Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was chosen for Scotland 's tour of North America in May , played in four of the six games , including the two non-cap Tests , and scored three tries : ‘ I was delighted to go but I never thought for a moment that I would make the Test side . |
| 2 | Readers from last month will be glad to know that I finally tracked down the elusive Tequila based Marguerita in a Tex-Mex cafe in Covent Garden . |
| 3 | Twin Oaks looks a great type for the fences and may be the hardest to beat but I also have a healthy respect for Cool Ground and Brown Windsor . |
| 4 | I 'm glad to say that I never found out what they intended . |
| 5 | Did n't get the plates , I 'm gon na get them tomorrow , it 's too awkward to carry but I generally get nothing exciting . |
| 6 | That 's useful to know because I usually like to get up rather late . |
| 7 | It would not be whimsical to suggest that I still go to Arsenal now because of what Swindon did to me then : like a gambler who keeps playing because it is the only way to win back what he has lost , I still feel , somewhere in me , that I am owed for what Ian Ure and Jon Sammels and Bobby Gould put me through that afternoon . |
| 8 | ‘ When I am Kha-Khan , I will be able to do as I please . ’ |
| 9 | Even when she was well , I had never been able to relax because I never knew from one day to the next how I was going to find her . |
| 10 | I taught myself to fish the swingtip through reading Ivan 's articles , and from struggling to get a bite on my local stillwater I was able to improve until I actually won open matches there . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd be the first to complain if I so forgot myself , ’ she laughed back at him , ‘ but you need n't worry . |
| 12 | It 's not difficult to ride because I already have one at home in Argentina . ’ |
| 13 | I am sorry to say that I often broke the tenth commandment for I really coveted that model and expect many of my contemporaries were also guilty of that sin . |
| 14 | I am sorry to say that I never heard her at her best because of circumstances . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's sad that we are closing but our lease is due to expire and I always knew it would end if we could n't find other suitable premises , ’ said Mrs Erica Law , of Reeth , who set up the shop . |
| 16 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |