Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | The truth is that I 'm finding it damnably hard to confess to you what happened between Lotta and myself , and it 's vital that you know . ’ |
2 | ‘ Gary learned to keep out of my way but I did worry that I was taking it out on him and the kids , ’ she shudders . |
3 | ‘ I 'ad ter spin the geezer a tale that I was usin' it ter move a poor family out o' the buildin 's where I live . ’ |
4 | It was n't what I was doing that was turning her on but the fact that I was doing it there , doing it then , in front of her husband and her husband 's partner and her husband 's partner 's wife and one of her own colleagues . |
5 | When I did eventually tell her she was really embarrassed , and tried telling me that I was making it up ! |
6 | P.S. They cook good western food here , and I am enjoying it now and then as a change from Chinese . |
7 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
8 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
9 | Unfortunately , after a shower of icy rain the temperature has dropped even lower and I am finding it very difficult to move my fingers , they are so numb . |
10 | ‘ Suppose I carry a ruler to the top of a sky-scraper on a very heavy planet , and I 'm holding it vertically . |
11 | This is all mine and I 'm taking it back . ’ |
12 | But it can affect the way the rig interacts and I 'm pointing it out as it relates to all rack systems , not just those based upon a JMP-1 . |
13 | Well I 'll show you the , the what do you call it , the back , what the sugar did , and I 'm putting it down to sugar . |
14 | I did n't have to pay any more and I did n't , and I was passing it over to Steve . |
15 | This guy who lives round the corner had just come out and he 'd started up in business again and he was laying it on me a gram at a time and I was doing it out in bags . |
16 | ‘ If I were coining it down in the bull market , ’ I reminded him , ‘ and you were my oldest friend and out of work and you came up with two corking girls like that , I 'd be honoured to pay the bill . ’ |
17 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
18 | Again , I could not afford much of it if I were buying it now . |
19 | If I were writing it now … |
20 | Notice how this is beautifully covered with my fingerprints now which it would n't be if I was handling it properly . |
21 | If I was writing it now I would change it , it is too long for a start , there are about four different sections to it . ’ |
22 | So what I 've got to do is to try and get down to that , but do I actually stop the mallet dead when it , as it hits the blue , because if , I do n't wan na move the blue ball , but , if , if I was to play it like that it would be an obvious crush the ball into the mallet . |
23 | I 'm not even sure if I 'm doing it right , or if it 's the right thing to do . ’ |
24 | Cos I was passing it so she gave me a couple of tablets . |
25 | I had a lot of hassle cos I was mixing it up with D R DOS . |
26 | do n't run off with that skirt cos I 'm wearing it tomorrow . |
27 | Of the film 's religious imagery , he says : ‘ We talked about the Fifty-First psalm ( which is sung by one of the kitchen boys ) ; it does n't give you many clues , but I was reading it again this morning and it started making more sense . |
28 | It 's because you ca n't just sit down and di if you do n't know how to spell , I ca n't spell anyway , d' you know when I did it , the student actually wrote a letter to me and to th or to the exam board car saying that this hand-writing is appalling and the spelling , it 's due to the person who was doing the amanuensing , rather th but I was marking it anyway so it did n't really matter , but they were so distressed at the handwriting that I produced . |
29 | But I 'm reading it again . |
30 | but , but I 'm making it very hard . |