Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] them [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She s still got the fag and matches in her hands , so I take them away from her . |
| 2 | She likes the flowers and plants in her room , so I left them there . |
| 3 | Although the garden is not arranged to a precise colour scheme , Connie has strong views on colour , ‘ I ca n't be doing with strong , deep reds so I use them only in moderation . ’ |
| 4 | Ralemberg insisted on meeting de Macon first , saying he wished to discuss some secret matter , so I joined them later in a small tavern on the corner of Vintry and La Reole . |
| 5 | Once I brought them home to our flat , they soon lost their bounce and the doctor became a regular visitor . |
| 6 | Alice thought : what if I told them now ? |
| 7 | He 'd be suspicious if I kept them long . |
| 8 | The realist strategy involved comparing the description of the person with the subject him/herself or someone the subject was familiar with ; ‘ I also related a lot of the adjectives to whether they were like me ’ , ‘ … and rated the person as if I knew them personally . |
| 9 | If I take them now , and lie down , I should be OK in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 10 | Well my other car is a nineteen twenty nine V six Bentley , which will do a hundred mile an hour , so if I drive them alternately it cuts me down to size . |
| 11 | Sometimes I do it if I know them quite well . |
| 12 | I might scribble them down if I like them well enough . ’ |
| 13 | and they kept I was in stiff I could hardly move them I mean if I touched them now I mean that one 's not too bad I ca n't touch that one very much when you can see them , my scars and all there If I touch that , that 'll be very gingerly ach aches like hell ! |
| 14 | the erm , you know they had some sausage left over , so I thought if I cook them then you know , if you wanted to we could cook the ham |
| 15 | if I buy them too big then they 're , all |
| 16 | Erm if I want them quicker than that they cost more . |
| 17 | I do n't think it dep if I fancied them underneath I would . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you think the speakers would give a better quality of sound if I moved them further apart ? ’ |
| 19 | I always try to read the question calmly at first , because I hope that if I read them slowly enough the words will , in some miraculous way , make sense to me . |
| 20 | ‘ But I expect Thorkel and Hlodver and Odalric to stay where they are and look after my interests until I tell them otherwise . ’ |
| 21 | I know cos I seen them already . |
| 22 | Oh yeah , cos I saw them once ! |
| 23 | and erm she had right go at Tessa cos I see them together sometimes . |
| 24 | Cos they keep telling cos I owe them so many hours they keep coming up to me and telling me that I owe them so many hours , you signed the contract saying you 've got whatever happens . |
| 25 | ‘ At the farm I have the dogs and … ’ she paused , ‘ no one comes much to the farm unless I ask them specially . ’ |
| 26 | You know how they 're always shouting at me because I hit them too hard ? |
| 27 | None of my chat-up lines ever worked , probably because I learned them too early — I was heavily influenced by American television programmes of the '50s which we saw in Australia . |
| 28 | I keep your letters tied up with a ribbon , just like they do in stories , because I love them so much . |
| 29 | Mine do n't eat tadpoles , perhaps because I feed them regularly . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , that was true , I suppose , but it was after I found them together in her flat . |