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Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	We all get in there and he goes sit down please did you see about half the people sat down before he
2	‘ So they never lived long enough to know I had justified their faith in me . ’
3	He did , and I heard him say , ‘ Well , at least I lived long enough to meet you , love . ’
4	Dougal was relieved that Miss Devenish agreed so readily to see him .
5	Forcing herself to blank the sounds from her head , she stared straight ahead , but found little there to soothe her .
6	Only I want Only just get me a tin of hair lacquer , normal hold for tinted that 's all I want .
7	Oh , but you du n no how we 're walking down yet do we ?
8	That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’
9	As Sir Arthur Bryant has so vividly put it , ‘ That life of scholarship and labour , with the tireless hand writing amid the intervals of prayer and teaching , sometimes so frozen that it could hardly grip the pen , is one of the proud memories of England . ’
10	For months , British diplomats have been wondering what to do with this thoroughbred stallion , an official present to the Prime Minister which has so far caused him nothing but embarrassment .
11	It is the only card he has left in a game which has so far seen her win every hand .
12	What has so far prevented them from becoming assimilated to each other is not only the fact that in the field of psychotherapy , differing theories do not readily and happily intermix , but that each theory tends to take sides ( without this necessarily being apparent ) in the eternal dialogue between youth and age .
13	The quantum theory created then has proved adequate for all that has so far followed it .
14	But a bungled , unlawful business deal has so far cost them £5.3m and led to the sacking of all the BRDC 's 12 directors .
15	His latest project ‘ The Duchess of Sutherland ’ , which is a copy of the full size engines and has so far taken him three years to build is just one of the engines which can be seen .
16	This could be the year Nigel Mansell finally overcomes his great rival Ayrton Senna and clinches the world motor racing championship which has so far eluded him .
17	That 's what Mansell does — not merely racing , but striving for the supreme prize which has so far eluded him .
18	For the British driver , it would be just one more step towards the world title which has so far eluded him .
19	Is this what we have been waiting for all these years , the answer that has so far eluded us ?
20	They can only conclude that ‘ Either badgers waste energy with the continued digging or very large burrows confer an advantage that has so far eluded us . ’
21	Perhaps they once had the full response , but the ‘ hammer , hammer on the hard , high road ’ has long since dinned it out of them .
22	We have been considering the problem for some time — — unlike the right hon. Gentleman , who has only just discovered it .
23	The attack happened 2 weeks ago , but the victim was so distressed she has only just reported it to the police .
24	He has only ever given me encouragement and support . ’
25	Unlike yourselves , Dr Blake has only recently joined us , and there are a few people she should meet . ’
26	Oh please , thought Grainne , please let it be that , for I have come so far to find it .
27	No , the two pro , the thing that the two prongs sit in is cracked so naturally say it had to go into a hole that size , right ?
28	‘ I do n't know 'ow ter thank yer , ’ Dad said , grasping Albert by the hand .
29	The cross-section data used so far gives us little indication about how many workers continue in employment long enough to recoup the wages that were deferred earlier in their career .
30	A history of failure in an area of life to which the person is highly committed not only makes him particularly vulnerable to depression following a further experience of failure , but can also raise the probability of further failures .