Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption .
2 I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life .
3 But where I go I do n't need them .
4 ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’
5 And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions .
6 It is the text , however , where I fear I must fault the guide at times .
7 In the part of town where I live I see strangers who I would call truly beautiful at least once a day .
8 Knowing this , I was still impotent , for I had nothing to put in its stead , no one to turn to for advice or support , and I had learned for myself nothing of life except that I was bad at living , and that where I loved I met only rejection and disaster .
9 I think one of the biggest problems we 've got or I 've I 've had in the last couple of years is that we 've got so many primary schools that we get children from Spring Gardens and Western are now producing national curriculum information for which Marian has got .
10 Erm I 'm going to or I 've I 've started every time a recording comes in making a note of where it 's from and what type of recording it is ,
11 ‘ Get off me , or I swear I will ! ’
12 I want the pair of you dressed and off this train in five minutes — or I swear I 'll drag you off in your pyjamas ! ’
13 ‘ We must be true with one another or I fear I shall go quite … ’
14 Or I thought I heard these words , for Captain was growling so fiercely , I was n't sure .
15 See my dad likes videos and things like that but he wa he , I know he likes aftershave , he likes that Old Spice and that so I thought well I 'll get him something like that or I thought I sort of saw cos I 'm going shopping Saturday , I 'm trying to get it all Saturday if I can .
16 Or I mean I think he 's , she 's bitten him before , if he had any sense he 'd leave them at the gate or something , I mean somebody would go for them .
17 When it was rephrased , ‘ Do you ever find yourself saying , I wish 1 could do this better or I wish I knew more about that ? ’ it was more easily understood .
18 ‘ Norman Lamont is a good friend of the NHS and I am sure — or I think I am sure — that he will prove it , ’ Mr Clarke said .
19 The third floor was a no-smoking floor or I think I might have started smoking again after six years ' abstinence .
20 Yes , why I am asking you or I did I say
21 or I found I preferred men instead . ’
22 If I 'd found out where you went I 'd have caught you at it . ’
23 Well that 's something we would obviously have to sort of , I mean maybe it 's something where you know I mean with the
24 Where you know I would just take things in my stride .
25 and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me .
26 It was you , Nadine , come here to leave this letter where you knew I 'd be bound to see it .
27 On the one hand , says Freud , there 's a strong desire to go on sleeping , but on the other hand there 's this stimulus , I 'm terribly thirsty or you know I , I , I , I really do need to go to the bathroom pretty badly , and there 's an inner conflict in your mind .
28 I mean I du n no whether it 's because they do n't want to lose votes or you know I mean they they were there sort of pontificating about we should all come little children and let's talk .
29 . She said when she comes to kiss me good goodnight I let her kiss here but she said I ca n't have her cuddling me or she said I think of him all the time .
30 Well , I decided really , or we decided I suppose to er link it to the festival .
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