Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The perfect answer to all the music press critics : the massed armies of the anti-Morrissey brigade and yours truly ( who bought the record only to give it away a week later after feeling let down ) , came by way of the fans . |
| 2 | But still easy enough to get it just a tiny bit wrong . |
| 3 | There was a long silence during which she tried desperately to think of some further topic of conversation — just to keep him here a little longer . |
| 4 | As I picked it up to throw it aside a line of small print caught my eye : ‘ Ivory tower for long or short let . |
| 5 | ‘ I simply meant somewhere for Jennifer to go on a regular basis for short periods of time simply to give you both a rest . |
| 6 | ‘ I was about to ask you exactly the same question . |
| 7 | So learning that a particular symbol on a computer keyboard , situated in a particular room , delivers a banana from a feeder , is really the same kind of mental activity as recognizing the shape of a banana plant in a forest and remembering where to find it again the next day . |