Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb base] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , the pheasant survives only in the southern part of my province , Ha Tinh , where I hope we can create a special reserve to protect it from hunters and ultimate extinction . |
| 2 | ‘ Where I hope he will reflect on the unwisdom of employing his charm and duplicity on a woman as sharp as I. ’ |
| 3 | It is the text , however , where I fear I must fault the guide at times . |
| 4 | He likes these contacts with the more substantial world and happily hurries off in the direction of his stationery shop and fax bureau , where I know he will encounter many difficulties . |
| 5 | Just when Tod has established our relationship with Irene on a secure footing , the kind of set-up that any sane man would kill for , with her punctual visits and affectionate phone calls , the movies we enjoy together , the fine dining , the peace and safety ( the forgiveness ) that her presence confers , plus the exquisitely torpid lovemaking which takes place right on the button every couple of months or so , and reaching the stage , now , where I think we can tackle her , gently but firmly , about her untidiness around the house , because it 's best to get these things out in the open , not to let them rankle and fester , and so on-guess what . |
| 6 | Except I think I would like to get out , break away , as it were , and see the world . |
| 7 | Although I doubt anyone will have the temerity to print them . ’ |
| 8 | We had moved to the edges of our previously closed system of thought and action , both physically and philosophically , and almost implicitly came to recognize that the ‘ foundation metaphors ’ which Turner identifies as being crucial to transformational experience of liminality were making paradigmatic statements about our own cultural format ; although I know we would have been unable to articulate this . |
| 9 | Such chivalry is rarely met with by such as I , and although I know I should refuse it , for it will put you in debt , I confess I can not . ’ |
| 10 | Not just the lazy pleasure of the Seraglio , although I hope you 'll enjoy the pools , the sauna and the massage facilities . |
| 11 | ‘ Although I admit I 'd like to know exactly what those reasons were . ’ |
| 12 | What you might do , although I say you 'd reject this particular model and that |
| 13 | It is grown very high in the foothills of the Himalayas and has a light grapy flavour , although I find it can become slightly acidic if brewed for too long . |
| 14 | Thank you the only is that you will have seen organised generally supported that although I think we could support it a lot better than we have . |
| 15 | Erm , although I think we will say that that would be dangerous thing to do and that we should continue to work upon the er the assumption that there erm er overall as a n , a nine percent increase , but , that seems highly unlikely that will succeed , erm What I 've then done is take account of the various staffing changes that there have been during the year , both short term and long term , erm , and you 'll see that produces a figure actually available to us this year of twenty seven thousand five hundred and eighty eight investigative hours , erm which is slightly less than we had last year , er but erm almost not significantly so , erm and it seemed to me therefore that if we were n't trying to reduce times , er , if we were saying that we would turn in times at the end of this year which were the same as the term times we turned in at the end of last year we could probably achieve that without any further recruitment . |
| 16 | The originator of the tapes has clearly decided to make his tape deck pay for itself ( although I think he could take a few hints on how to eliminate unwanted hum and noise ) and the result can only be described as a rip off . |
| 17 | Although I think I 'll play a few games with them . |
| 18 | Although I suppose we could say that you 're supporting me , since you employ me , but , unlike the gentleman cads of those sepia-tinted days , you might find you occasionally have to take second place to the demands of your mistress 's work ! ’ |
| 19 | ( I 've done dozens of lectures now , in front of all sorts of people , and I always make it up as I go along , although I suppose I must have a rough idea about what I 'm going to say . ) |
| 20 | ‘ Although I suppose he might suspect her of fancying me ! |
| 21 | ‘ But , without a faction behind him , he is n't much danger , although I suppose he could combine in time with a cousin or two . |
| 22 | The happiness we are all seeking is n't granted by politicians , although I accept they can create circumstances that make the achievement of happiness very difficult . |
| 23 | I must however caution that financial and other constraints compel us to plan more conservatively than I imagine you would wish . |
| 24 | So it 's only a matter of two months and than I think we can make a long-term decision , not the short-term . |
| 25 | This punishment , though , was dealt more severely than I think it should have . |
| 26 | ‘ So I imagine we can eliminate that possibility . |
| 27 | But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them . |
| 28 | Gardeners have been arguing about this for years , so I hope we can clear the matter up now once and for all . |
| 29 | Also when I leave on 4th Feb , I have a 12 hour wait at Rio de Janeiro , so I hope I can look round the city . |
| 30 | I honestly ca n't for the life of me figure out how to express the rest so I hope you 'll forgive me if I stop here . |