Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] i [det] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It only took me half a day to decide that I wanted the job .
2 But it only took me half an hour to get to Blefuscu .
3 " She 's left me some money and all her furniture and things , " Sara went on , " but she 's only left me half the house . "
4 No I always sit down and do me work but sometimes people just distract me all the time .
5 ‘ Old Major Tilney just slipped me half a quid , ’ said Pickerage .
6 ‘ The Warden was just telling me all the details when this policeman come over , wanted to talk to 'im .
7 He 's always telling me all the best people are born in April .
8 And now , I I almost felt empty when she died , and I did n't have anybody to care for that really needed me all the time so I I , wanted to help out at a local dementia centre to try and make up for it and to pass on
9 Surely to goodness the damned thing wo n't Follow me all the days of my life ,
10 As he lived in the city , Mr Coary drove me up to the Noones ’ for my bag and then took me all the way back to O'Brien 's Hotel in Dublin , where I had stayed long before .
11 And you 're so anxious to justify yourself , that you answer the question , and then you go on to tell me all the background behind it , and in so doing you give me a lovely piece of information which I did n't actually have when you walked into the room .
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