Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I tease it with a tender rage |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles . |
| 6 | Obvious efforts are being made here to reduce the damage , which was much worse than I remembered it from a previous visit . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 12 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 13 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 14 | I had n't , June , so I thank you from the bottom of my heart . |
| 15 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 18 | 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 . ) |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 21 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | Sally Curtiss , the Circle 's membership secretary , is here , so I entrusted her with the annexe key . ’ |
| 24 | 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 ! |
| 25 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 27 | Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’ |
| 28 | Here at ZZAP ! we 're very good at spotting ripped-off software , but should one slip through the net it 's the sender who 'd be in trouble — this could mean a hefty fine and possible imprisonment if you 're lucky , or being made to eat your own entrails if I catch you before the software company ! |
| 29 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |
| 30 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |