Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] the [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Eventually I had the other repeat to make the three parts , so then I could make harmonies by playing along with the tape . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Suddenly I heard the guttural roar of fire from my studio above . |
| 9 | Suddenly I realized the awful truth . |
| 10 | When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’ |
| 11 | Basically I had the wrong equipment at Reading '88 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Perhaps I had the same look once , though I 've lost it now . |
| 14 | Perhaps I had the wrong expectations . |
| 15 | so I had the older ones from Goose Hill |
| 16 | So I said the only thing he would believe . |
| 17 | so I said the next best thing I said is ring Sarah and she said she 'd already sent a gift , no have a conversation with her , is Lorraine coming today , no she said Terry 's decorating never said where |
| 18 | It 's for our new one again you see so I rolled the front seat down put my brief case on the front seat so he says , where 's your van then mate ? |
| 19 | Or so I heard the other day over lunch from Patricia Routledge , best known as television 's appalling social climber , Hyacinth Bucket . |
| 20 | not re no , no , listen , listen , no listen , listen , listen , it 's not , wait a minute , no , right , it was up there , we thought it was hers but it was n't hers , so I took the wrong one |
| 21 | So I thought the shorter journey would be better . |
| 22 | So I ran the real one through the xerox , got the stamp on that , then filled it in with a ‘ balance ’ of over £1,000 . |
| 23 | The trouble was I started wanting to play straight-ahead rock and heavy metal and so I left the traditional blues stuff on the back burner . |
| 24 | And so I left the old lady in her bride 's dress in the candle-light , with the dusty furniture around her . |
| 25 | So she said I 'm sorry , so I got the next nearest , I just can not waste any more time . |
| 26 | So I Nureyeved the front steps and flowed through the door in a single motion of Yale and Chubb . |
| 27 | So I became the only bluesman in Kensal Green . |
| 28 | And so I became the single , visible manifestation of homosexuality in South Yorkshire . |
| 29 | So I chose the young , handsome builder who was working on our house . |
| 30 | So I spent the 4 weeks living in a style to which I was not accustomed , but found no difficulty in adopting ! |