Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 And Felix Henderson McMurdo , who was cowering beneath it , suddenly found Woodbine raining down upon him .
2 Suzy and Seth loaded the van with food and clothes for the country , but on Interstate 10 out of New Orleans , Seth suddenly ordered Suzy to turn around so they could back and buy pain pills .
3 I 'm looking out at the moodily lit bathroom and wondering what I would do if I suddenly saw William appear out there , flight bags in hand , a Surprise , honey , I 'm home ! look on his face .
4 He spoke sharply ; he suddenly saw Emmie growing up like his mother , stern , conscience-mad , depriving everyone of their fun .
5 Not only did management set up functionally differentiated work groups but they also split up jobs within each group into such constituent elements as cutting , scuffling , drilling , hewing , filling , pulling , and stonework .
6 So did Carla go off okay ?
7 So did George get off , get off with anyone today ?
8 He had long since retired from competitive football and like his tragic contemporary , the boxer Benny Lynch , Gallacher only had memories to live on .
9 Yeah and so had wages increased in ?
10 Jacqueline made it clear that she disapproved and eventually told Catherine to move out .
11 She ran like the wind back to the apartment and tumbled her few clothes into bags , then raced back through the back alleys to avoid the crowds and finally met Lucenzo pacing up and down by the column .
12 Like when you think you just got things figured out , they change all of a sudden .
13 Instead she and Jennifer absent-mindedly watched aircraft taking off and landing on the company runway , then another thought suddenly struck her and she said , ‘ Do you know why he came back from Australia ? ’
14 I do n't know what a calyx is , I just thought petal fitted in , I mean I do n't know .
15 Dyson scarcely had time to stride up and down the office that morning , lecturing Bob on the importance of television , but he was in great form all the same .
16 She just had time to make out a black profile against the window before a shoe slammed into her chest with the sound a beanbag makes when it hits the floor .
17 We called briefly at Gibraltar where I just had time to walk up the Rock and see the apes .
18 RANGERS boss Walter Smith praised his young side as they easily overcame Hibs to set up an important week with forthcoming matches against Club Bruges and Celtic .
19 I just wanted Jo to turn up . ’
20 And he still found time to build up vast interests in meat packing and combine-harvesting giants .
21 The day flew by so quickly that I hardly noticed evening stealing in on crimson wings .
22 But his appeal to the IRA leadership to call a halt to its bloody campaign is likely to be dismissed as promptly as the Loyalists yesterday rejected calls to lay down their arms .
23 When it became known that the Government had said it could not afford to honour Nelson 's wishes and help her out , the tradesmen to whom she still owed money closed in .
24 But even with England manning the barricades so heroically , they still needed luck to hold on .
25 Cos although it was an amicable split , I still needed time to settle down and get used to the fact that I was on my own again .
26 ‘ If I ever saw pepper coming out of a pepper pot I would find that funny .
27 Only once did Kinnock appear out of his separate cabin in the leader 's aircraft in order to talk to reporters , and that was when he thanked them for a birthday card .
28 He returned to England in the latter half of June and hardly had time to catch up with outstanding work before going into hospital in July to undergo the postponed operation upon his hernia .
29 On his return on 19 November , he hardly had time to catch up with his unfinished business before he was off to Brussels to deliver yet another lecture .
30 She always wanted Mikey to go on to university and become a doctor or a lawyer .
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