Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I start to hear everything much better than I normally do . |
| 2 | I 've written you poems better than I ever dreamed I could write … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Better than I ever imagined . ’ |
| 4 | I thought I had less than I actually had . |
| 5 | Perhaps if I just start with that simple question and see how it develops . |
| 6 | I think perhaps if I just add a point to that er although we have as four nations agreed on the revised requirement there , I believe it 's true to say that development has progressed to such an extent that probably we will have the original requirement in practice , even though we 've no longer specified it . |
| 7 | Better if I just end your scenario right here and now . ’ |
| 8 | It 's only cos I fucking told him about it the other night . |
| 9 | Right it goes to show it 's working so if I just get rid of the earphones . |
| 10 | I mean , at the moment there 's no housekeeper so unless I actually say to the maid will you just put something in the oven for me ? |
| 11 | Perhaps because I always went there in the heat of the afternoon , I rarely saw anyone in the gardens . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend 's remarks about a single currency alarm me greatly because I much admire his intellect , not to mention the fluency of his speech . |
| 13 | How good that wine tasted , if only because I secretly thought , what a rare old vintage I must be quaffing , laid down no doubt before the Battle of Trafalgar ! |
| 14 | To me delicatessen means herring , 1,001 varieties of herring , but I did not always regard them as such if only because I virtually lived on them . |
| 15 | My Director-General asked me to come along because I usually handle the lower-level liaison with Number 10 . |
| 16 | for It was no good my making a list before I came down because I just had n't seen anything like this in the Marks in Norwich . |
| 17 | If I am in a studio and initially feel slightly lukewarm towards a particular piece I find it does not last very long because I soon get caught up with the work of a strong artist . |
| 18 | Carling said : ‘ I admired Gerber as one of the world 's great centres long before I ever dreamed I would pull on an England shirt . |
| 19 | In those days , if you stuck an advert for the cinema in your window , you got free tickets , and long before I ever understood any kind of plot , we 'd all troop down to the local flea pit and watch whatever was showing . |
| 20 | Er so whether I unconsciously got it from there , I , I do n't really know , I may have done . |
| 21 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 22 | ‘ I ought to have found this out before , especially as I usually know everything that goes on in this village , but they 've managed to keep it secret . |
| 23 | I felt myself to be a source of pollution , and grew to dread my period , especially as I never knew exactly when it was going to come . |
| 24 | But only when I really want to . |
| 25 | The danger of approaching whole group work by letting children first improvise in small groups and then presenting them with an issue which you hope will give them a focus is that they remain more interested in what 's going on in their group than in the supposedly unifying issue : " Why should I be interested in the corner shop being knocked down when I never use it , and anyway we 've just been burgled ? ! " |
| 26 | But I 'd never had any problems with my periods , so when I finally decided to see a specialist , I was more curious than anything else . ’ |
| 27 | She looks real comfy there and I think about sitting down for a bit and watching telly , but I ai n't got nothing to sit on so I just carry on standing up . |
| 28 | Right , so , rather than me just do some boring stuff there . |
| 29 | There are tall black iron gates but they 're hooked open so I just drive through and up a drive of pink bricks to the door . |
| 30 | No it 's not cos I just put it upstairs ! |