Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [vb pp] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was confirmed when I heard a Syrian soldier talking at a roadblock we encountered . |
| 2 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 3 | If I am warned that my weight makes it highly likely that I will suffer health problems in hot climates , the probability of my being ill is reduced if I do either one of two things — lose weight and/or avoid the tropics , Thus , I have some choice about my life . |
| 4 | The shops will all be closed when I arrive |
| 5 | I have no idea how many were produced but I would ask you Mr Mayor whether you feel that this expenditure was money well spent ? |
| 6 | The former can do no more than skim the surface of an area which has recently been very heavily mined ; the latter is included because I think that this theory , though recent , is more than a passing fashion and contains some insights into the nature of knowledge . |
| 7 | Twenty pounds only , ten pounds , at ten pounds , thank you , ten is offered and I shall sell at ten if there 's no further bid , at ten pounds . |
| 8 | I think that is a central criterion to attach the effectiveness of self regulating organisations if the the methodical nature of their monitoring er a and the way that that is done and I hope all concerned will consider these matters carefully . |
| 9 | The reason I went into physics and what I try to inculcate is that the ideas themselves are interesting and that seems to me to be the main justification for it , so that when people try and justify scientific research by saying it 's good for the economy , the country and so on , or who knows what applications are going to come of it , I 'm inclined to sit rather quietly when that 's said because I 'm not convinced that some of the research that is done nowadays can have any practical application at all in that direct sense . |
| 10 | But that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Nev will be coming at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm it 's just you know it 's just happened . |
| 11 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |
| 12 | The tigress is quick to surface when your young are threatened and I could face up to any bully to defend my own . |
| 13 | Four were purchased as I hoped a pair would form and they would breed , so the paternal instincts of the father could be seen in practice . |
| 14 | The sense that something new was needed if I was to learn to breathe on empty air . |
| 15 | ‘ A suspension controller malfunctioned and once that was fixed and I got out again the car caught fire when an oil cooler failed . |
| 16 | But I did n't tell you all that was said cos I thought well I 'm not gon na say it if there 's no need because you would automatically go there |
| 17 | ‘ But this first guitar was just a $20 acoustic , and as soon as I could I bought an Ibanez SG , then that was stolen and I went to a Les Paul . |
| 18 | Aye that was started afore I mind much about it . |