Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I finished my list of demands and took it to the Branch Office , where I received something of a hero 's welcome .
2 Although I tease it with a tender rage
3 and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this !
4 Although I left him in no doubts about my opinion of his behaviour over the past few weeks , I was n't quite as brutal with him as I might have been .
5 I would never have dared speak so , but she was quite unselfconscious , although I suspected her of an intention to shock — to shock me as much as anyone .
6 I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles .
7 Although I remained something of an outsider to the M.I.T. philosophy as it was at that time , I carried something of this arrogance back to England with me .
8 Obvious efforts are being made here to reduce the damage , which was much worse than I remembered it from a previous visit .
9 Erm I 'm always overjoyed when people say things like that to me , that you 've just said , er but I think I understand acting more than I understand anything in the world .
10 ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot .
11 I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education .
12 ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do .
13 I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’
14 Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it .
15 Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room .
16 Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up .
17 Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’
18 I had n't , June , so I thank you from the bottom of my heart .
19 So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find .
20 At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further .
21 Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she
22 It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . )
23 I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres .
24 South Gully looks good so I excuse myself past a team on the first pitch who are finding the thin , bubbled ice formation awkward .
25 ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin .
26 I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’
27 I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back .
28 So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special .
29 Sally Curtiss , the Circle 's membership secretary , is here , so I entrusted her with the annexe key . ’
30 There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew !
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