Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] a perfectly [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Theda stood , rigid with wrath and dismay , the woman 's voice came up in volume , and she spoke with a perfectly nauseous degree of sweetness . |
| 2 | ‘ Three minutes , ’ she said with a perfectly straight face . |
| 3 | ‘ Is Gwen Bear coming ? ’ he asked with a perfectly straight face . |
| 4 | At first it looked like a perfectly routine maintenance operation but as a precaution those in the tunnel were evacuated and the heavy steel doors at the eastern end barred and locked . |
| 5 | As for the Giggs/Kelly incident at the beginning of the game it looked like a perfectly fair challenge after all it 's not as if Girly Pallyster does n't make contact with the person he 's marking ( and that 's in both senses of the word marking ) . |
| 6 | As for the Giggs/Kelly incident at the beginning of the game it looked like a perfectly fair challenge after all it 's not as if Girly Pallyster does n't make contact with the person he 's marking ( and that 's in both senses of the word marking ) . |
| 7 | In the thirtieth minute , Gary Weaving scored what looked like a perfectly good goal , only for the linesman to rule it out for offside , to everyone 's dismay . |
| 8 | The headmaster emitted what sounded like a perfectly genuine sigh . |