Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although his voice failed to carry as far as those of the Academicians ' , there was no possibility of failing to recognize the message . |
| 2 | Meanwhile government forces had consolidated their positions deep inside UNITA territory near Mavinga , a strategic UNITA base , which the government claimed to have captured in February following heavy fighting , and sought to penetrate as far as the rebel headquarters at Jamba . |
| 3 | I think that 's had it , I think the er man from customs Simon was saving that , the man took it all apart and I think that 's why it probably got broken so quickly because I think they messed with it . |
| 4 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 5 | David tried to work out just when Carole would return . |
| 6 | Karl stopped laughing as suddenly as he had begun , his face grave and concerned and kindly . |
| 7 | He stopped trembling as quickly as he had begun a moment before and seemed to withdraw down the dark passage to the daydream he was locked in when they first arrived . |
| 8 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 9 | Any factor found to occur more often than would be expected by chance in the childhood histories of adult psychiatric cases could be linked to disorder in at least three ways . |
| 10 | By the poetry of history the crown of the British sovereign , who ceased to rule in all but name in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 , is the only one of consequence , the papal tiara aside , still used in the rite of coronation . |
| 11 | There was a murmur of agreement from the assembled men , then Springfield asked about the burst of gunfire he 'd heard not long after they 'd entered the grounds . |
| 12 | The crashing seemed to go on forever as tiny broken fragments bounced with a dainty tinkle across the brick floor . |
| 13 | Our own days in the palm-frond houses seemed to dwindle as quickly as sand through a sieve . |
| 14 | It was applied by Baulig to Brittany ( 1935 ) and seemed to work quite well as the basic map used was the old French 1:80 000 hachured map which had plenty of spot heights often on flattish summits or spurs . |
| 15 | Course they were worried because they they 'd bit off more than they could chew , same as you say about this like you see . |
| 16 | They had been friends for long enough , they 'd been to school together for a little while until geography had pushed them apart , then they 'd met up again as older teenagers , both interested in bars and snooker , then in girls . |
| 17 | By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door . |
| 18 | Constance came hurrying as fast as she could with her stick . |
| 19 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
| 20 | A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door . |
| 21 | She seemed to vanish as quickly as she had appeared , leaving Ianthe to be pushed forward into the train , where she stood in a daze until she found herself sitting down in a seat offered to her by a small boy . |
| 22 | I learnt to look ahead so as not to run out of stores . |
| 23 | He did not openly support the maintenance of the power of the House of Lords to veto legislation but he seemed to do so implicitly since he expressed concern that the authority of the Lords had been ‘ gravely diminished ’ He did , however , explicitly propose the introduction of proportional representation arguing that it ‘ may sometimes secure a hearing in the House of Commons for opinions which , though containing a good deal of truth , command little or comparatively little popularity ’ . |
| 24 | That brief reference to his stepfather was haunting her , and she wished she 'd found out more while she had the chance . |
| 25 | He learnt to eat tidily later than most children , and the mess down his front was hard for the others to bear . |
| 26 | He might have the advantage of size and strength , but thanks to the martial arts classes she 'd taken as regularly as she could over the past few years , she had a few tricks of her own up her sleeve . |
| 27 | She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go . |
| 28 | My own swollen hand seemed to hurt even more as I watched him . |
| 29 | I would suggest that given the decision we prepared to make now even if you have to send a deposit get the local party to stump up the deposit and collect the money as soon as convenient from the people who are committed to going . |
| 30 | Benny turned to go back home as usual . |