Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bonus erm he only got two and a half grand last year , is he expecting to get some this year and if so what does he normally do with the money . |
| 2 | They were also at the stage when they still found funny voices funny , and Charles had his best audience in years for his Welsh , developed for Under Milk Wood ( ‘ A production which demonstrated everything the theatre can offer , except talent ’ — Nottingham Evening Post ) , his Cornish , as used in Love 's Labour 's Lost ( ‘ Charles Paris 's Costard was about as funny as an obituary notice ’ — New Statesman ) and the voice he had used as a Chinese Broker 's Man in Aladdin ( ‘ My watch said that the show only lasted two and a half hours , so I 've taken it to be repaired ’ — Glasgow Herald ) . |
| 3 | It soon became apparent that a crucial factor was the readiness of interviewees to take up areas referred to in the questions . |
| 4 | Greeted that evening by our charming host Eduard de Nazelle , Sales Director of Champagne Veuve Cliquot , it soon became clear that a special night lay ahead . |
| 5 | After netting a lazy backhand to hand Stafford a place in the third round after two hours and 21 minutes Sampras said : ‘ I just felt tired and a little lethargic on court . |
| 6 | After netting a lazy backhand to hand Stafford a place in the third round after two hours and 21 minutes Sampras said : ‘ I just felt tired and a little lethargic on court . |
| 7 | It hardly seemed fair that a kid of — what would she be ? |
| 8 | Nevertheless , Tracey still seemed convinced that a charge was imminent . |
| 9 | He always looked pleased when a case interested him . |
| 10 | He once went five and a half years unbeaten and he is still as modest as a mouse . |
| 11 | They hardly spoke more than a couple of words in six months . |
| 12 | Yeah I 'm afraid so , I think it 's compounded by the fact that your , what your dad says sums it up beautifully about your mum , I was talking to him about , you know , what does she , what she 's got in her life other than what she ever had other than a home , working and so on , has she got any hobbies at home or does she do anything is there anything that takes her mind off things |
| 13 | The Wolverines ' stock of blast and frag grenades would likewise be of little avail , though since each grenade hardly bulked larger than a coin the Scouts could at least retain their pursefuls of those in case they needed to kill at a distance . |
| 14 | It also became apparent that a means of removing hardness salts in water was necessary , particularly for steam raising boilers . |
| 15 | She also remembered five and a half years of girlish dreams and fading hopes . |
| 16 | ‘ He also had more than a crush , ’ Vitor declared . |
| 17 | But when the Assembly met for its first session on 5 January 1918 it immediately became clear that a majority of the deputies were hostile to the government and the Assembly was forcibly disbanded . |
| 18 | Mr Lang replied : ‘ I deeply sympathise with Mrs Byers , whose late husband unfortunately died less than a month before the bill was introduced , but hope that she will appreciate that wherever the cut-off point is set , someone will fall just outside it . ’ |
| 19 | At home he rarely had more than a piece of toast and marmalade for breakfast , but when he was away he ate the whole cooked breakfast . |
| 20 | ‘ We rarely had more than a couple of deliveries a day — we did n't have the space . |
| 21 | Neither retreated more than a few steps before attacking with renewed ferocity , driving the other back . |
| 22 | These first three Muftis of the capital , as well as their immediate successors , never had more than a priority of rank over those of the provinces . " |
| 23 | Although there were delays in the criminal courts , they seldom lasted more than a few months . |