Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very mean of me , I know , after the sweet beginning of your letter & the pleasure I had from it , to be very angry at the end . |
| 2 | And I 'm not sure , I ca n't remember which , I do n't know whether she started on the bottom or the bottom I 've a feeling she may be did n't start on the bottom actually |
| 3 | From the mere fact of wanting more or less or not at all or the contrary I can derive no imperative for choosing between my wants . |
| 4 | ‘ That you do n't like my face or the way I talk or the way I work ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That you do n't like my face or the way I talk or the way I work ? ’ |
| 6 | I mean I 've actually I tried to persuade a colleague of mine that I could quite easily sexually harass a male student of mine , and the reason I could do that , or the way I could do that , is because I have power over him . |
| 7 | And it 's not the work of Jonathan or the other me . |
| 8 | It it would need to be either one or the other I think . |
| 9 | I nearly always won , as I remember ; and as we left the club or the hall I would make quite a show of hailing a taxi , offering to drop Julian off at the nearest tube . |
| 10 | I was getting used to the odd feeling of distance , which made it seem as if it was all about someone else , but it was alarming to see how most of the articles highlighted the love-story angle , rather than the conditions in which John was held or the reasons I 'd given as to why the Government should be doing more . |
| 11 | Or or the rest I mean in general |
| 12 | Eton , however , meant far more to me than my relationships with others , or the learning I acquired or the games I played . |
| 13 | Or the poster I produced for you of the doves of peace made with human hands . |
| 14 | Er on the envi environmental aspect , I think it 's worth emphasizing because clearly this is the major concern of both Scotton and er the Residents ' Association and er that the County Council has and perhaps to some extent I think it 's certainly the public consultations or the exercises I 've been involved in at this stage in a major scheme has done far more work in trying to assess those effects than is normally the case at this stage in a ma major highway scheme . |
| 15 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 16 | Eton , however , meant far more to me than my relationships with others , or the learning I acquired or the games I played . |
| 17 | ‘ If you call the police or the ambulance I 'm going to put this fun in your mouth and blow your fucking head off . ’ |
| 18 | or the blue I mean the red 's gone all right . |
| 19 | I do n't suppose she will understand this , or the connection I am making , tentatively , with Claudia 's fate . |
| 20 | The people I like best of all are those who write to me several times as this gives me ‘ feed-back ’ on whether my solution to their original problem was correct , or the information I provided useful . |
| 21 | Well yes it is certainly fascinating to hear the views of , of members an and indeed it , it 's tempting to go on I think about or personal experience of floods , but this is not the time or the place I would suggest to do that erm strategic planning seems to me has been the venue for discussions with Southern Water Authority with the National Rivers Authority itself , we are the committee that tries to look many , many years ahead . |
| 22 | Told me land and nobody , and a passenger , whether he was driving it or the passenger I do n't know . |
| 23 | ‘ Over , they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drug.s I do n't want to talk about it , too many people want to go on about it — but then the Americans seem to think that The Sundays are part of the Manchester thing as well ’ — TIM BURGESS |
| 24 | ‘ Over , they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drug.s I do n't want to talk about it , too many people want to go on about it — but then the Americans seem to think that The Sundays are part of the Manchester thing as well ’ — TIM BURGESS |
| 25 | One particularly good comment at the time , much appreciated by everyone — except the recipient I assume — was the card that read Arciduca 6 1 0 , translated as ‘ Archduke VI , you ( one ) are nothing ’ . |
| 26 | I could enjoy being ‘ half in love with easeful death ’ , or telling myself , ‘ I have not loved the world nor the world me ’ , or agreeing that , ‘ our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ And I want you to know that the decision I have made has been mine and mine alone . |
| 28 | He knows that the knickers I wear when I sit in the saddle are not the smartest articles of underwear in my wardrobe . |
| 29 | Sir , — Nine years ago I volunteered my services as a school governor , believing that the expertise I could offer would be helpful to headteacher , staff and pupils . |
| 30 | It so happened that the firm I had been working for ( manufacturers of rubber-coats , ground-sheets , etc. ) had closed down the Glasgow Office and factory , and I was without work . |