Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was trying to sit where I normally sit . |
| 2 | I thought it might be drugged so I only pretended to drink it , putting the cup to my lips and setting it down again full after an interval . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not know if I even have strength enough to regain the shelter I have just come from … ’ and her wings seemed to weaken by the second and her eyes to be pained . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know if I really want one , ’ she said . |
| 5 | but I do n't know if I still believe |
| 6 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |
| 7 | ‘ I was devastated because I really needed the job . |
| 8 | That 's useful to know because I usually like to get up rather late . |
| 9 | I was just checking before I actually erm |
| 10 | Okay , I do n't know whether I repeatedly er , members of the council like to ask questions about the structure so they can ask , and I can move on , so |
| 11 | Well I I was eleven but by the time but I had a birthday , you see , er in the summer and er er well August actually and so when I started at Stowmarket I was twelve , you see , and er and er I was at Stowmarket School and scholarship for four years and er well I do n't know whether I really liked school , did you ? |
| 12 | I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat . |
| 13 | But I do n't know whether I ever got . |
| 14 | They are warm and but it 's colour I do n't know whether I perhaps if I saw cream again this year I might buy it but erm I 'm not sure that I want to when this deep orangy colour . |
| 15 | they are warm , er , but its colour , I do n't know whether I perhaps I , if I saw cream again this year I might buy it , but erm , I 'm not sure that I want erm there 's this deep red , because I 've , I 've bought a red one in a different style , same sort of fabric , its very do you remember ? , when I bought that black and white checked skirt I bought a red |
| 16 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ means ‘ I 'm going to carry on and behave as I always do even if it does n't suit you . ’ |
| 17 | Once again , thanks for the best laugh I 've had since my friend Daniel fell out of a transit van I was driving when I unexpectedly chucked a right . |
| 18 | I think I stopped when I once asked someone what the matter was and he said : ‘ If you do n't know , then you ca n't love me . ’ |
| 19 | Regarded by everybody in that line as the world 's leading expert — he chaired , or was chairing until I so rudely interrupted him , an international conference in seismology in Rome . |
| 20 | They wanted to get on but that made me swear if I ever got made Sergeant , I would never treat a man the way I was treated . |
| 21 | He says if I just brought a dog then I can figure out how it was before with our ancestors , that without anything they were imprisoned . |
| 22 | I 'm looking out at the moodily lit bathroom and wondering what I would do if I suddenly saw William appear out there , flight bags in hand , a Surprise , honey , I 'm home ! look on his face . |
| 23 | Well I 'll be done because I usually go for the paper Rose , quite often Harvey 's said she 's coming out along the High Street five past at five past eight on a Monday morning . |
| 24 | Of all the men I 've met since I even realised there was a difference between the sexes , why did it have to be this one who got under my skin ? ’ |
| 25 | As I 've said before I still reckon that Alan Kernaghan from ‘ Boro is the palyer we should buy . |
| 26 | In my own drama teaching I rarely use games with a class that I know well , but when I 'm working with a class that I 've not met before I often begin the session with a short concentration exercise and then a simple game . |
| 27 | I ca n't watch as I reluctantly move forward |
| 28 | Already I had had presentiments of the satisfaction I would feel when I eventually got the bag home — the huge relief as I unpacked my treasures . |
| 29 | They were both attacked , one having a violent headache , the other being possessed as I now realised I had been . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll do as I please . ’ |