Example sentences of "[subord] i [be] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind the furthest supermarket stood the gigantic glittering indoor shopping centre where I was about to work . |
| 2 | Although I am down , I still have my pride and dignity and so I thought it only right that I should remove all the silverware I had brought to the club from the trophy cabinet : my cycling proficiency medal , the Mitchley Majorettes runners-up trophy I nicked from their carnival float , my Winston Churchill commemorative coin and the photograph of Michel Platini and myself talking football outside Broadcasting House whilst both waiting to secure Bruce Forsyth 's autograph . |
| 3 | Although I was about to confront him , my experience told me that he was — well , I 've no words for it : on a different plane of reality . |
| 4 | ‘ As you can see we are talking sub rosa , ’ she said pointing to the wild roses above our heads , ‘ so I am about to let you into a secret . |
| 5 | Then suddenly I get a call saying , ‘ We are going on the road , ’ so I was in and it was fantastic . |
| 6 | I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end . |
| 7 | I was too old for the children 's ward so I was in with men . |
| 8 | When I went to court I pleaded guilty , and I did n't get a sentence , so I was out again . |
| 9 | It was n't long before I got caught shoplifting again so I was back on remand at Low Newton — I think I must have been on remand there about eight times . |
| 10 | ‘ So I 'm in with a chance ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So I 'm off . |
| 12 | It 's all clear now so I 'm off . |
| 13 | " Oh , thank you , beautiful Dawn Maiden , but once I am down there I sha n't wish to come back to earth ! " |
| 14 | ‘ Once I was out shopping with a girlfriend and we went into a store . |
| 15 | Once I was out of the cab I ran and ran , and lost her ; she wo n't know where to look , the pavements are covered with footmarks . |
| 16 | Once I 'm out , you can disappear and we 'll say no more about it . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll need no help , once I 'm out , ’ breathed Harry , thinking with feverish urgency of the grave under the lee of the church at Strata Marcella , and the little curling leaf on the threatened stone . |
| 18 | Once I 'm back from this trip , I 'll live like a gentleman . |
| 19 | Mrs Linley , 36 , said : ‘ The only time they can go out is if I am around to escort them to our front garden . ’ |
| 20 | He added : ‘ They will ask for my release but if I am back in Liverpool 's first team then I 'll have to weigh it up . |
| 21 | It was as if I were back in Roman times . |
| 22 | as if I were back at university . |
| 23 | If I were back at the A squared , I squared is minus one , so I 've got minus three squared , there 's two give me by I Equals minus thirty nine , now because those two complex numbers are the same are the same , so sixteen is E S squared minus three square , the imaginary grids are also the same , so minus thirty equals two , eight B. |
| 24 | ‘ The table I write on , I say , exists , that is , I see and feel it ; and if I were out of my study I should say it existed , meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it . ’ |
| 25 | Oh if I was up in Yorkshire I would . |
| 26 | One irate caller promised : ‘ If I was down to my last spoonful of petrol , with a hundred miles still to go , I 'd drive past an Elf station . ’ |
| 27 | Mr Crum would dismiss ye on the spot if you presented yourself at the warehouse wearing those … those … dancing girls ’ things … probably send me packing as well if I was along with you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If I was out of work I 'm sure Denis would be the first person to try and help me . |
| 29 | Now er that , if I was off sick , I could go to the Doctor and er I got , as a single man , I got er a pound a week from the National Health . |
| 30 | So if I was off for two or three years then the rate of inflation was high , then it would be ten per cent each those years |