Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 2 | But where I go I do n't need them . |
| 3 | ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’ |
| 4 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 5 | It is the text , however , where I fear I must fault the guide at times . |
| 6 | In the part of town where I live I see strangers who I would call truly beautiful at least once a day . |
| 7 | Knowing this , I was still impotent , for I had nothing to put in its stead , no one to turn to for advice or support , and I had learned for myself nothing of life except that I was bad at living , and that where I loved I met only rejection and disaster . |
| 8 | Except I think I would like to get out , break away , as it were , and see the world . |
| 9 | But although I said I was reasonably Spartan , this bare Nissen hut and my little windy bivouac pall a bit at times . |
| 10 | Now going back to this handicraft , although I said I really did n't want to be committed to all the meetings , I 'm quite happy to carry on with the handicraft , providing you do n't expect me to turn up at every meeting . |
| 11 | I listened for some sound of other prisoners in the building but although I thought I heard the locking and unlocking of other doors the only voices were those of the guards . |
| 12 | As Heather was not a boy this latter did not really concern us , although I thought I was sure Blessed St John wept with the little one over the circumcision he had , of course , had himself . |
| 13 | Platt , who has yet to make his Italian League debut for Juventus , said : ‘ My nose has been X-rayed and confirmed as broken , although I thought I was fit enough to play today . |
| 14 | Although I thought I did … |
| 15 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 16 | Such chivalry is rarely met with by such as I , and although I know I should refuse it , for it will put you in debt , I confess I can not . ’ |
| 17 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 18 | Although I knew I probably should n't , I could n't help looking as he rummaged through the marvellous things in the cupboard . |
| 19 | And although I knew I must hide my feelings , must never allow myself to hope , I also knew that while there was breath in my body , I would always love him . |
| 20 | I told myself I 'd have an abortion , although I knew I could never go through with it , and I was so relieved when my period came . |
| 21 | It 's not simply a matter of defying conventions although I admit I have been strictly brought up and I think it would break my parents ’ hearts if ever they came to know I was living with a man who was not my husband . |
| 22 | ‘ Although I admit I 'd like to know exactly what those reasons were . ’ |
| 23 | Whenever Mackie was n't actively helping Tremayne she stayed close also to Fiona , and although I tried I could n't dislodge the underlying anxiety in their eyes . |
| 24 | I 'm interested in things outside of entertainment as well , and although I feel I 'm older than 21 , I have to remind myself that I am 21 and I 've got a lot of years ahead . ’ |
| 25 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 26 | I had been greatly amused , although I think I should not have been . |
| 27 | I know now , although I think I knew at the time , why one was so cared for by the ordinary people of Bury in 1941 . |
| 28 | Although I think I 'll play a few games with them . |
| 29 | Those that have substantial incomes should not be in a position to take up houses that might otherwise be allocated to those on a lower income and Mr Mayor i as a result of this I feel that that I would urge this council , although I suspect I shall be unsuccessful , in supporting this motion . |
| 30 | ‘ Now it 's your turn , ’ he said , ‘ although I suspect I know how a woman gets to be an international model . |