Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [noun] [conj] i do " in BNC.
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1 | No North London native could navigate the route with more speed and certainty than I do although my journey takes me , of necessity , from one plateglass shop window to another , and then via the rear-view mirrors of thirty-nine different cars , vans and buses . |
2 | Hide added : ‘ I 'm fit , I 'm fast and I hit hard , ’ before heading towards stratospheric levels of self-delusion by saying : ‘ I 'm better than Evander Holyfield , I 've got better footwork and speed and I do n't get hit like him . ’ |
3 | She 'll only spend it on more booze and meths but I do n't care . |
4 | Other night we had bacon and egg and I did n't fancy it very much so I just had two slices of bacon and one egg and made a couple of sandwiches out of it . |
5 | Baseball and cricket because I do n't understand them . |
6 | The work that Penrose and I did showed that they would continue to collapse until they reached a singularity of infinite density . |
7 | er but we subsequently had er comments from County Council er Royston Town Council and Council and I do n't think it will affect your decision because they 're all full , these courses , with one or two minor changes . |
8 | I expect Charlotte owed her quite as much as I do and loved her for her undemanding support and affection as I did . |
9 | Oh , I never told mum and dad that I do n't think . |
10 | It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains . |
11 | I mostly enjoyed art and maths but I did not like P.E . |
12 | ‘ We 've given a lot of blood , sweat and tears and I do n't just want to pass it all on for somebody else to inherit . |
13 | I love my wife and children but I do n't let them get in the way of company work . ’ |
14 | But to me there 's such a fine line between music forms like Cuban , latin , reggae and jazz that I do n't really separate anything . ’ |
15 | That was said in anger and confusion because I did n't want you to know how much you 'd hurt me ! ’ |
16 | I think they said friendship and respect and understanding but I do n't think anybody said courage . |
17 | With the depressed economy and appalling trade figures ( improved a little , one hopes , by a healthy Christmas ) , I was expecting doom and gloom as I did my recent rounds of the publishing houses . |
18 | the big garden peas with the steak and chips and I done them two fried eggs each . |
19 | ‘ I 've got a new manager and agent and I do n't think the word the word ‘ rest ’ is in their vocabulary . |
20 | I trace part of my feeling to an entirely ridiculous mixture of relief and pique that I do n't figure in it myself . |
21 | I wish to heavens I was still allowed to use the birch and belt as I did in the good old days ! |
22 | I play so much cricket and hockey that I do n't have too much spare time between my studies at university . |
23 | I should like to learn what , if anything , I can do here to enrol for any suitable course to get me into the business world or administration as I do not want to wait till I return to the UK , on leave , in mid-June till I begin finding out more about your courses . |
24 | We delivered it locally from a pony and trap and I do n't suppose we made all that much until they wrote about Mother in the London newspaper . |
25 | We do have the Wolfe report but unfortunately not for the want of effort , the Wolfe report is turning out like the Black report and others and I do n't say that because there was a gentleman who done a report Black and it is gathering dust , the Wolfe report is on the same shelf , I believe . |
26 | Now there has been a discussion about integration and segregation but I do n't think that when people talk about integration they mean geriatric , psychogeriatric and young chronic sick all under the one roof . |
27 | They 're so much more satisfactorily final and distinguished than weddings ; and christenings always fill me with great unease and pessimism and I do n't like sugared almonds . ’ |
28 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
29 | They are a waste of time and money and I do n't believe they work |
30 | So many of our dreams , however , are mixtures of fact and fantasy that I do not feel any great reliance can be placed on what seem to be insights into our former lives when we are asleep . |