Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] [conj] i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 2 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's terribly sad but I do n't think I ever really loved her , either . |
| 4 | But his family is extremely rich and I do n't expect he knows any shepherds . ’ |
| 5 | He 's so intelligent that I do n't think he would even take his glasses off before doing it . |
| 6 | You think that Abbey Life 's more important than I do , d' ya want this ? and by the way , the other way round . |
| 7 | He is clearly surprised that I do n't want all of it . |
| 8 | I do n't think that 's strictly true but I do think that the discussion we 've heard so far er has fully justified erm the the raising of some fundamental questions about the the the the method of projections . |
| 9 | Alexandra said , emboldened by her success , ‘ Then perhaps it is as well that I do n't hunt . ’ |
| 10 | My hair is really short so I do n't actually have to style it but it did feel better and I would use this conditioner again . ’ |
| 11 | See if you think it 's as peculiar as I do . ’ |
| 12 | It 's fairly peaceful and I do n't think it will pose any threat to the fish currently in your aquarium . |
| 13 | Upon being asked why he shed tears , he replied , ‘ It is indeed true that I do not know a word of the Gita . |
| 14 | This is completely true and I do n't deny a thing . |
| 15 | During the early months of the season I catch my breath a bit , but the body is wonderfully adaptable and I do manage to reach parts of the loch others never cover . |
| 16 | For example , you may be the greatest athlete in the world but your capacity to influence my behaviour is very small if I do not know you are a famous athlete or do not value athletic ability . |
| 17 | but it 's very long and I do n't know |
| 18 | In nineteen hundred and twelve the Dutch came and the Oxford Motor Club entertained them and we went all round the High Wycome area , Cophill and that on hill climbs , so we re-enacted it last year and I was riding my nineteen fourteen motorcycle , and I was asked — I was the oldest rider — how old are you ? — I said eighty years old — and what is your biggest difficulty ? — and I said getting my leg over , which I really literally meant because the saddle 's very high and I do have a job getting my leg over the saddle ! |
| 19 | A lot of people cam to my workshop and said , ‘ Oh yes , it 's very interesting but I do n't know what to do with it . |