Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] " 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 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |
| 6 | Oh no no no I 'd had this hidden somewhere else before you see . |
| 7 | And there 's , towards the end of the first chapter there 's a bit all about erm erm er temptation and deliver us from evil kind of thing which is obviously rather from the , from the Lord 's Prayer and yet it 's , rather explained rather nicely and it , it 's a lovely , lovely book ! |
| 8 | Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea . |
| 9 | How many people think this project ought to be stopped right now before it goes any further ? ’ |
| 10 | It was Neil Spencer , editor of NME , suggesting rather embarrassedly that I come and see him . |
| 11 | Normally when you start water-skiing , you are lying in the water with your skis up in the air and the boat goes slowly away and you slowly come up , but this was like being catapulted into the water . |
| 12 | Mike Teague would also be put out if his comeback with second division Moseley were to go so well that he 's in contention for a place . |
| 13 | I am very reluctant to go so far when we — or rather you — could be so near a better resolution . |
| 14 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Daddy 's driven after you , but I did n't think he would catch you up because your car goes much faster than his . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | With her heart thudding so loudly that she felt sure he must feel it through her ribcage , she took another gulp of tea and waited , knowing he must speak , explain somehow what it was that had suddenly flared between them again . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Shilton rightly won the PFA 's player award , while Burns re-formed so impressively that we writers voted him Footballer of the Year . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Her shoulders were hunched up high and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions . |
| 23 | That way everyone born after that particular time would have their sins forgiven so long as they believed in Jesus . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Her heart was galloping so fast that she felt quite giddy with happiness . |
| 26 | Sometimes she would climax first , sometimes he , and on good nights they would explode together so that they felt the same tingling in the very tips of their toes and even then he 'd had to remember to withdraw — just in case . |
| 27 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 28 | I mean all right and I just ticked him off . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | That 's something which has developed so quickly that it 's almost ahead of us ( as it were ) in terms of planning . |