Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Tried projecting negative of Bride from holograph enlarger , he wrote , but image thin and weak where I want it strong ( though indeterminate ) . |
2 | I do not favour either approach above the other but am using each where I feel it is most illuminating . |
3 | See my dad likes videos and things like that but he wa he , I know he likes aftershave , he likes that Old Spice and that so I thought well I 'll get him something like that or I thought I sort of saw cos I 'm going shopping Saturday , I 'm trying to get it all Saturday if I can . |
4 | Now erm for next oh something else as well I 'm not sure whether you sign this or I do it erm right what 's the date is it about twenty eighth ? |
5 | Things we think you might be interested or I think you might be interested in talking about this morning . |
6 | ‘ We must be true with one another or I fear I shall go quite … ’ |
7 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
8 | It was so clear that I knew I 'd been blind . |
9 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
10 | The right hon. Gentleman said : ’ That is a firm commitment , costed and clear that I pledge our Labour Government will carry out . ’ |
11 | ‘ I just want to make clear that I pay you every correctitude for what you were involved in there . ’ |
12 | One more person would n't make any difference to the arrangements , for Rob had thought it wise to cater for up to eight extra guests — ‘ Just in case I 'm more popular than I think I am , ’ he 'd laughed . |
13 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
14 | He was real old so I suppose he had trouble with his false teeth or summat , but anyway , it was pretty disgusting watching him eat . |
15 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
16 | ‘ She would n't tell me , but was very insistent that I call her the minute you got in . ’ |
17 | The staff all know what 's got to be done and they go off and do it ; it 's just when jobs are different that I give them any guidance . |
18 | Its complete lack of any taste was so nauseating that I spat it out and decided to eat the rest of the bread by itself I was finishing this when there was the sound of boots in the passage again . |
19 | One claims that I have his thighs and legs , another that I have his torso . |
20 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
21 | ‘ I 'll feel better about all this if I know you 've got it . ’ |
22 | What am I most likely to get out of this if I do it ? |
23 | Twelve thou , you see , I 'm just wondering whether I should quote on a C I F basis which I can do you see , on the basis of , this if I add it up . |
24 | So , I played this and I taught myself and I had , I played at England and all over for oth , a ladies team , played a on a man 's team and er , the we , the west and that , . |
25 | she told them that , that 's mine , she told them that I did n't think much of this and I thought it was a rip off |
26 | The conductor will say , ‘ So that I can communicate my ideas to the orchestra ’ ; and the orchestra will say , ‘ So that he can learn the repertory at our expense ’ ; and the manager will say , ‘ Because I am paying for all this and I insist you rehearse . ’ |
27 | I knew this and I knew it was a weakness in him and I should not put up with it . |
28 | I feel you can do this and I know you I think you know you can do this . |
29 | And given the fact do n't forget , it 's always worth remembering this and I 've I 've made , I 'll be making the point later on . |
30 | ‘ One word of this and I tell your local rags where you learnt your craft . ’ |