Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Believe me , it wo n't happen — although I understand why you think it might . |
| 2 | I have gone much further than I intended when I set out on this report and am already beginning to regret the substantial breach in normal departmental procedures which this has involved . |
| 3 | Suppose that it is known that a financial expert reaches the ‘ right ’ decision ( whatever that may be ) in 20% more cases than I do when I do not rely on his advice . |
| 4 | I was n't always a successful businessman and I remember where I come from . ’ |
| 5 | I enjoyed it and I understand how you feel . |
| 6 | ‘ No news at all , ’ she warned , ‘ until I know how you 've been … and whether you are on the mend . ’ |
| 7 | I can just say that I 've clocked it , even though I can I just I ca n't clock it yeah I can just say I could cos I know how it end . |
| 8 | Yes but I mean how you say if they 'd played their cards right , but are you saying just go down there and say to him ‘ get off ? ’ |
| 9 | But I know why I feel guilty . |
| 10 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 11 | Because I wonder why you have n't made many musicals — you seem to have the personality and the looks for it . |
| 12 | The quickening of awareness in pleasure and the shrinking from it in pain are spontaneous , as I discover whenever I suffer , or deliberately resist a temptation , or try to enjoy some cultivated entertainment which bores me . |