Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I would never have dared speak so , but she was quite unselfconscious , although I suspected her of an intention to shock — to shock me as much as anyone . |
| 32 | I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles . |
| 33 | Although I remained something of an outsider to the M.I.T. philosophy as it was at that time , I carried something of this arrogance back to England with me . |
| 34 | Obvious efforts are being made here to reduce the damage , which was much worse than I remembered it from a previous visit . |
| 35 | Erm I 'm always overjoyed when people say things like that to me , that you 've just said , er but I think I understand acting more than I understand anything in the world . |
| 36 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 37 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 38 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 39 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 40 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 41 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 42 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 43 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 44 | I had n't , June , so I thank you from the bottom of my heart . |
| 45 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 46 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 47 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 48 | It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . ) |
| 49 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 50 | South Gully looks good so I excuse myself past a team on the first pitch who are finding the thin , bubbled ice formation awkward . |
| 51 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 52 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 53 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
| 54 | ‘ So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special . |
| 55 | Sally Curtiss , the Circle 's membership secretary , is here , so I entrusted her with the annexe key . ’ |
| 56 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 57 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 58 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 59 | Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’ |
| 60 | Sometimes , although she chided herself for the thought , it seemed as if in trying to be unselfish and giving him what he wanted , she had allowed herself to be turned into a sacrifice . |