Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this it dawned on me what they were talking about so I became more attentive . |
| 2 | ‘ And these stones — so unexpected in this magnificent country — because I confess it is not for the pleasures of civilisation that I came to this district but for the informing breadth and spectacles of Nature — reminded me of somewhere I knew not where and that was my over-selfish study which all but ended in a brute collision with yourselves ! ’ |
| 3 | To begin with there was a pause at the door , but a pause of perhaps I do n't know , one or two seconds at the most . |
| 4 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |
| 5 | She was leaning over talking to him and saying something sort of like I 've never been so embarrassed in my life ! |
| 6 | And if we were n't , if we had n't hav been , I mean that 's probably one of the problems of today I do n't know . |
| 7 | For once I knew where to get at him and this time I was going to have the matter out with him . |
| 8 | For once I listened carefully , and I understood . |
| 9 | For once I did n't take my beloved camera with me to record the state of the line , for the simple reason that it results in very slow progress , and that is hardly wise near the shortest day of the year . |
| 10 | He looks so miserable that for once I do n't kick Heather on the way back to my desk . |
| 11 | So we got behind So I said well we 'll tr I 'll try and get caught up sort of , in the new year you know , get them a bit . |
| 12 | Yes it is , and underneath here I 've actually written down , you alright ? |
| 13 | along here I do n't know |
| 14 | Okay , if we do it to the fourteenth of the second ninety four , er and then that 'd come up , I can tell you what we cos Peter 's just is halfway through it with Well I say halfway through it . |
| 15 | I am , or I was , for really I do n't know , Mr. Stavanger 's secretary . |
| 16 | For now I want only to suggest possibilities for further investigation and analysis of representation in British feature films . |
| 17 | I 'd have brought you some before only I did n't want to interrupt you . ’ |
| 18 | And so , it does n't look good if I do n't bring the information in so I 'd better hurry up with that . |
| 19 | Until yesterday I had never seen your mother . |
| 20 | I mean it was just day before yesterday I walked up with him . |
| 21 | ‘ Before yesterday I did n't even know port from starboard . |
| 22 | I ca n't get these back in now I do n't think . |
| 23 | Until now I 'd never consciously posed that choice to myself . |
| 24 | Until now I have never been a particular admirer of Fifine , but somehow the improved quality brings out the score 's atmosphere and personality much more vividly , and Beecham 's exquisite handling of detail makes a much greater impact . |
| 25 | Until now I have always thought that it is such a big city with so many people that my family may be safe but tonight I am afraid because this shelter was in an area where they are living . |
| 26 | From here I walked on to Men Scryfa , an iron age monument and on to the Nine Maidens prehistoric stone circle . |
| 27 | Afterwards McWilliams said : ‘ Before today I had only ridden a 250 machine round Kirkistown and I found the grand prix bike a hot handful . ’ |
| 28 | Afterwards McWilliams said : ‘ Before today I had only ridden a 250 machine round Kirkistown and I found the grand prix bike a hot handful . ’ |
| 29 | They gave me what I needed most of all , which was an analysis of my own life , which before then I had n't had . |
| 30 | We reached Afdam Station on 19 December , four days after leaving Bahdu , and from there I went up next day by train to Addis Ababa . |