Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [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 | Eagerly I awaited a detailed review , but an upgrade package arrived from Microsoft first . |
14 | Suddenly I heard a loud scream and rushed to the front door . |
15 | Suddenly I heard a huge bang about 50ft away . |
16 | Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle that seemed to resound through the whole universe . |
17 | Suddenly I heard the guttural roar of fire from my studio above . |
18 | Suddenly I noticed a naked boy . |
19 | The white stubble on his fleshless jaw was a reproach to my twenty-four years and suddenly I felt an inadequate city-bred softie . |
20 | Suddenly I realized the awful truth . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Suddenly I saw a big black shape in the darkness . |
23 | Suddenly I saw a whole host of photographers hiding behind the bushes . |
24 | Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson . |
25 | When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’ |
26 | Basically I had the wrong equipment at Reading '88 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
29 | ‘ If only I had a pretty voice — I 'm quite without tune , am I not ? ’ |
30 | ‘ Well , perhaps I had a bland time , ’ she retorted ineptly . |