Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only got to know her a little as a teenager when I visited her on my own in the single-end where she lived in a Parkhead tenement , sleeping , washing and cooking in one room . |
| 2 | I only meant to give her a scare . |
| 3 | When Izzy Kleiber was punished for his treachery , they only meant to give him a cruel ducking and a bad fright ; no one had taken into account the heavy rains . |
| 4 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 5 | I was better at maths and science and practical things — you only had to show him a lathe in the metal workshop for him to pretend he had a fainting fit but when he wanted to beat me , he beat me . |
| 6 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 7 | An upward blow to the nose , driving it towards the forehead could seriously injure your attacker when you only intended to give him a bloody nose . |
| 8 | Thompson , 29 , said : ‘ I was feeling tired , suffering from cramp and with only five minutes to go I just decided to give it a whack . |
| 9 | He was pondering how to chat him up without attracting too much attention from Blanche and Eddy , when he heard the superintendent ask the man from the Drugs Squad who exactly had given them the tip-off in the first place . |
| 10 | Then when I reached the Mess , you letter was waiting for me , and it made me happy and sad at once , and I just HAD to write you a note , though I ca n't post it tonight . |
| 11 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 12 | I just wanted to teach you a lesson — and make sure I had your name and address . |
| 13 | I yes , I 've just had my massive little row with The Savoy about the prices and they just wanted to charge us the normal price ! |
| 14 | I just wanted to give her a fright , that 's all . |
| 15 | We just wanted to give it a few years to see what would happen , concentrating on what we hoped would come together some day . |
| 16 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 17 | Er j I just wanted to give you a bit of background so you know who you 're talking with . |
| 18 | Now I have gone beyond thirty one because I just wanted to show you the way it goes and it 's easy . |
| 19 | Only it still managed to give her an excuse not to look at him . |
| 20 | He bore her down to the carpet , his face hard against hers , one hand pulling up her skirts , and when she still struggled struck her a blow which left her half stunned on the floor , for him to do as he would with her . |
| 21 | " I really came to bring you a telegram , " Maurice said . |
| 22 | Even the black goat and the white cock sacrificed in our hull for a safe and speedy passage now began to haunt us every bit as solemnly as did the ghosts of our investors in London . |
| 23 | Glasgow was a unique case and a powerful argument now existed to make it a special case . |
| 24 | So was Lili , who now proceeded to give us an account of the contents of the British Museum . |
| 25 | And TODAY really did show her the way home by persuading Captain Nick Fletcher to let her sit in the cockpit with him . |
| 26 | I did anyway , I got on with most teachers but but he did , really did give him a a really big , say a big couple of swipes on his backside . |
| 27 | Far from creating a feeling of dissatisfaction , the opening up of such discussions frequently seemed to give them an opportunity to face questions that had been suppressed , but none the less niggling at the back of their minds . |
| 28 | He even threatened to send me a bill for his time . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We simply wanted to give them a pay rise for trying their best , ’ said company chairman Brian . |
| 30 | In the first accident last October , climber Wayne Gladwyn dislodged a telly sized chunk from a ledge 40 feet above the Horseshoe Bend , unfortunately arriving on the deck at the same time as the rock , which narrowly missed giving him a potentially fatal bashing on the head . |