Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students . |
| 2 | Eventually I made a new friend around the corner . |
| 3 | So eventually I got a temporary job , er in ni end of sixty , which lasted til er February sixty one . |
| 4 | Eventually I got an old house , I had another baby , I was still working and put the kids in a nursery . |
| 5 | Eventually I had a better bite and to my surprise I hauled in a roach of 11b 5oz . |
| 6 | Eventually I joined a real estate company in New Jersey and did rather well . |
| 7 | On I had a half day on Wednesday |
| 8 | Later on I produced a medical certificate , given me by the doctor , stating that my father was ill and that Saturdays and Sundays were the only days of the week I was at home and could help my mother look after him . |
| 9 | From then on I did a great deal of telephoning to him ; but , as usual , he preferred contact de vive voix . |
| 10 | Come on I want a nice drink please . |
| 11 | It was only me got a proper |
| 12 | Eagerly I awaited a detailed review , but an upgrade package arrived from Microsoft first . |
| 13 | Only fifty yards further upstream I find a smooth glide along my own bank that looks as though it should hold a few chub . |
| 14 | Suddenly I heard a loud scream and rushed to the front door . |
| 15 | Suddenly I heard a huge bang about 50ft away . |
| 16 | Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle that seemed to resound through the whole universe . |
| 17 | Suddenly I noticed a naked boy . |
| 18 | The white stubble on his fleshless jaw was a reproach to my twenty-four years and suddenly I felt an inadequate city-bred softie . |
| 19 | I was going to shout to tell them they had forgotten me , when suddenly I saw a huge creature walking after them into the sea . |
| 20 | Suddenly I saw a big black shape in the darkness . |
| 21 | Suddenly I saw a whole host of photographers hiding behind the bushes . |
| 22 | Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson . |
| 23 | Suddenly I have a great urge to tell you about it , knowing that you will understand as you have suffered so terribly yourself . |
| 24 | Now what happened was originally that I lost compression on pistons three and four and it worked out there was a very thin channel from piston three to four on the head gasket and erm basically it ruined part of the engine and the whole report said that basically I want a new engine . |
| 25 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
| 26 | ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’ |
| 27 | I would not bother you again , only I have a last request . |
| 28 | Winding down I gave a firm strike only to find that I had missed the take , I was gutted . |
| 29 | So , two days before closing down I removed a thin strip at the edge and duly exposed a layer of dark occupation material . |
| 30 | Perhaps I take a special pleasure in Cold Comfort Farm from the fact that I was myself brought up in a rural setting , surrounded by wild-eyed manic depressives of the Starkadder school , while I was reading the works of D.H.Lawrence and F.R.Leavis , whose loam-laden versions of country life did n't quite chime with mine . |