Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [conj] i [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was black , and perhaps as I was in trousers , he thought I might have known Sir Richard Whittington . |
| 2 | ‘ He has been seized with his fits three times in the space of seven days , ’ Coleridge wrote to Joseph Cottle on 15 March ; ‘ and just as I was in bed , last night , I was called up again — and from 12 o clock at night to five this morning he remained in one continued state of agoniz 'd Delirium . ’ |
| 3 | Well I 've lived in quite a few places , I 've , I say , before I came here , I was at mother and baby Home , and before that I was living with friends in Liverpool , and before that I was in Nottingham at a bed and breakfast place , lodgings , and er |
| 4 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 5 | But I mean , I think again , it 's a matter of the way in which your mind takes over and says , it is not important how I dress and even if I 'm in an army uniform , it does n't matter . |
| 6 | And even if I was in some way trying to do this , I certainly did n't succeed . |
| 7 | I wanted to cry there and then but I was in the ward surrounded by people who would want to dam up my tears , so I stood up , put my jacket on and walked out . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know ; I drop in now and then when I 'm in town — a fortnight ? three weeks , perhaps . ’ |
| 9 | During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe . |
| 10 | But just as I was on the point of giving up , the honking bus swerved past me . |
| 11 | Oh , but honestly when I 'm in love , my face just lights up , just beams with joy , oh , oh no let there be light and my match has gone out but |
| 12 | Oh , but honestly when I 'm in love , my face just lights up , just beams with joy , oh , oh no let there be light and my match has gone out but |
| 13 | I was now afraid for Eric and his safety , not just because he was a young man far from home , but also because I was in love with him . |
| 14 | It was a fight but now that I am at college you can believe I am the happiest girl around here . |
| 15 | But even though I was in love , I did n't hide from myself the fact that I would be unhappy with Estella . |