Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Two tall young men in finely cut gallibayas and white scarves asked rather formally if they might walk with us , then lapsed into shy silence .
2 ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to …
3 Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea .
4 Shilton rightly won the PFA 's player award , while Burns re-formed so impressively that we writers voted him Footballer of the Year .
5 It was a cool challenge , drawled so quietly that she almost missed it .
6 She checked only momentarily when she saw the chaos in the room .
7 Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen .
8 It smelled all right when she got it out of the oven .
9 Perhaps the sea never crashed vigorously here but it is difficult not to think some vital force has been sucked from it .
10 it moved somewhere else and I 'm saying I 'm looking at it
11 The water rose incredibly quickly till it was touching the ceiling .
12 The Collector 's hands trembled so badly that he had to rest the telescope on the shattered window sill .
13 His hands trembled so violently that he was unable to bring it to his lips .
14 She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes .
15 Before it was halfway through its arc Hrun 's right hand moved so fast that it appeared to travel between two points in space without at any time occupying the intervening air .
16 Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast .
17 Yet , when the oriental came at him , the man moved so swiftly that he was once again almost taken by surprise .
18 But all that changed long ago and it 's no good yearning for what 's disappeared .
19 The white father promised long ago that I could go back to my home , but the white men are big liars .
20 The thick dark brows drew together ominously and he seemed to loom even larger .
21 Five short days ; it was n't long in which to have your life turned upside-down , changed so drastically that it would never be the same again , was it ?
22 ‘ The wheel 's made in two parts and bolted together so that you can change a tyre without levers .
23 A word or phrase used so often that it becomes a slogan .
24 When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me .
25 As soon as she recovered from her surprise , she moved away so that he would not notice her .
26 In the early days we ventured further afield than we do now , working in Suffolk , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Surrey .
27 They have built much of their reputation on contemporary repertoire and arrangements of jazz and ragtime music , but demonstrated once again that they can play canonical repertoire with great musicality as well as flair .
28 Slowly , in case a sudden movement on his part might break his fragile control over his own legs , Hugh bent slightly so that he could see under the chest .
29 But the bricks were soft and crumbled uselessly away when he removed the moulds .
30 Determined to fight , I shouted as loudly as I could .
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