Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stay at Ivrigar for a time , or until I deem it safe to return . ’ |
| 2 | But remember , Isabel , if you dislike your present position , that once I offered you honourable marriage . |
| 3 | Do n't need that cos I got my two |
| 4 | I know total-total that if I had my own bike , the Wheels-and-brakes Boys would n't treat me like that . |
| 5 | Well because it 's darkish in colour and I 'd rather promised myself that if I have anything new now it 'll be of a brighter colour . |
| 6 | Here Tramp Hold that while I give it some wellie . |
| 7 | So the procedure is that when I return his folded newspaper , I place the packages in his palm . |
| 8 | I remember that when I had my first Meccano set , Dad made a simple hoist which was clamped to the table , a pulley was fixed to a hook above the mirror and my Teddy Bear used to go on trips up to the ceiling . |
| 9 | I shall ever esteem the man and revere his memory : and although I feel myself incapable to do full justice to his merits , yet posterity will ’ . |
| 10 | And although I found it hard to understand that you did n't want to meet her again that evening , I accepted that she was possibly ‘ not your type ’ . |
| 11 | I grabbed at every invitation , no matter how uninteresting , that would occupy my evenings , and if I had one free I would fill it myself by visiting friends or , in the last resort , going to a movie alone . |
| 12 | You need to sleep , and if I hold you any more … ’ |
| 13 | And if I achieve nothing other than to make people realize that they have a choice if they wish to exercise it , I shall be satisfied . |
| 14 | But it it might be worth if if I outline my own office view |
| 15 | I was happy that he was being made to go to the hospital to have his ankle set in plaster , and because I found him very simpatico I was determined to go and see him there . |
| 16 | I left the team because the low pay would not cover the cost of my share in a mortgage to buy my own flat , and because I found it difficult to reconcile the separate roles of paid worker and friend , when Helen and Elizabeth recognised no such distinction . |
| 17 | And while I adored them both , I was closer to her ladyship . |
| 18 | When it came to the interview he was somewhat nervous and on the defensive ( not being an old hand at it ) , and while I did my best to make him feel at ease , I felt it incumbent to put questions about the Roman Catholic Church 's teachings on divorce , homosexuality , abortion , celibacy , etc. , the answers to which I believed would be of interest to Catholics and non-Catholics alike . |
| 19 | I had really long hair once , it was way past my bum and when I got my first record deal they wanted me to have it all cut off — it was a total disaster . |
| 20 | Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby . |
| 21 | So for example when I 've given a pint of blood instead of giving it into a plastic bag with sodium citrate to stop it clotting I 've actually given into a plain glass bottle and when I asked what this for the erm transfusion nurse said that they 're going to let the red cells all clot together at the bottom and use the serum that was left for blood grouping purposes which of course is very important . |
| 22 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 23 | No problem Mr Prospect , I 'm glad you feel that way however I am seeing you in a fortnight 's time , have a chat with him between then and now and when I see you next week I 'll ta or whenever the time 'll be , I 'll take his telephone number from you then . |
| 24 | But although I found it impossible not to be moved by the vibes and hype of enthusiastic publicity people and charming sales teams , there is no getting away from the fact that it is going to be a very tough year , with too many major titles to be able to do justice to them all ; and I do n't see any real evidence of anyone pruning their lists . |
| 25 | But if I put it another way , you could meet your anticipated contribution to the Greater York figure as spelt out in the structure plan ? |
| 26 | But if I take my five grand back : what difference ? |
| 27 | ‘ A battleship is the salt cellar and the pepper a fishtank but if I see them both together they become a kangaroo . ’ |
| 28 | Erm , the the other things is a little while ago she was erm , er , er you know , giving me bills like for about five or six pounds once for cleaning materials , and I queried this , because it 's quite a lot of money and erm , so she tells me that she buys expensive erm bleach and she uses a bottle of that a week , well she only comes in three times , and I said well , that 's very extravagant I said and told her what , but since I told her that . |
| 29 | But while I waved my tiny sword in the air , the King and his lords laughed loudly . |
| 30 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |