Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of them realised then just how handy the cellar lights would be before long . |
| 2 | I became very much more conscious of people , because when you 're a scientist you 're dealing with inanimate matter , unless you 're a biologist . |
| 3 | Sin and sex do somehow go together and this seems to tie in with the distinction I made much earlier on between the scientific view that man differs from other animals only in degree and the religious view that there is an essential difference in kind . |
| 4 | I realized then just how many times , over the months , I had had evidence of this fear , and how careful I had always been to avoid doing or saying anything that could threaten the bastions he erected to guard his frail defences . |
| 5 | And I realized too that often the three of them did not have enough to eat . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , ’ Piers bit out , ‘ I met here right here in this village . ’ |
| 7 | However , despite all the negative factors , I enjoyed the work and Eric and I operated very well together as a team . |
| 8 | ‘ Yeah , but I got away as fast as I could , ’ I said . |
| 9 | Well , I got here all right ! |
| 10 | Time I got approximately though on or off for all |
| 11 | I got there too late : in the day , in the year , in the century . |
| 12 | I left the aircraft in order to go for de-briefing but I got as far only as the jetty when an attack was made on the Sunderland by three Me109 aircraft . |
| 13 | Once round the corner , I moved forward as fast as I dared , though the going was very uneven . |
| 14 | He reached for me again , and this time I moved even further away from him . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know how you do it , ’ said Jack , as I moved somewhat magisterially back to my seat . |
| 16 | I moved very slowly out of unconsciousness — not into consciousness , but into delirium . |
| 17 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 18 | I 'd as soon not be here . |
| 19 | I came here straight away . " |
| 20 | I came away even more convinced that some sort of residential centre , based in the Highlands is of fundamental importance . |
| 21 | I was allowed to go there on condition I came straight home again every afternoon to do the washing and ironing and to clean the house and cook the supper . ’ |
| 22 | I came twice tonight already . ’ |
| 23 | I played really well too , and my score could have been a few lower . |
| 24 | my copy of the constitution that I filed away so neatly when I received that months ago . |
| 25 | What goes on here ? ’ 'I did n't ask you here and I do n't want to see you and I have nothing to say to you , ’ I said , showing her the door but , alas , she seemed to have no intention of going through it , so I capitulated rather too easily and offered her a drink from the mini bar . |
| 26 | I arrived there too late , after sunset , and found the gates of the city shut , confound it . |
| 27 | When I arrived home very late that night ( What a dog I felt ! ) |
| 28 | Before I left the fortress , in the late afternoon I climbed once more up to the guardian 's hut to say goodbye . |
| 29 | I shuffled forward as fast as I dared along the central walkway , figuring this to be less likely to lead me towards a choice-limiting edge . |
| 30 | In Edinburgh I discovered all too soon that Sylvia Grey was not there either . |