Example sentences of "'s [adv] [adj] [conj] i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 2 | ‘ It 's terribly sad but I do n't think I ever really loved her , either . |
| 3 | He 's so intelligent that I do n't think he would even take his glasses off before doing it . |
| 4 | I ca n't worry my husband because he 's not well and I do n't want him to think I 'd make any difference . |
| 5 | And it 's not true that I do n't get anything out of it when I see him . |
| 6 | Look I know we said we would n't talk about it and maybe it 's not fair cos I do n't know what state you 'll be in when you get this , but why do n't we just move to the country and have babies ? |
| 7 | You think that Abbey Life 's more important than I do , d' ya want this ? and by the way , the other way round . |
| 8 | I do n't think that 's strictly true but I do think that the discussion we 've heard so far er has fully justified erm the the raising of some fundamental questions about the the the the method of projections . |
| 9 | See if you think it 's as peculiar as I do . ’ |
| 10 | It 's fairly peaceful and I do n't think it will pose any threat to the fish currently in your aquarium . |
| 11 | but it 's very long and I do n't know |
| 12 | In nineteen hundred and twelve the Dutch came and the Oxford Motor Club entertained them and we went all round the High Wycome area , Cophill and that on hill climbs , so we re-enacted it last year and I was riding my nineteen fourteen motorcycle , and I was asked — I was the oldest rider — how old are you ? — I said eighty years old — and what is your biggest difficulty ? — and I said getting my leg over , which I really literally meant because the saddle 's very high and I do have a job getting my leg over the saddle ! |
| 13 | A lot of people cam to my workshop and said , ‘ Oh yes , it 's very interesting but I do n't know what to do with it . |