Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while she always spent a great deal of time and money on their Christmas presents , they only ever sent her a packet of scented drawer liners or a box of soap . |
| 2 | Minch had long ago taught him the rule among eagles that unless an eagle is seeking to take over territory then he should leave a pair to rear their young in peace . |
| 3 | Hugh once again gave her a sidelong , doubting glance . |
| 4 | I really ca n't answer for David because in all the years that I 've known him , I always actually found him a rather cold person , even when I was 14 and he was 16 , even as boy and girlfriend . |
| 5 | I probably just gave you a couple of er |
| 6 | Why , he even once built me a tiny crystal set in an empty match box saying , ‘ Here , Kit . |
| 7 | Someone here once told me a story about the most notorious of the dictators who ruled this country at the turn of the century . |
| 8 | He could not leave her here even had he the courage to go up into that vast nothingness above … |
| 9 | They even jokingly offered me a brother or son — I used to think this was a straightforward , if surprising and rather frivolous show of openness to newcomers . |
| 10 | She then quietly gave me a list of the services there and said I would be most welcome to come to them , or talk to her if I felt I could . |
| 11 | No longer had she the ache of longing for that stretch of white road leading round to the sycamores . |
| 12 | And perhaps because of Chrysler 's ignominious retreat from our only volume car manufacturing plant , we spared the cars nothing — never once gave them the benefit of the doubt in the sort of conditions which could tear a wheel off a less rugged vehicle . |
| 13 | Back at home , back at school and everything now , I do n't know , she never ever told me the story , she used to talked to Steffy she used to shut me off , and I thought I 'd |
| 14 | ‘ I did not want things that Picasso gave Douglas and me coming on the market , and Billy very decently gave me the drawing ’ . |
| 15 | His 1970s cycle of the complete Symphonies all too often gave us the plainer side of Masur 's musical nature : these tend to be rather sober accounts . |
| 16 | The use of this material could very well gave us a clue to the date of the first stone church at Halling . |
| 17 | Well the membership secretary , if I can remember how to spell it , erm mm has indeed been in touch with erm John who very kindly sent us a free copy of erm their version of our membership list . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Shepherd very kindly offered me a lift . |
| 19 | Luckily a good friend had managed to obtain a pair of livingstonii and very kindly gave me a young pair . |
| 20 | ‘ Philippe very kindly gave me an open invitation , but today I was in Alès , as the guest of Alain 's mother . ’ |
| 21 | He left us for a glamorous Frenchwoman and he never even sent me a card in all that time . ’ |
| 22 | So she ne , never even brought us a doughnut ! |
| 23 | Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought . |