Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large chunk of his early career was spent trying to tame a series of fearsome Cadillac-powered Allards , and his own sports car idea basically revolved around putting chap but ample US V8 power into a light and well-mannered European chassis . |
| 2 | It would start probably because they are illegal , erm but basically because everybody else running about me er , was trying it , my friends so it basically boiled down to peer pressure at the start . |
| 3 | I only went upstairs to get sort of washed and dressed , after the weekend , you have nobody around and er , oh eh , it started bleeding . |
| 4 | She only knew how to make magnets . |
| 5 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 6 | Whatever about the apparent failure of Desmond and his executives , is it not absolutely extraordinary that John V. O'Dwyer , of Arthur Cox , solicitor to and main board member of the Smurfit organisation , apparently did not brief Michael on the Independent 's retraction and the specific references to UPH and Desmond ? |
| 7 | Even Emil Fischer , in propounding the idea that proteins were built up by a standard linkage ( -CO-NH- ) between different amino acids , apparently did not envisage molecules containing more than 30 or so such units , corresponding to no more than 300 atoms which is much too small . |
| 8 | Transfection with rat TAP1 a alone did not alter HLA expression . |
| 9 | While indomethacin alone did not affect amylase secretion , together with cyclosporin A it caused significant ( p<0.01 v controls ) inhibition of enzyme secretion ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 10 | Moreover , addition of the recombinant human TBP protein alone did not stimulate transcription activity . |
| 11 | In time , however , these ideas developed into a much more general critique , in which objects not only did not signify use value but were found not to signify anything outside of themselves . |
| 12 | The helper obviously did not do part of the actions denoted by the infinitives in these sentences . |
| 13 | These agents obviously did not cause diarrhoea at the time of study , although their presence might represent chronic or convalescent carriage after earlier symptomatic infection . |
| 14 | It hoped that the involvement of neutral states like Austria , Sweden and Switzerland — all of whom obviously did not see membership as compromising their neutrality — would persuade the Soviet Union that the new association was sufficiently politically innocuous for Finland to be able to join it in the not too distant future . |
| 15 | Although this case obviously did not concern accountants directly , it proved crucial to subsequent claims against them . |
| 16 | He obviously did n't know Iron Josh . |
| 17 | What , you know , would n't mind her staying in there , she did n't mind it , so did n't wake Jo up . |
| 18 | However , there was one big kolkhoz consisting of 150 households only 20 versts from Roslavl' that was said to be too well satisfied with itself , and so did not welcome visits from the town . |
| 19 | Rampant stags looked odd balanced on twigs among foliage , and so did exquisitely made seabirds , puffins and razorbills . |
| 20 | And you did have the odd team of people like Don and Tina who o obviously had n't done things before . |
| 21 | The financial interests thus gelled into four organizations that soon became instantly recognized household names and logos . |
| 22 | Smith somehow got back to clear Stuart Rimmer 's shot off the line after the Quakers ' new style offside trap was sprung by Paul Comstive , and Mark Prudhoe could only head the ball to the forward 's feet . |
| 23 | I just popped up to see Sergeant Joe , did n't I ? |
| 24 | My notes told me what was to happen next , but my brain no longer knew how to move plot and people forward . |
| 25 | Kate began to have the feeling that she was caught by forces stronger than her , that she was in the power of some strange vortex that was spinning her around so fast that she no longer knew how to keep control . |
| 26 | But just lay off bullying Bradley . " |
| 27 | The thin-faced man with a Slavic face in the seat nearest the exit door at the front already wore specially made fur boots of a curious design with pointed toes . |
| 28 | Gloucester thereupon went off to capture Berwick-upon-Tweed and , after thirteen changes of ownership over the centuries , made it once and for all English . |
| 29 | She did n't look up when I said I was sorry I had been unkind , just went on opening drawers and dropping things and muttering ; I had begun to wonder if she had heard me , when she said , ‘ All right , all right , I 'm going just as soon as I can get my things together , I 'm not one to stay where I 'm not wanted . ’ |
| 30 | And I know I mean er people who just went round jumble sales erm to try and get clothing for themselves |