Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The belt tying the skirt on drew the bodice edges in round the breasts ( if they were to be exposed ) and presumably lent them some support from the sides and from below . |
| 2 | Heard Island , comparatively tiny , has little open ground and a smaller range of habitats ; comparative remoteness has presumably given it fewer opportunities to acquire a flora . |
| 3 | ‘ I had to come especially to see you this morning , Leith , ’ he said earnestly as he fell into step with her . |
| 4 | She was suffering as he must have suffered ; and if he knew her pain might he not come to her , as she had so often come to him , gently reminding her that despair was an unavoidable but essential ordeal , of the quest ? |
| 5 | ENOUGH TO DRIVE US ALL BANANAS |
| 6 | He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered . |
| 7 | I li , I li , you can only make it this time of year . |
| 8 | No cos I only got it this summer cos my other one was nicked , my other one which had all my really nice visas in it , which I was really |
| 9 | ‘ Sir , I only met her this weekend . |
| 10 | The arrival of the French colonizers a few decades later had merely given them another chance to demonstrate their indomitable spirit . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , Japanese companies seem as willing to sell technology , or collaborate on its development , as any other firms , when doing so offers them some advantage . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd better buy it some flowers . |
| 13 | I only found you this morning , and reckoning by the tide you could n't have been there long . |
| 14 | Yes , I only found it this morning by accident , I thought oh god |
| 15 | Better give him some money . |
| 16 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 17 | She obviously uses it each week , so it 's all rotted all coming away at the back of the pan . |
| 18 | He did n't have to scream at people to get his way ; he just told them and he knew that they knew they had better do it that way or there was gon na be trouble ! ’ |
| 19 | I have only met her this morning . ’ |
| 20 | Reserve your answer for the cameras , or you may inadvertently give him more fuel for his theme . |
| 21 | In such cases a written agreement can strengthen your case and perhaps save you some money . |
| 22 | The ‘ swing ’ from Labour to Liberal Democrat was 6.4pc , enough to win us both seats in the Willington West ward . |
| 23 | The Judge said that he had stolen Lady Margaret 's ring , and that she had only bought it that day and the ring was a very expensive diamond . |
| 24 | He served his time at sea , is quite capable of looking after himself , and apparently prefers it that way . |
| 25 | Yeah , so give you some knowledge about the level of your group would n't it and what does it give chance to do ? |
| 26 | So give us some indication of what sort of press release it was so that we know what we 're talking about in the |
| 27 | Bertrams by their generous returns allowance also take away some of our worries and so give us more confidence in making subscriptions , which include Reed titles . |
| 28 | perhaps give them some flexibility , is that we could say , if that 's not acceptable to you , we will delay invoicing . |
| 29 | I eventually got off the motorway and decided to drive straight to the hospital to see Toby , and paused only to buy him some fruit and a bottle of his favourite Bollinger . |
| 30 | On the other hand though I was really drunk so maybe I only remember it that way John turned round to me at the end and said , I ca n't understand you All the people I know , when they get pissed , they start fights , whereas you just seem really happy |