they do it from a standpoint that erm where they feel their own value still has some worth and is still being recognised .
22 So I have pleasure in putting the record straight .
23 My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed .
24 By the way , I I did that so I did area of square along the side .
25 So I lost interest for a few years .
26 So I rang mum at four o'clock .
27 Er so I suppose y'know in a sense that 's true , there is the sort of sexual element to some of that bullying that goes on .
28 Er , if they do n't , the commencement will not take place and we will continue on the existing boundaries , that would , and I 'll give way to my honourable friend in a moment , that of course would create massive inconvenience , I see no er real reason why the other states er which have yet to ratify should not do so er but my honourable friend I think wanted to intervene with a further thought on this point so I give way to her .
29 My fi five minutes are now just about up so I finish moderator by affirming that
30 With the pads in I feel square on the top .
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