Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm sorry to report that I behaved rudely at this point .
2 Portraits also play a major part in Clamey 's work , ‘ I 'm probably very old fashioned but I believe still that the principal aim or a portrait is to achieve a good likeness of your sitter , but you also have to create a picture . ’
3 This meant that I walked further than recorded .
4 ‘ Does this mean when I go upstairs to bed , I ought to reset my watch when I come down in the morning because it 's got out of step with the clocks downstairs ? ’
5 This means that I arrive home half an hour later than usual .
6 Clearly ‘ Acanta ’ at £7.49 has much to offer and I look forward to hearing future releases .
7 In fact there has been so much to amuse that I have scarcely read a book and have written but little .
8 There was so much to achieve and I fretted endlessly about the work that was needed to co-ordinate it all .
9 so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still .
10 Do n't , do n't you all agree that I work hard during the week ?
11 Erm so I think it 's important to realize as I said before with er with you know with the ma mah-jongg or whatever and opium smoking , you know that he 's , it 's not just a political struggle that he 's
12 I am delighted to be able to say that I have just received notice from the Department of the Environment that Chorley is to be allocated an additional amount for doing up old housing — nearly £0.25 million .
13 Ilias , if the minimum monthly premium is twenty pound a month , level and the minimum annual premium is two hundred pound a month , does that mean if I pay annually I get a discount , it costs me less ?
14 I knew that I 'd loved you from the moment we first met and I 'd never stopped . ’
15 And you will be pleased to hear that I have even managed to bring a bucket of ice to chill the wine . ’
16 It was difficult to remember that I had ever thought of him as a schoolboy .
17 He could always find fault with something , either in my writing or in my personality — something not difficult to achieve because I have always laid myself open to easy attack .
18 Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me .
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