Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i [vb base] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've also adopted the philosophy that I must develop somebody to do my job better than I have done it . |
| 2 | Ca n't say I 've learnt much although I 've started it again and again in the last two years . |
| 3 | Only that I 've heard it before . |
| 4 | ‘ Only that I 've seen them before . ’ |
| 5 | And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first . |
| 6 | But it is poisonous so if I start smelling it I 'm going have to switch the cupboard on to suck the fumes away . |
| 7 | Coming out of the meeting , a lady was heard remarking , ‘ Mr Ramsey spoke very nicely but I do think he is young to be Master of a College ’ ; for she thought that he was the new Master of Magdalene whose name was the same except for the spelling . |
| 8 | Or perhaps because I 've lulled her with bedtime stories embroidering our favourite theme : once upon a time there was a girl named Gittel , who had a curse called down upon her … |
| 9 | Perhaps because I have proven I am no mere parasite , and have helped her knock out one dazzling 1,500-word column for Outsider in record time . |
| 10 | But the bank wo n't crash merely because I 've bought you a cup of tea and a few Carnival cakes . ’ |
| 11 | No , nobody 's ever asked me , but I did say yes , but only because I want to believe it , I do n't care if the rest of you do n't , but I think its very important that you , you 've got the body that your born with and I think its very important just to go on with it and make the best of it . |
| 12 | I know you can do better because I 've heard you do it . ’ |
| 13 | How long since I 've seen it loose ? |
| 14 | Your father has extended to me the hospitality of his house for as long as I care to take it , or until he grows sick of the sight of me . |
| 15 | Only when I keep getting her to do all this typing for me . |
| 16 | This may be so though I venture to doubt it . |
| 17 | Sure to feel again soon that I 've botched it . |
| 18 | ‘ Just that I seem to rub you up the wrong way ? |
| 19 | It 's just that I want to get it typed I s'pose . |
| 20 | I 'm sorry I was so tiresomely upset just now , it 's just that I want to protect you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Because I 've had it around for a lot longer than I care to tell you . |
| 22 | My parents only live about five miles away and I try to see them about twice a week . |
| 23 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 24 | But it does n't matter anyway cos I 've give her some money and I 'll give her her other money |
| 25 | I think I can throw it away cos I 've proved it to myself that it work , the three of them . |
| 26 | I have n't done it easily but I 've done it and I 'm pleased . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'll stay away because I 've ordered him to stay away . |
| 28 | This is just while I remember to tell you . |
| 29 | During painting , I often look at the picture through a mirror as it progresses , and sometimes even just after I 've drawn it , just to see if anything does n't quite look OK . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd hate to lose you , so soon after I 've found you . ’ |