Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we either are going in the direction this morning , or rather I think you 're being pressed to go in the direction of seeking to identify in due course , what is the preferred general location , and this undoubtedly is something you can hang your hat on . |
| 2 | I can just see the Waste , or rather I think it must be the Waste , for there 's a tower there and it 's bare of trees . |
| 3 | I made a decision , or rather I hedged my bets . |
| 4 | ‘ I could never do that to her , ’ I said , ‘ or perhaps I mean I could never do it to myself . |
| 5 | Or perhaps I flatter myself . ’ |
| 6 | More or less I think it went against the entries because the members just would n't turn up to the meetings . |
| 7 | But it seems clear that I was diverting the feeling of cold , which pertains to the body , away from the physical and into the psychological realm , where alone I believed myself to exist . |
| 8 | a six or so I knew what , that the nine was no good to me or the |
| 9 | Yes thank you Chairman erm I think important question very similar question I think we 're we 're all wondering whether the changed landscape of West Sussex , the changed use of West Sussex has had any influence on the flooding and as the County Council has pointed out worst amount of rain we 've had for about seventy years or so I think it 's very useful and important er to ask questions an and when this crisis is over we reflect on what we can learn from it , but I must bear in mind that it is first and foremost extraordinary climatic conditions which have caused these problems and that in itself of course might have implications erm the whole of global warming does tend to come to mind when you see what 's happening in Australia as well as what 's happening here erm that 's certainly not anything that agencies great or small can have any control over . |
| 10 | Leslie took the opportunity to visit Carthage : ‘ There is literally nothing there , ’ he wrote , ‘ but I felt the atmosphere — or maybe I imagined I did . ’ |
| 11 | No I did know , or else I stop you , I 'll coat one with some bitter alie see how you like that , or allen whatever it 's called . |
| 12 | The cones are now all flowing with pitch , and my hands are soon so covered with it that I can not easily cast down my booty when I would , it sticks to my fingers so ; and when I get down at last and have picked them up , I can not touch my basket with such hands but carry it on my arm , nor can I pick up my coat which I have taken off unless with my teeth — or else I kick it up and catch it on my arm . |
| 13 | Just beyond Fort Augustus a trace of their road may still be found ; now impassable , it must have been a fearful route : the climb up to any height of it is ferociously demanding — or else I hit it at the wrong spot . |
| 14 | ‘ Or else I blame myself , ’ Gabriel said . |
| 15 | This time she more or less flew straight to me , and I felt confident enough to fly her another three or four times , each one successfully , although eventually I sensed she was losing interest , fretfully tearing at her jesses and gazing round . |
| 16 | Er er but I think that 's the , the theme that runs through the whole thing , especially when he 's talking about his fourteen great achievements , is the fact that basically I mean he 's trying to sell himself , as you said before , he 's a pretty lowly member at this , you know , erm at this case and there therefore obviously he 's out to make a name for himself . |
| 17 | Imagine that somehow I knew you regarded the proposed arrangement with distaste . |
| 18 | I remembered what he 'd told Mavis and me about the book and more than ever I thought it sounded like a good idea — the story of a man rationalizing his own lack of self-belief … |
| 19 | One Scottish observer noted that " both parties are angry to a higher degree than ever I saw them even in the Exclusion time " . |
| 20 | ‘ My father and I are physical counterparts : and during these days more than ever I notice his resemblance to me … ’ he mused . |
| 21 | And there is much more advice that I did not take in , except that later I remember it when a new situation arises . |
| 22 | There was also a stage where I deeply resented the foetus , although now I think I have killed this feeling . |
| 23 | The things that I picked up on was erm when , when you started , I thought that overall I mean you were getting the message across and , and overall that , you know , erm there was a lot of the areas that you tackled very well , and you reverted back to your old self and you did a lot better . |
| 24 | I felt exhausted : as I dragged myself up the stairs I can remember thinking that now I knew what people meant when they said they were ‘ tired to death ’ . |
| 25 | That is if you go back to the Kinsey sort of stuff about sexuality um you find that well I 've I 've stuck a quote from Kinsey et al there um that back in the 1950's there was er y'know with with ah academics like Kinsey attempting to study sexuality erm I suppose there was often er a . |
| 26 | I expect I did , but I never know , I 'm so afraid of losing things that sometimes I take them into the most unsuitable places . |
| 27 | I was talking to Alison saying that sometimes I think we spend too much money keeping all these erm criminally in sane |
| 28 | 'Cause sometimes I meet 'em afterwards and we go to the coffee-bar . ’ |
| 29 | devoted to the question of of of road transport and its limitations and erm er although again I mean there was no particular mention to any party other than the Government , erm it it certainly seemed to be taking a very critical view of of road transport and it does seem to be spreading now . |
| 30 | But I think in seconding this motion I think it 's a way forward and I think it 's better late than never I think what it talks about that we would not be here today Mr Chairman if this would have been agreed by what was put by the officers two and half years ago . |