Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either that or I 've got wax in my ears . |
| 2 | It appears that there are many points at which er we can identify with one another or I have found that I can identify with the church and its social responsibility in this country because of our experience in my country . |
| 3 | These documents appear to be expanding in length daily , but the principal provisions tend to remain constant , and it is because of this that I have felt able to expound a series of amendments which I believe a commercial conveyancer should have in mind in considering the draft documentation . |
| 4 | So appealing a plant do I find this that I have planted a ‘ fairy ring ’ of eight where the hurricane left a space . |
| 5 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 6 | Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife . |
| 7 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 8 | I 'd just like to make this perfectly clear that I did write a draft for work and leisure . |
| 9 | I think my question will make it clear that I do understand that . |
| 10 | At this point I want to make it quite clear that I have discussed Monitor theory in some detail not to criticize it as such ( cf. |
| 11 | The scene was so exciting that I failed to sympathise with my grey-faced guest who returned with tales of third world conditions in the gents . |
| 12 | So I used to go with him , and incidently he was a , he was very good on classical music , although we never went into this although I 'd got very close to him but I 'm sure he were brought up in an orphanage you know , and never talked about this but I 'm sure he was . |
| 13 | The long grass was so wet that I decided to admire the castle from afar . |
| 14 | The new flat was smaller than the old so I had to sell some of my furniture . |
| 15 | The reaction of spectators was less marked than I had expected . |
| 16 | Formation flying on the photographic Aztec was easier than I had expected considering the airframe 's sleekness and the early jet engines ' reputation for poor acceleration . |
| 17 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 18 | ‘ It was much easier than I 'd expected though we had very good weather , sunny and dry all the way . |
| 19 | As I say , I could have destroyed you , or so I thought at the time , but you 've turned out to be a lot tougher than I had imagined … not vulnerable or confused at all . |
| 20 | The young lady in question ( who I shall call Mrs X because I am afraid that I omitted to catch her name ) began by asking me what the bad points were within the embalming profession . |
| 21 | I am afraid that I have to confess that we allow a substantial number of people to remain simply because we have not had the staff to pursue their claims to remain through the various hoops available to them . |
| 22 | Our conversation in your study turned out to be considerably shorter than I had anticipated . |
| 23 | The figure framed in the light was shorter than I had expected , thin and stooped ; he looked up at the sky and cursed a guttural curse , then started buttoning his fly . |
| 24 | Some of the poems in the present book , only his second , are so old that I seem to remember some of them from another world . |
| 25 | 1 was attracted by another that I had discussed on a visit to Europe : certain branded drugs would not be prescribed at all when entirely adequate substitute generic drugs existed . |
| 26 | And I probably should n't be telling you all this if I want to keep your sympathy . |
| 27 | Oh and I 've stopped this and I 've stopped that ! |
| 28 | and he 's he 's a bit younger than me and I 've gone come on then give us a kiss , like this , and he 's gone like that , I thought , just there like this and I 've leant over and went just there . |
| 29 | Now that does n't the Kipsigy was just the study of the erm you know it 's a good statistical it 's good hard-hat social science you know with distribution and everything it 's all good stuff , erm they do n't say that , where we do know this is something I have researched myself very carefully , the Australian Aborigines erm we have rich data on this and I 've read an awful lot of it and I compared notes with world authorities like David McKnight and erm erm what 's his name erm Shapiro authority on this , and they agree that er that 's definitely what happens . |
| 30 | ( Eg I got 2 pounds of a cop ticket for wimbledon — meaning I can see a match for 5.50 ) It only takes me going to 5 matches like this and I 've got good value for my initial investment . |