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

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1 You could n't often get big sizes in them & I do n't think they did boys ' sizes in Dr. Martens — when they did , some girls wore them .
2 ‘ I like a pub where I do n't meet my customers .
3 Another pull for ten minutes or so brought me up on to the summit , where I sat down to have my lunch .
4 If I could get away somewhere , away from Glesca , somewhere quiet where I did n't know anyone , I 'd be able to get a job and settle down , no bother .
5 Thing is I have n't got that much work this week , or I 've just got lots of little things to do but nothing major , I have n't got any big essays I 've just got lots of , you know , translations and
6 where the games are getting played or I 've never seen it in a paper that I 've picked up in the morning , it 's never been in it !
7 er DOS or something called A D M or something like , or D M A or I du n no what
8 Or I 'd better provide you with some paper .
9 You 'd have to get rid of a lot of your assumptions before you could fully appreciate why I could n't live with a man I do n't love , or I do n't think you could ever understand why I ca n't accept to be maintained , to put myself at the disposal of another , be in another 's company twenty-four hours a day , share another 's pleasures and pains — and so on . ’
10 Or I do n't think I want that new pair of jeans .
11 He put down the tray on the floor , and brought out her cap from the pocket in his coat into which he had stuffed it , saying , however , ‘ Let go your hair or I do n't return it . ’
12 I 'm not going to let her slide out of it or I do n't get my scoop . ’
13 I mean , it could have very easily gone from there to everybody following a different path — going away from rock'n'roll and getting into jazz , or I do n't know what .
14 Or I did n't think she was ! ’
15 Just because you 're older than me does n't mean you know everything .
16 ‘ Or , ’ he demanded harshly , ‘ do you have someone other than me lined up to pay your mortgage ? ’
17 I 'm a cocaine addict and I need something , 'cause I 've not had none for so many hours now .
18 I was smashing everything up and setting about people , 'cause I did n't know what was going on or nothing .
19 He used to write to me about how it was best for Stephen if he got adopted , 'cause I did n't know what I was going to do with me life , I was n't settled and I 'd probably end up back in prison .
20 Although I had n't met him before , like many would-be adventurers I 'd read a lot about his life and experiences .
21 Although I had n't seen her in over thirty years , there was one person in the world who might help me : my sister .
22 ‘ It was the last day of school and I had intended to phone you later although I had n't decided what to say . ’
23 ‘ Oh , sometimes it goes too far — although I 've always said he must n't leave any marks that are too obvious .
24 ‘ I like Dickon , although I 've never seen him . ’
25 They 've got the spare uniform somewhere , although I 've never seen it .
26 Although I 've certainly seen you , ’ said Zeinab .
27 I want … wanted it all or , in the end , I found I wanted nothing , although I 'd originally thought I could be satisfied with something . ’
28 I 'd told her not to worry and that he was one of the lads , although I 'd never seen him before , and we were just waiting for her to go before we started the party .
29 The hardy annual mignonette ( Reseda odorata ) is always listed with scented plants , although I have rarely noticed its fragrance .
30 But we both know , although I have n't said it , that the consequence of her unfaithfulness is that I have been able to take the high ground .
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