Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came forward speaking softly but this only made it worse , for she came at him again , this time so viciously that , thinking she might hurt herself , he backed away across the path towards the benches . |
| 2 | Alexander sought the advice of numerous doctors and voice trainers who gave him different medicines or voice exercises , but this only brought him temporary relief . |
| 3 | This also made it easier to note any harmful side effects of medication and ensure compliance with treatment . |
| 4 | Many lower-level managers found MINIS time-consuming and unhelpful , while some also found it difficult to depict their work accurately . |
| 5 | ‘ This really shook me this morning although I am getting over it a bit now , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 6 | He took no share of the Church lands for himself , and his generous entertaining often caused him financial difficulties . |
| 7 | She was easily distracted by any noise , particularly if there was a chance it was food or another bird calling , and this sometimes made it difficult for me to make her concentrate on what I thought she should be doing . |
| 8 | But that just made it worse . |
| 9 | Sabine still found it astonishing that the family were n't making more use of the legend to promote their wine . |
| 10 | Three o'clock found them ready and waiting , arrayed in their most festive attire . |
| 11 | The same process went on in every town and city ; the opening of a prestigious down-town house symbolized a social acceptance of movies amidst the fashionable down-town set but also created new standards and expectations which permeated downwards to other venues and these gradually made it easier for a number of managers to pull in women , children , families , and the respectable classes . |
| 12 | From the 1570s onwards , even in the conservative south-west of the country , statements by testators which indicate a belief in solafidianism appeared regularly in the preambles of large numbers of wills , although the comments which the same testators made when leaving bequests to charities suggest that many still found it difficult to appreciate that good works could play absolutely no part in their salvation . |
| 13 | And now , I I almost felt empty when she died , and I did n't have anybody to care for that really needed me all the time so I I , wanted to help out at a local dementia centre to try and make up for it and to pass on |
| 14 | The embittered schism of the Donatists in North Africa from 311 onwards brought him sharp disappointment . |
| 15 | He said the uncertainty of the election date believed to be April 9 also made it difficult for candidates to organise their activities . |
| 16 | The command of the army on the border was entrusted jointly to the Earls of Rent and Lancaster , but the two evidently found it difficult to work together , for after three weeks Lancaster was named as sole captain of the force . |
| 17 | With remarks like ‘ Ah well , that never did me any harm ; I have gone through worse ’ , he would brush aside his colleagues ' explorations as irrelevant , yet hint at having himself suffered as a child . |
| 18 | But Christian soon made it clear that his plans had nothing to do with the fire at the manor , although he admitted that Tom being placed in charge of the manor farm did affect what he had in mind . |