Dusauvian English

Being as how he hadn’t cared to warn them betimes, we were minded to give them a second shot.

Their results this year lagged well behind last year’s.

They came in with a basketful of roses for me.

‘‘I was born in ’85, didn’t make it through the aughts,’’ said the visitor.

They gave him as little wine as necessary, i.e., they gave him only as much as necessary.

They took as few coins as necessary, i.e., they took only as many as necessary.

The girls were each carrying an armload of firewood.

The virgins walked in with an armful of arrows each.

She walked out whistling with an armload of freshly folded sheets.

They’re bringing you an armload of books on marriage.

They brought him an armful of Damask roses.

They lived five minutes apart by bike.

Neither you nor I am to blame.

The walkway was too narrow for them to walk side by side for most of the way.

The walkway was so wide they walked four abreast for most of the way.

The walkway was wide enough for them to walk four abreast for most of the way.

The walkway was so wide the four of them walked abreast for most of the way.