Example sentences of "[subord] i [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also a stage where I deeply resented the foetus , although now I think I have killed this feeling . |
| 2 | This equipment I kept for about three years , although I never forgot the quality of the original sounds I 'd heard , so I decided to invest in what I thought was some serious equipment . |
| 3 | I could hardly refuse , but I did refuse to take any payment , although I really needed the money . |
| 4 | Physically , there is a lot more movement in my neck and although I still have the arthritis there is a marked improvement all round . |
| 5 | Prowling in a circular fashion seemed all I was capable of , so I continuously circled the spot . |
| 6 | ‘ They were n't stopping , so I just took the mood down and told them I never knew any of them back in the days of groups like Dynamic 3 . |
| 7 | I 've been left out of previous games , so I just took the disappointment with me . |
| 8 | When it goes past I want to run over to the other side of the bridge , but there 's too much traffic to cross the road , so I just watch the trail of water it leaves behind . |
| 9 | Just as he practised the violin every morning between nine thirty and ten thirty , so I always had the sense he practised his lovemaking on me , getting ready for the real thing , only this with me was not it : I was not it . |
| 10 | I keep all sorts of Oddballs , so I always have the problem of my plants being rearranged . |
| 11 | Of course safeguards are necessary for the environment , for local residents , for local communities and for the right to a decent quality of life , so I warmly welcome the transport and works Bill , which will defend the safeguards but speed up the decision process . |
| 12 | as if I even knew the meaning of the word ! |
| 13 | If I just draw the carbon skeleton . |
| 14 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 15 | Well if I just leave the car at this angle , pointed out that way . |
| 16 | That 's the , I wo n't need , if if I just did the pension |
| 17 | If I really had the courage of my convictions , I reasoned , I ought to redress the balance at least slightly . |
| 18 | I spent so much effort and expense to outbid my rivals , I never stopped for one moment to consider if I really wanted the prize . |
| 19 | Fulham , London , adds : ‘ If I ever met the person who did it , I 'd say : ‘ I hope you have a daughter and I hope someone does that to her one day . ’ ‘ . |
| 20 | tourism in West Sussex I mean what would happen to that is just one example er on a broader level , the County Council is working with the European regions to promote West Sussex in Europe and what would happen to that , the only conclusion we could draw is that these policies would crumble and to er seriously affect West Sussex and finally I come back to the point that , that I will keep making , if I ever get the opportunity , namely the cost of this exercise . |
| 21 | He reads the way I read — or would read , if I ever got the chance . |
| 22 | I am not sure if I ever took the idea of America very seriously . |
| 23 | I 've been thinking that if I ever meet the kind of young lady who 'd make you a nice wife , I 'll get her to come round and introduce 'erself . ’ |
| 24 | I had often noted this characteristic in reading , but until I once calculated the extent to which the Sonnets depend on pronouns I had no idea of its magnitude . |
| 25 | Cos I obviously feel the cold . |
| 26 | Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period . |
| 27 | If then it would seem artificial to analyse and describe the whole process when asked the reason for my choice , is that not because I already have the vocabulary of pleasure to name it ? |
| 28 | Erm , you 'll have to bear with me because I just marked the page as I went through . |
| 29 | I say ‘ nominally ’ because I also have the misfortune to know its captain . |
| 30 | ‘ I was devastated because I really needed the job . |