Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] i [vb base] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gervase , you have perhaps noticed that I have never removed my underpants in your presence . |
| 2 | It 's not emotional blackmail — but once or twice recently , I 've felt that I 've nearly bought it . |
| 3 | Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third . |
| 4 | Robins , clutching the ball after his first senior hat-trick , said : ‘ Comparisons are bound to be made because I 've just scored three on TV and United are struggling . |
| 5 | And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it . |
| 6 | Mercer , who will have the jaw wired to-morrow , said : ‘ It 's the first serious injury I 've had and I 've never felt as flat as this . |
| 7 | The wee pink ones No I 've still got cos I 've only taken |
| 8 | Since I repotted it this spring into a generous-sized pot , it has not only burgeoned but I 've also found it much easier to keep the compost just nicely moist . |
| 9 | where the games are getting played or I 've never seen it in a paper that I 've picked up in the morning , it 's never been in it ! |
| 10 | But for me , soon after the operation , there occurred something so removed from anything I had ever experienced that I have never forgotten it . |
| 11 | I have carefully considered all the comments submitted and I have today written to the sponsors of the applications separately , setting out my decisions . |
| 12 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |