Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brake and clutch are too close together for my modest size sevens , and there 's a huge foot-rest where I would normally expect a clutch pedal . |
| 2 | Or let my Lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely Tower Where I may oft outwatch the Bear . |
| 3 | Although it 's interesting to hear the difference between these amps with a signal source as stable as the A2 , there was n't one where I could n't produce the desired sound simply by tweaking the combo 's own EQ . |
| 4 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 5 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ There 's nothing private , ’ answered Julia , ‘ although I would quite like the letter back when you 've shown it to her . ’ |
| 7 | I want to take seriously the suggestion that the sort of inquiry that Quine has in mind could be the heir to traditional epistemology — although I shall not restrict the concerns of the latter to studying the relation of evidence to theory . |
| 8 | Although I could n't tell the difference at the time , I was in fact wrong yesterday and right today , and this is sufficient to ground a difference in the outside observer 's description of me as knowing today but not knowing yesterday . |
| 9 | One final observation : It is possible , although I could n't reproduce the effect on the three models made , that a switch-mode power system may oscillate or be unstable on open or very light loads . |
| 10 | A magnified detail drew attention to the skin ; although I could not understand the symbols appended , it looked as if the idea was that the outer skin should have less sensibility , by the withdrawal of nerves and capilliary blood-vessels from the outer layers of the epidermis — in fact , that a sort of hide should develop over the flesh which would render its owner fairly immune to extremes of temperature . |
| 11 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 12 | And although I could still hear the screams and although they were real and terrible I slept well and late . |
| 13 | Although I can not give a date , we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract . |
| 14 | Although I can not give the House any good news on that score tonight , I can say that we are considering the matter . |
| 15 | Work is now in progress , although I can not give an exact date for its completion . |
| 16 | Unless there were special factors involved and although I can not recall a situation where we 've paid for a person to go into that 's for members to discuss , not me , but we have certainly paid an enhanced rate where somebody wanted to go to live near their daughter who was in and we felt that was a legitimate reason for paying a higher rate and , and , and we did do so , so there are other types of flexibility . |
| 17 | Exactly the same applies to applying columns to the text , although I can not find a way of having mixed numbers of columns without using frames — much like every DTP package I 've come across , as it happens . |
| 18 | Although I can now see the inherent sense in glueing a book to a table , then the point was just beyond me . |
| 19 | But I do n't want to get Barrymore and his wife into trouble , so I shall not tell the police . |
| 20 | USAAF memorials have received much coverage in Fly/Past so I shall only mention a few . |
| 21 | USAAF memorials have received much coverage in Fly/Past so I shall only mention a few . |
| 22 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
| 23 | I use a lot of sticky lables , so I wo n't have a problem with the new stamps . |
| 24 | Well I 'm hoping I 'm going to have a nice week but it Mavis , my housekeeper 's away until Wednesday so I ca n't leave the house during the day . |
| 25 | ‘ No , he 's not coming this way , so I ca n't get a close look , but I 'm sure it 's not him . ’ |
| 26 | He shoved my shirt in my mouth first , so I would n't make a noise . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd like to get an early night , so I 'll just grab a sandwich back at the hotel . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Of course not ! ’ she replied , and even found a cheerful note from somewhere to add lightly , ‘ I ate a huge meal at lunchtime , so I 'll probably have a snack sent up , ’ and , making for her room before her emotions tripped her up , ‘ You 've been more than kind as it is . |
| 29 | Although I installed Legato , it was some time ago , so I may not remember the name of the directory where it was installed ; but Windows can provide this information . |
| 30 | I tried to start the engine but the airman on the starter battery trailer had fled so I could not do a thing except huddle in the cockpit , waiting for the sensation of being hit . |