Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Eventually I checked out other guitar ads in the October issue .
2 Because , you know , I 'd never been skiing before , so I went out all togged up , with like , my tights sort of , like , you know , thermal tights and you know , pair of track suits , sort of bottoms , plus plastic overtop and then I had like , sort of thermal top on , plus the that 's a sort of like , T-shirt , plus the polo-neck plus a jumper , plus a sort of like erm , a sort of sheepskin waistcoat and , and jacket and then this plastic thing over the top .
3 And so I went back two months after .
4 So I lent out some of his books , and they straight away came back and said , ‘ He 's not Irish , he 's Scottish . ’
5 So I brought about twenty-two earthquakes
6 I get int car , and it 's warm so I end up switching heater and winding window down .
7 So I phoned around various contacts to see what it would cost me to have a tank made up by the ‘ local chap that most enthusiasts and many dealers tend to have tucked away somewhere .
8 Only she looked up first into his eyes , and again saw that his eyes were gentle .
9 It maybe faithful for a long time , perhaps you build up that trust , and it 's only once you 've got beyond that , that you can then begin to actually influence er , negotiate with them .
10 So she came out last night cos she was away well I left after it
11 So you pick up these things .
12 So you set up some sort of indent .
13 So we picked up one of the little floaters provided at the port , and went exploring .
14 The photos to the right illustrate a good weight transfer , while below we point out two indications of bad weight transference which will result in thinned shots .
15 So they pick up full speed and run for cover — and your net should be carefully positioned so they hit it just before reaching safety .
16 So they fitted up one of their own liners , The Atlas , for the accommodation of blacklegs .
17 So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse .
18 So they make up this game with negative numbers but it works very well it 's very useful .
19 So they packed up some pears and pineapples — set off well before the light hours
20 So they move off that tree and settle on another of a different kind .
21 So they switched off one side of their brains in order to purge fatigue poisons from their systems while the other cerebral hemisphere remained alert for intruders …
22 Together they laid down strict rules to keep the vital traffic moving .
23 After being endlessly reassured that , ‘ it 's not the tractor , it 's how long he stays out that field ploughing , ’ we give up craving a member that could be mistaken for the Eiffel Tower .
24 More crucially it ran along political lines , i.e. in general it was applied by Labour-controlled local authorities only .
25 But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good !
26 So he set off one day with Moira , as she spoke French , and they stayed in Geneva until they had organized the shop .
27 Yet he was such a skilful flyer that to an American of the Lafayette Squadron it seemed as if a plane obeyed his thoughts rather than the controls , and at Verdun alone he shot down six German aircraft and a balloon .
28 Thus I stripped out all Wavebreaker 's unnecessary furniture and equipment , and I installed extra fresh-water tanks and fuel bunkers .
29 The sooner I get off this Street and onto the box the better .
30 Thus we wind up this wonderful year , ’ wrote Horace Walpole on 30 November as the news of Quiberon arrived , the phrase heard on all lips and picked up that Christmas by David Garrick in the aptly named pantomime , Harlequin 's Invasion :
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