Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye that was started afore I mind much about it . |
| 2 | ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small . |
| 3 | The organizing theme of the book is distilled in chapter ten , where I delineate exactly why black sportsmen regard themselves as at a possible disadvantage in sport , how they perceive blackness as an impediment and , most crucially , how they react to it . |
| 4 | Says Lee : ‘ I have never lost my affection for Manchester City where I spent so many happy years during the club 's successful period , and like so many others I have been disturbed by the events of the last few weeks . ’ |
| 5 | A policeman came to call on me that Thursday evening , after Angy 's body had been found , asking what time the class ended and where I went afterwards … that sort of thing . |
| 6 | He was at the Bristol Vic Theatre School where I went too , and we both get on tremendously . ’ |
| 7 | Ah , well , back to that banquet in Hampton Court where I got royally drunk . |
| 8 | A good night out for me would be one where I got home and nobody had played any tricks on me . |
| 9 | This fact I had ample opportunities of verifying on the islands of Bass 's Straits , where I had scarcely stepped from the boat before every creature was made acquainted with my presence — no small annoyance to me , whose object was to secure the wary cereopsis and eagle , which with thousands of petrels and many other kinds of water-birds tenant these dreary islands . ’ |
| 10 | I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind . |
| 11 | The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post . |
| 12 | I suppose that at school , where I had so little sleep , this assertion was true . |
| 13 | Where I 've just dug . |
| 14 | Where I 've just dug there . |
| 15 | ( Apart from the last 2 bleak and miserable years , where I 've only managed to get to about 10 games because of my new secret life as a student . ) |
| 16 | where I 've never been , and , on the wall , |
| 17 | The tiny moorland lochan , where I cast once , whilst passing , and hooked and lost the biggest brown trout that I have ever seen . |
| 18 | ‘ That was no carver 's or miniaturist 's craft , but black magic , for that was the castle in which I lived , and the forests and meadows round it were mine , where I roamed freely , with my beloved brother , until the black artist came one night seeking shelter from foul weather . |
| 19 | Where I live now |
| 20 | I suppose that where I live now depends on the day of the week . |
| 21 | Where I feel most at home is ( ii ) . |
| 22 | He interviewed me , asking my name , where I worked etc — I got a plug in for Scottish Amicable of course . |
| 23 | Where I needed more obvious hints of colour , values such as 221 , light pink , were overlaid with 821 , pale grey . |
| 24 | Leading me where I have always wanted to go yet never known how . |
| 25 | They are very high quality soft pastels , with a wonderfully creamy texture which varies not at all from colour to colour , unlike other pastel ranges I have bought , where I have sometimes found that the darkest colours have been brittle and irritatingly scratchy to use . |
| 26 | I never ran marathons , but gradually increased my distance , starting with a 30-mile race , then the Isle of Man 40 on the TT course , where I did well , and the following week I ran from Edinburgh to Glasgow , which is about 50 miles and came in about second or third . ’ |
| 27 | Well that 's what I thought it just seemed to say they were gon na have sort of cycle ways going through the green wedges along where I cycle already . |
| 28 | Either I accompany you to your room and wait while you have your shower and do whatever else you feel necessary before we leave , or I wait here , in the lobby , and you give me your word that you will join me within the hour . ’ |
| 29 | Thing is I have n't got that much work this week , or I 've just got lots of little things to do but nothing major , I have n't got any big essays I 've just got lots of , you know , translations and |
| 30 | where the games are getting played or I 've never seen it in a paper that I 've picked up in the morning , it 's never been in it ! |