Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He had been so badly injured that he was moved to the prison hospital , where I visited him every day . |
2 | But although I asked myself the question , I knew the answer . |
3 | Er Sadly , although I sent you a letter with suggestions for discussion I forgot to keep a copy of it for myself . |
4 | Three of them floated in a sea of garlic and tomato and although I found them no better than chewy chicken my wife told me they were well up to scratch . |
5 | You had a death in the family which I could understand , so I lent you a book , which you have n't returned . |
6 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
7 | I asked her where she lived and she said Tower Hamlets , so I offered her a lift in the van . |
8 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
9 | What a relief it was when a couple of hundred other leeds supporters started going crazy , so I thought what the hell and joined in . |
10 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
11 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
12 | But he was always having fun so I suppose its the imagination that counts is n't it . |
13 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
14 | ‘ So I owe you an apology ; I misjudged you , too . |
15 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
16 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
17 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
18 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
19 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
20 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
21 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
22 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
23 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
24 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
25 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
26 | I mean once I know what a thing is |
27 | Once I know what the other operettas will be , I shall work with her every day . |
28 | I do n't know , something about youth club , probably if I make you a cup of coffee |
29 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
30 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |