Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [vb base] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of my parts is very much on the marketing side and this has actually flourished and the demands on my time for giving talks and presentations all over the world at very high levels has become more demanding than I 've ever known before . ’ |
| 2 | I was messy and I 've always said that |
| 3 | ‘ I certainly do n't go on stage ill prepared but I have never had a script for any of my shows . |
| 4 | I have a particular affinity with CLIC as I have recently lost two members of my family through cancer , one of them was especially young . |
| 5 | The resulting chaos was so memorable that I 've never dared take a holiday during a conference again ! |
| 6 | " I acutely feel that public distrust in politics is more serious than I have ever experienced in the past , " he said . |
| 7 | I 'd quite like a cigarette , too , even though it 's still early and I 've barely got over the morning cough but McDunn seems to have forgotten his manners . |
| 8 | They are a quiet peaceful fish and some say delicate but I have never found that to be the case . |
| 9 | It has n't always been easy but I 've always kept my self-respect , and I have n't let anybody take that away . |
| 10 | That was a very interesting academic lecture , but it was absolutely meaningless because I have already said that if there was a market for thin slab production we would welcome that . |
| 11 | Jeanette 's friend eventually produced the curtains for the sitting room , and I am very pleased with them ( sorry if I 've already told you that — it 's exciting to me anyway ! ) . |
| 12 | I feel so glad that I 've finally found something that works and am not confined to a life of bingeing/vomiting , etc . |
| 13 | ‘ Then Englishmen must be even more brutish than I have long suspected , ’ he cried theatrically . |
| 14 | ‘ Promises ’ song was music first ( that 's hard and I 've only done it once since ) and ‘ Sincerely Yours ’ was Rab Handleigh 's ‘ tribute ’ to Barry Manilow which he performed with perfect schmaltz suavity . |
| 15 | ‘ And Mrs Wright , I 'm very sorry but I 've just remembered I did n't lock the door . |
| 16 | My Guppies keep getting pregnant but I have never seen any fry . |
| 17 | You may be sure that I have now placed a regular order with CRA St Albans , my local stockist , so that I am not disappointed in the future . |
| 18 | ( In the pursuit of performance-indicators , publication in ‘ refereed journals ’ counts for much , though I am not sure if I have ever appeared in a refereed journal in my life . ) |
| 19 | It is a bit anthemic and I 've never liked groups of that kind . |
| 20 | Brain of Britain — I 'm struggling with todays Sun crossword — I know it 's embarrassing but I 've only got a degree in Chemistry and we all know that chemistry students are amongst other things the partners of defenders with no brains , i.e Weatherall and Newsome . |
| 21 | She realised that more was called for and went on : ‘ I 'm curious because I 've never had a chance to look round here before . ’ |
| 22 | erm I 'm not going to keep you very long because I 've nearly finished talking so erm when I 've finished perhaps you would like to bring some of your things up and put them on the table and we can all have a look at them . |
| 23 | It 's a production to be recommended there 's lot of fun , good singing and the riverbank scene of Act 3 was as effective as I have ever seen , not least for Colin Rees 's mercurial exploration of the fat knight 's character even though the river was more Essex marshes than Windsor . |
| 24 | She 's simply being as welcoming and hospitable as I 've always heard the Taiwanese are , and trying to help me feel at home and among friends because she knows what it 's like to be a newcomer in a foreign city herself . ’ |
| 25 | The four Strauss songs are unremarkable as I have already inferred , but the Sibelius , Rangström and Grieg , the texts fully comprehended , are all given considered readings . |
| 26 | This is the great hall and I could spend easily as long as I 've already spent on on this hall but I wo n't . |
| 27 | I owe you a pound , yeah , I ca n't give it to you dear because I 've still got exactly a ten pound note dear and I 'm waiting for the pools lady dear |
| 28 | I am concerned that I have recently received from the National Westminster Bank an invoice for £10.58 which they have debited from the Parish Council account for ‘ Audit Certificate Fee ’ , apparently on your instructions . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm very happy and I have always had a good relationship with the board . ’ |
| 30 | Erm I once , talking to somebody about this and er he said erm , well he said I think I must be an intuitive because I 've never let the facts get in the way of a good idea . |