Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 91 | It was through school generally and school teachers in particular that his interest was aroused and : ‘ When I was approaching the time to leave school , my interest was in athletics ; I either wanted to join the army as a PE instructor or I thought about taking a course in physical education . ’ |
| 92 | I understood that pantun was a form of Malayan poetry , and could not grasp how this might annihilate anything ; but , as he continued , I began to see — or I thought in that dazed state I saw that he believed all human perceptions to be governed by words and , indeed , distorted and ultimately betrayed by words . |
| 93 | Whenever Eugenia or I went near them , they stopped talking . |
| 94 | I suppose I see her once or twice a week — she comes in for a cup of tea , or I go to her . |
| 95 | I always posted two sentries at night , more if the situation warranted it , and Omar or I checked at intervals to make sure they were awake . |
| 96 | Remember Ma Christie , our Norwegian Pathfinder , who wondered at how his crew just happened to appear as though from some mystique of chance ; how Middleton said in effect " my crew is the best in the Command … leave them be or I return to the Main Force " . |
| 97 | I have sweet soap here and hot water , and either you wash yourself , all over , or I call in the women to hold you down and scrub you myself . |
| 98 | ( I am angry over an act of injustice or I wonder at the sight of Niagara Falls or I am pleased with my Christmas present . ) |
| 99 | I mean I had nothing at all to do with t' business except I went in partnership with me wife and that . |
| 100 | well I 'm , I 'm quite happy , never going out , never see the outside world except I go in the ambulance |
| 101 | Neither you nor I meddle in politics , but we live in the world , in society , and involuntarily ranks of people group themselves , |
| 102 | Anxious to be seen as having made all the right decisions , she added with a little pride , ‘ There were n't no need for a nurse , 'cause I looked after the mistress myself … stayed up all night when the fever took her … mopped her brow and talked nice and low ‘ til she come through it . |
| 103 | Although I said to my husband when I was pregnant , what if I have a handicapped baby ? |
| 104 | They realise that their route to the Community can be opened only if their countries are practising real democracy in respect of human rights , and multi-party Parliaments — although I said to my Polish friends , ’ You can go a bit too far . ’ |
| 105 | Although I wrote to the Corporation drawing attention to Captain Roskill 's account of the incident , the letter was neither published nor acknowledged — presumably on the basis that the BBC saw no reason why facts should spoil a good story about a ‘ cover-up ’ . |
| 106 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
| 107 | But although I wrote in my diary that I wished I were dead , I never seriously considered death — suicide — as a solution to my problems . |
| 108 | Robert Roberts recalls that the Scuttler 's girl friend also had her own style of dress — ‘ clogs and shawl and a skirt with vertical stripes ’ — although I know of no other references to female attire , and as usual within these hooligan preoccupations attention was rootedly fixed on the boys . |
| 109 | In the case of the latter , the embedded knowledge is well documented in the formal requirements and specifications of computer programs , although I know of no active programs to preserve this information . |
| 110 | Although I sailed through O-Level I never took maths any further and I never engaged creatively in the process of doing mathematics . |
| 111 | From then on I continually sought quiet , and that although I went from one place to another . |
| 112 | I knew the ones she meant ; she meant the square transparent boiled sweets which when she was a child would have been weighed out in pennyworths from a tall glass jar , but although I searched in grocers ’ shops and sweet shops high and low , all I could find were wrapped oval-shaped acid drops . |
| 113 | If you sign the document in your own home , as you would do with a doorstep salesman , er then the law does give you a chance to change your mind , although I hope for goodness sake you would all be very wary about signing any kind of legal document thrust under your nose from a doorstep salesman . |
| 114 | Although I listened with interest to the case adduced by the hon. Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) , the Chairman of the Procedure Committee which has made the recommendations , I still believe that the House would be making a great mistake to accept the motion , for it would add to the automatic nature , as it were , of debates and would play into the hands of the Government of the day , thereby strengthening their position over that of the House . |
| 115 | You see now that the most common cause of death is what they call the of diseases resulting from degenerate lifestyles , and I 'm very proud and I 'm very proud to tell you that although I come from South Africa , and you might not think I 'm very intelligent , as you sit here , down here and there , I can sign your death certificate already . |
| 116 | And although I knew by then that I was wretchedly unhappy in comparison with other girls of my age , this was still what I wanted to do , because however joyless and painful the present might be , the future could have been even worse . |
| 117 | My fear is that I am not likely to serve on the Standing Committee , although I volunteer for such duty if the opportunity be there . |
| 118 | I prefer artwork , although I specialise in fine china and porcelain . |
| 119 | Although I insisted to the referee that the goal should stand because I had sent Pahdra on as substitute , the ref was not fooled , especially as Mr Singh was still wearing his dufflecoat and brogues . |
| 120 | Although I concentrate in this chapter on sexual difference and on cultural and racial differences in the last chapter , it is worth remembering that in some contexts they interrelate . |