Example sentences of "[adv] quietly [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I can sing so quietly that from two metres you will not hear me ! ’ |
| 2 | The flow advances in a manner similar to that of pahoehoe flows on dry land , and the pillows are budded off so quietly that the cameramen were able to swim up to within less than a metre of the swelling pillows . |
| 3 | ‘ A pity , ’ Bruce murmured so quietly that Corbett could hardly hear him . |
| 4 | The allegation had been spoken so quietly that he doubted whether she had in fact heard it . |
| 5 | Fearnley was by now talking so quietly that I had to lean close to hear him . |
| 6 | It was a cool challenge , drawled so quietly that she almost missed it . |
| 7 | Roman enquired , so quietly that it took a moment before his meaning sank in . |
| 8 | Be warned though , it does n't work on all PC speakers — there are one or two in the office that emit a sound of some sort , but so quietly that you need a hearing aid to catch anything at all . |
| 9 | And it was done through a trust then , and it was done so quietly that they had n't time to object . |
| 10 | Not so quietly as to escape the attention of the ever-vigilant Scottish recruitment machine , however . |
| 11 | You will do so quietly and clearly , and you will tell me the truth . |
| 12 | Wendy betrayed by Rhoda 's desire for Ken : betrayed by the author of her own being : no wonder she had faded out of the world so quietly and gently and quickly , as if understanding it were better she had never been born . |
| 13 | He said Tim ‘ went ever so quietly and it was very peaceful ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ But he did n't — he went ever so quietly and it was very peaceful . ’ |
| 15 | I went outside quietly and found a length of driftwood of the appropriate shape , came back to the Bunker , caught the snake by the neck with the piece of wood and bundled it into the first rusty can I could find which still had a lid . |
| 16 | Er just quietly while I 'm checking Lisa 's finger . |
| 17 | CB = Child goes away quietly and plays with his toys when he is refused a sweet . |
| 18 | After confiscating their musical instruments , the police allowed them to proceed and they went on to parade — much more quietly than they would have liked . |
| 19 | Sandy Pearlman , producer of ‘ Give ‘ Em Enough Rope ’ , so disliked Joe Strummer 's voice that he mixed it more quietly than the drums throughout the album . |
| 20 | Just then the telephone rang , not as softly as before , but still more quietly than usual . |
| 21 | The first anniversary of the October 1988 riots ( for which see pp. 36506-07 ) passed off much more quietly than expected , with peaceful demonstrations by the victims ' families , and by women 's groups and students . |
| 22 | Then one evening as she was tidying up the room he said as quietly as if he were taking rifle aim , ‘ There 's no need for you to go turning the whole place upside down . |
| 23 | The stunned children filed out of the church as quietly as they had filed in . |
| 24 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 25 | There was another woman who was a real fighter and she came in with me as quietly as can be — perhaps because I looked so young . |
| 26 | I could no longer contain my emotion , but going down on my knees I wept as quietly as I could for quite a long while . |
| 27 | Its decision is therefore almost always to show restraint and to leave the scene as quietly as possible . |
| 28 | I got up and dressed quickly and as quietly as I could , but Colin was awake and he mumbled a ‘ good luck ’ as I headed for the door . |
| 29 | Slowly , as quietly as he could , Jack pushed through the undergrowth , trembling slightly in anticipation of what might happen . |
| 30 | ‘ If Pinder is to be believed , it was missing at twelve-thirty , ’ said Sergeant Bird , taking a seat as quietly as a man of his bulk could manage . |