Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] and [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was cleaning , cleaning it up and of course I was tapping it with a hammer was n't I to try and get all the putty you know , try and break the putty and most of it came away and I just tapped this one little |
| 2 | He came home and he just laid the table , very impressive . |
| 3 | His family believed he was going to pick up a bankers draft , but he never showed there and he never reported to hospital . |
| 4 | Nothing went right and I nearly gave up . |
| 5 | So she went away and I never pressurised her and I told the other girls not to ask questions or anything , just to leave her . |
| 6 | The Clinton campaign surged again and he easily won the Democratic nomination . |
| 7 | I looked closer and I suddenly recognised who it was — Laurence Olivier 's first wife , Vivien Leigh ! ’ |
| 8 | Cautiously we both inched forward and she delicately sniffed the glass . |
| 9 | Referring to Adams 's advice , Llewellyn said : ‘ I listened closely and I also learned a lot schooling the horse over nine fences and while watching videos of Andrew riding him . |
| 10 | Infuriatingly he just laughed quietly and she flatly refused to even glance at him again . |
| 11 | They dressed quickly and he again closed his eyes in terror while they were riding in the lift . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her . |
| 13 | He swept away and she never saw him again in the hospital . |
| 14 | This is what I done last time , and I stayed behind and I just |
| 15 | his beard and everything to a T. He 'd sit at the top of the table , have his stiff white serviette tucked into his waistcoat , and he 's lifted that carving knife and fork until — you sat there and you never said a word . |