Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 2 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 3 | Two tall young men in finely cut gallibayas and white scarves asked rather formally if they might walk with us , then lapsed into shy silence . |
| 4 | It was then she remembered how he had once called her ‘ chicken ’ — the time he wanted to go somewhere else when she was under orders to go to the Moon . |
| 5 | Oh no no no I 'd had this hidden somewhere else before you see . |
| 6 | Others agreed with the idea of a sanctuary , but suggested that it should be situated somewhere else where there would be no conflicts with recreational fishing , prompting Steve Dawson to draw the analogy of ‘ putting a plaster on your bum to treat a boil on your forehead . ’ |
| 7 | How many people think this project ought to be stopped right now before it goes any further ? ’ |
| 8 | I am very reluctant to go so far when we — or rather you — could be so near a better resolution . |
| 9 | you 're five eight you 're five eight , you stand , you st I do n't think same size as my mum I do n't think so somehow cos my mums five eight and my mums erm quite tall |
| 10 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 11 | Actually Pickerage and I have a relationship that goes much deeper than your grubby little mind could encompass , Quigly . ’ |
| 12 | Daddy 's driven after you , but I did n't think he would catch you up because your car goes much faster than his . ’ |
| 13 | I think the way things are going now the Black people in South Africa are treated much better than they were before , but they used to be treated terribly , and after all it was their country . |
| 14 | Now the illusion is well and truly shattered and the only reason the share price has not plunged much further than it has is the hope that some brave soul will put the group out of its misery with a takeover . |
| 15 | But her pouch has a muscle around its mouth which contracts like a draw-string and shuts so tightly when she goes into the water that her young are in no danger of drowning . |
| 16 | The independent ethic they had courted so successfully since their conception was beginning to fall hopelessly apart . |
| 17 | That way everyone born after that particular time would have their sins forgiven so long as they believed in Jesus . |
| 18 | Russian diplomats in west-European capitals until the end of the seventeenth century expected to be maintained by the rulers to whom they were accredited , and often complained vociferously when they were treated less generously than they had expected . |
| 19 | It is more important for them to see all round so they can spot hunting animals in plenty of time to run away . |
| 20 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 21 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |
| 22 | And he stood and listened to this for a while and then he thought he was delayed long enough so he set off home . |
| 23 | I think that 's had it , I think the er man from customs Simon was saving that , the man took it all apart and I think that 's why it probably got broken so quickly because I think they messed with it . |
| 24 | She checked only momentarily when she saw the chaos in the room . |
| 25 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 26 | Have we the capacity to remain together even though there may be real theological differences among us ? |
| 27 | It smelled all right when she got it out of the oven . |
| 28 | Algae and other weed in the canal shows it is not used too often and some patches grow right across although it is not hard to paddle through them and the lengths of wood and other floating debris . |
| 29 | Leon , returning rather later than he had given anyone to understand , thought it politic to take the path through the far paddock and enter the stable yard via the muck heap . |
| 30 | The water rose incredibly quickly till it was touching the ceiling . |