Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt uneasy and the back of my neck was prickly with sweat , but relentlessly I kept the same pace towards them . |
| 2 | Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun . |
| 3 | Slowly I unfolded the thick paper and spread it flat in front of me . |
| 4 | Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students . |
| 5 | The initial research provided nothing , but eventually I discovered the scientific name and came up with a photograph of Synbranchus marmoratus , also known as the Marbled Swamp Eel . |
| 6 | Eventually I thought the only way I could control what I was doing was to decide on one specific charity — I chose Muscular Dystrophy — and work just with them , which is what I did . |
| 7 | Eventually I made a new friend around the corner . |
| 8 | So eventually I got a temporary job , er in ni end of sixty , which lasted til er February sixty one . |
| 9 | Eventually I got an old house , I had another baby , I was still working and put the kids in a nursery . |
| 10 | Eventually I had a better bite and to my surprise I hauled in a roach of 11b 5oz . |
| 11 | Eventually I had the other repeat to make the three parts , so then I could make harmonies by playing along with the tape . ’ |
| 12 | Eventually I joined a real estate company in New Jersey and did rather well . |
| 13 | Only nothing happened the next day and Chesarynth knew she was right not to trust herself because she could n't tell waking from dreams of an endless corridor with people whispering about her behind locked doors . |
| 14 | Eagerly I awaited a detailed review , but an upgrade package arrived from Microsoft first . |
| 15 | Suddenly I heard a loud scream and rushed to the front door . |
| 16 | Suddenly I heard a huge bang about 50ft away . |
| 17 | Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle that seemed to resound through the whole universe . |
| 18 | Suddenly I heard the guttural roar of fire from my studio above . |
| 19 | Suddenly I noticed a naked boy . |
| 20 | The white stubble on his fleshless jaw was a reproach to my twenty-four years and suddenly I felt an inadequate city-bred softie . |
| 21 | Suddenly I realized the awful truth . |
| 22 | I was going to shout to tell them they had forgotten me , when suddenly I saw a huge creature walking after them into the sea . |
| 23 | Suddenly I saw a big black shape in the darkness . |
| 24 | Suddenly I saw a whole host of photographers hiding behind the bushes . |
| 25 | Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson . |
| 26 | When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’ |
| 27 | Basically I had the wrong equipment at Reading '88 . |
| 28 | Oddly enough I met the same warrant officer some years later when he was SWO on a station near Warboys and we had many a chuckle about that . |
| 29 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
| 30 | ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’ |