Example sentences of "although i do " in BNC.

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1 With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life .
2 I never wanted to go to university although I do know , however , that my mum and dad always had it in the back of their minds that I would go .
3 Richard Curtis , 20 , student ( far right ) : ‘ I prefer a more classical look although I do like the shirt .
4 I 'm trying to divorce birth from place although I do n't want to create a Communist society .
5 Although I do n't think it 's impossible that it ca n't be the other way , that two people ca n't grow toward each other .
6 I thought he was all right , but I did n't think he was all that powerful , although I do believe in chemistry and obviously the chemistry between him and Bowie was magic — undeniably magic .
7 Although I do admit to owning a bathrobe with my initials on it — and wearing green glasses for occasions when I want to draw attention to myself .
8 Although I do not begin to claim the sort of historical breadth of either Brown or Bynum , I do believe that their approach is not only helpful but necessary if we are going , as we must , to use the lives of women before us to encourage us forward .
9 But I 've become scruffier and scruffier , and although I do keep myself immaculately clean , I ca n't be bothered about my clothes any more .
10 ‘ Everyone will be watching her to see what she does and although I do not think she is very fit , she has to be the favourite to win . ’
11 We might see Fergie , although I do n't know about now !
12 ‘ Because although I do n't entirely share with you your view of the essential rottenness of all humanity as it exists today , I can see there are sections of it that are dangerous — ’
13 Although I do not know Charles well , I am convinced that he is a gentleman . ’
14 Everything seemed to depend , although I do n't suppose it did , upon activities called mental arithmetic and spelling .
15 As Chapman observed : ‘ Although I do not suggest that the Arsenal go on the defensive even for tactical purposes , I think it may be said that some of their best scoring chances have come when they have been driven back and then have broken away to strike suddenly and swiftly . ’
16 Every time I have to strike my heart is in my mouth , and although I do not consciously hold back when I strike , I wonder if I am doing so without being aware of it .
17 Although I do not speak English as well as I should , I did at one time know England well .
18 But chopin is not my domain , although I do admire some of his works enormously .
19 Granda 's fondness for alcohol is one of the reasons why I have never touched it in my life … although I do admit to having some rum sauce once .
20 I tried straw about two years ago , approx half a bale in a 1500 gallon pond , although I do not know if it was barley or wheat straw .
21 Although I do agree with some of his points — the need for more public courses and more emphasis put on rules of etiquette — I was somewhat alarmed to read that in the interests of quicker play , we high-handicappers were being relegated to a boring , 9-hole course until we improve our game enough to join ‘ the big boys on the big-boys ’ course ’ .
22 The distortion on the unit , which I expected to be awful , is actually very good , although I do n't think it quite lives up to Ibanez 's claim that the unit could serve as a preamp , when linked to an amplifier .
23 Mine does n't have Lace Sensors on it , although I do have one guitar with those on ; my model has pickups just like on the Stevie Ray Vaughan one , and they become a little more powerful as you go towards the bridge .
24 I knit on a Brother 891 with ribber mainly , although I do also have a Passap Duo 80 .
25 Hearn said : ‘ What happens next depends on what is said by Nigel — he 's in breach of contract and I could fine him , although I do n't like that . ’
26 Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity .
27 And although I do not agree with them that either suicide or anorexia are attempts to ‘ get attention ’ , but rather attempts to get identity and wholeness , the following passages may serve to illustrate the paradoxical type of thinking which dominates both states of mind .
28 Nowhere in my diary do I mention this physical discomfort , and even now I ca n't remember it as amounting to pain , although I do remember the school doctor drawing the matron 's attention to the extensive bruising on the softer parts of my body .
29 However , this is clearly not what is going on in anorexia nervosa , although I do believe that emptiness is being used as a metaphor .
30 Although I do n't think I was mentally ill for most of the time I was anorexic , I find Lomas 's remarks illuminating in my own case and pertinent to anorexia nervosa in general .
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