Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Only after 1 February can I go more or less where I please and then there is a need to work quite quickly since the ferreting season ends in April when the fast-growing vegetation and the increasing arrival of litters of young rabbits make it impractical to continue . |
| 3 | ‘ Coming out of the office place opposite where I work . |
| 4 | I have to get a bus at eight o'clock so I have to leave the house at twenty to eight . |
| 5 | Better that I do n't that I do n't be proud better live in harmony . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 7 | As I I love being a candidate , I love talking to voters , I like being active and doing things and that 's the reason basically that I want to be your Euro candidate , I 'm ready to be a candidate again . |
| 8 | They say , ‘ Thank you for playing the hymn , you did n't mention my name so although I know you were n't playing it just for me , I felt as if you were ’ . |
| 9 | I would also like to back up Susan Cooper 's letter in the November issue of Tennis World entitled Steffi OK because when I was at Brighton , Steffi actually stopped and posed in the street to have her picture taken with me , and also Steffi signed every autograph everyday without fail , outside and inside so I think this proves that Steffi is the best at recognising her fans , no matter what it takes . |
| 10 | ‘ Christ , is n't it bad enough that I have to scrape for every bloody penny to do a piece of vital research , without being forced to turn my project into a circus for a lot of gawping idiots who wo n't have the least comprehension of what I 'm trying to do ? |
| 11 | ‘ Now , Tess , I have told you often enough that I have no wish to set up in Belgravia , Harley Street , or Wimpole Street , ’ said Dr Neil quietly , refusing the sandwiches which a servile McAllister was handing him . |
| 12 | ‘ I know Feisal better than I know Gamal . |
| 13 | ‘ Better than I 've ever done ! ’ |
| 14 | I 'm getting scripts now , I 'm doing better than I 've ever done in my life , Kerr says I 'm as funny in Eh ? as Buster Keaton . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've wanted to do much better than I 've done . |
| 16 | Better than I remember , so maybe the image he portrays belies his talent . |
| 17 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 18 | ‘ So you understand me better than I understand myself . |
| 19 | Better than I run Doune , I am afraid . ’ |
| 20 | Old Fishfinger remembers the days of the Bumper Book for Boys better than I do , but despite the archaic title , this is a nice easily-digestible and colourful book , covering 240 colour pages with the combined wit and wisdom of Dick Mills , Chris Andrews , Barry James , and David Papworth . |
| 21 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 22 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 23 | He does it better than I do . ’ |
| 24 | Mrs Fishfinger 's Koi — they eat better than I do … |
| 25 | You 'll know better than I do what that means . ’ |
| 26 | You have the privilege of having found a lovely woman , privileged and — you know this better than I do unique . |
| 27 | He looked after Michael , my young son , he did housework , he even makes now , a good pot of soup , he done , better than I do ! |
| 28 | You know women better than I do — tell me . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Get as many able bodies as you can and set up these guns in the most advantageous positions — you know the layout better than I do . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You know the answer to that better than I do , ’ replied Rohmer . |