Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | Better than I thought it would be . |
| 4 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 5 | ‘ So you understand me better than I understand myself . |
| 6 | It knew better than I did what to do . |
| 7 | You 'll know better than I do what that means . ’ |
| 8 | Basically like I say it 's just when I , when I bend it , |
| 9 | Better if I get my glasses on Gordon ! |
| 10 | I can manage better if I have someone with me , but this is n't always possible . |
| 11 | One needs tact : to say , ‘ I hear you better if I see your face ’ is more promising than telling the boss he mumbles , even if he does ! |
| 12 | He said I ca n't I 'm here on my own , he said get a cab and I 'll give you the money back , so anyway I rung Pauline 's husband up Steve and he said I 'll take you , I said to Steve I 've got ta get there for one o'clock cos I said I really do feel that if I do n't see him before he goes I ai n't gon na bloody see him , he was ever so good , he were here at twenty to one , got straight in the car put his foot down , went to the General and just as I got in the door Steve do n't worry about me parking , go , I 'll find you , just get in there , I ran through the bloody doors , ran up the stairs cos I knew |
| 13 | I ca n't remember apparently like I said I I did n't say I 'm gon na be sick . |
| 14 | Furthermore if I see my task as a teacher in terms of the development of thinking skills , should I not concentrate upon those procedures which are appropriate to particular academic disciplines ? |
| 15 | ‘ Only if I wore it on my head . ’ |
| 16 | say anything about you like it 's only if I got nothing else to say really |
| 17 | Do n't know where I could put you , except in me bedroom , only if I did it might send me young man potty . |
| 18 | In consequence of my suggestion , Harold Wilson asked Aitken and myself to dine with him to discuss the matter and to my amazement Max Aitken said that he would go , but only if I accompanied him . |
| 19 | That would be loss enough if I watched him go with only longing for him in my heart but there is instead a bitterness because he is happy to go life there being preferable to here where there is only his tired wife for company . |
| 20 | My suitcase , I was interested to see , stood in a quiet row of others , accessible enough if I wanted it . |
| 21 | Only cos I took you down there to the cafeteria . |
| 22 | Because I 'm going to help her with her paper round tomorrow so she can get it done early — the people do n't come before 7 and we 've got to be at the bus terminus by 8.30 ; because that 's when we 've arranged to meet — ; meet our friends of course and so if I help her with her round she can get it done in time . |
| 23 | So if I mess it up then now , when you come over to pick me up later it shall still be messed up ? |
| 24 | So if I like you , it ca n't be the angel I like . |
| 25 | So if I take one down today no I 'd need a couple would n't I ? |
| 26 | His argument then can be rewritten as follows : if I know this — and this is a central case of the sort of thing I know if I know anything — then I know that knowledge is impossible , and so if I know anything I know nothing . |
| 27 | I should like to hear Rebecca 's version , but can only do so if I repair my rudeness and invite them here — ( Like the Queen , we never ask her back ) . |
| 28 | Well my other car is a nineteen twenty nine V six Bentley , which will do a hundred mile an hour , so if I drive them alternately it cuts me down to size . |
| 29 | As I say I 'm coming back Sunday ( my mothers 60th birthday in Harrogate on Saturday night … infact it 's her birthday everywhere but she 's in Harrogate ) so if I drive you 'll have to wait if you want a lift ! ! ! ! ! |
| 30 | So if I let you drive my Rover home , would you ? |