Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I accept that there has been a steady concentration of power in the hands of large , sophisticated and diversified publishing companies , yet it is still possible for you or me to set up on our own , and publish highly professional and innovative books from our own back bedroom at very little cost . |
| 2 | So it was an immediate retreat to Fort William for celebratory pakora and a chicken breast curry , where I changed out of my walking gear into some jeans to look like a local . |
| 3 | ‘ I hated you so much that I wrote back to him , telling him you had died of typhus fever at Lowood . |
| 4 | And that was where I got the knowledge about the extra money , and that is the only thing that I remember about from him . |
| 5 | In fact one of the criticisms of erm Margaret Thatcher , not that I go along with it , but sometimes she listens more to her political advisers than her cabinet colleagues . |
| 6 | ‘ You should be furious that I ran out on you at such an important time . ’ |
| 7 | My idea — I admit that I came up with it only this morning — is that the entire transaction involving the definition of the terms of reference for the study for the consultants should then become public property and not an enclosed relationship with the promoters . |
| 8 | I suppose that bearded bloke must 'ave dropped it , I suppose I must 'ave picked it up without thinking and that I went off with it in an absent-minded way . |
| 9 | and I was upset and I thought it was just that but no , it was about two weeks before that I went down with it . |
| 10 | I regret the fact that the hon. Member for Livingston saw fit not to answer the challenge that I laid down to him , just as he has not answered any of the challenges that I have laid down to him today , and that he has also seen fit to put the hon. Lady , on her first outing today , into a rather difficult position . |
| 11 | ‘ There are two reasons why I wanted to be sure that I met up with you after school today . ’ |
| 12 | I get to act out all the horrors and pressures of fame , and some of the things that I worry about in my own life are purged . |
| 13 | And the place is used a lot erm like the local Trade 's Council meet here , and I make sure that I open up for them . |
| 14 | She lies on top of me , breathing hard , head on my shoulder for a few minutes , then she stirs , pulls herself up so that I flop out of her and her hard little nipples stroke my chest . |
| 15 | I would wager that he goes so far as to say that I broke down in his room , stuttering out the words of my so-called confession between chokes and tears , unable to speak properly . |
| 16 | Drivers and conductors had to wait three years , they had to be employed three years before they were accepted into the pension scheme but you know , believe me I 'm glad that I paid in for it . |
| 17 | And I tell you anoth another thing that I find that I blocked out from my mind sometimes , that 's the sound of central heating , particularly fan assisted heating . |
| 18 | ‘ And Miguel , now that I look back on your little masquerade , you know I think I did enjoy it after all ! ’ |
| 19 | It also was emphatic that I reported back to him alone . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 'm madly in love with Ricky , so I put up with it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ So I went up to him . |
| 22 | I thought he must have gone a bit ga-ga but there was no harm so I went up to my room and did my hair a bit . |
| 23 | It was groceries , peas , baked beans and things , so I went round to somebody 's house and asked if she 'd like to buy the Weetabix because I wanted the money for a pie . |
| 24 | I could n't make friends so I went around by myself , did things by myself . |
| 25 | It suited George , so I went along with it . |
| 26 | He could n't get away when I did , so I came up on my own . |
| 27 | The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director . |
| 28 | There 's an old woman with thick glasses and a name tag who 's serving the hot drinks so I go over to her and ask how much money I got . |
| 29 | I assumed the Maggot was delivering or picking up a customer , but it was none of my business , so I stripped down to my shorts and began work as Thessy , his brother Philemon and their father took a battered wooden skiff across the lagoon . |
| 30 | He said he needed space , so I moved out of my flat . ’ |