Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] i [verb] [pers pn] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll feel better about all this if I know you 've got it . ’ |
| 6 | What am I most likely to get out of this if I do it ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Perhaps it 's quicker if I ask you , you just heard about it . |
| 9 | ‘ T is quicker if I carry you . |
| 10 | I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her . |
| 11 | That 's interesting cos I mean it is a sort of a variant |
| 12 | I never understood this until I realized he meant that his characters ' uselessness , indolence and longing were typical of the adults he knew when he was a child . |
| 13 | ‘ Maggie , is it OK if I call you that ? ’ |
| 14 | I think you would be interested if I take you through the Severn Tunnel . |
| 15 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 16 | No , I just , thinking it 's easier if I take it down this way . |
| 17 | ‘ I was afraid if I saw you I would n't be able to keep my hands off you . |
| 18 | I could have hugged my Mum that day for saving the harmonium but I was afraid if I did she would push me away . |
| 19 | While he languishes in gaol , the real murderer will go free unless I unmask him ! ’ |
| 20 | I mean I , I was quite fascinated having lunch one day with a journ a Melbourne journalist erm and this was about six months after Murdoch had taken over the Melbourne Sun all this and we were chatting away and I actually threw in the stuff which were saying about how papers are there to make profits these days so that 's what drives them and that journalists journalists on newspapers such as Murdoch 's papers , write what they 're supposed to write and she and I got quite out of with one another and and the bottom liner was that she , she absolutely totally and utterly denied what we were saying and I said to her okay if you were given a story to write you know and it was opposite to how you would view it , what would you do and she said oh well I , I would have to write it and the issue with the Murdoch papers and it 's quite interesting because I mean I 'm sure you can with other newspapers but I , I 've just got a bit more is that Murdoch never ever writes a minute or a memo to his editor or staff saying this is what the line is ever . |
| 21 | Erm , I think that this erm , part of the agenda is most interesting because I think it 's other departments which also report back to the policy resources , which really , we as a erm , council do n't get much chance to see it 's doing . |
| 22 | Which is interesting because I think I saw her on Wednesday night . |
| 23 | I was winding him up some because I thought he deserved it . |
| 24 | And he would be the right one to b be on this because I mean he 's so intelligent , he would but he wo n't even I think he must of turned that tape on yesterday . |
| 25 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 26 | When our member then appealed to the Regional Secretary and said , well , I think I do wan na appeal and go further than this because I feel I 'm right , what letter did we then get in reply . |
| 27 | I 'm rather advertising this because I think it 's important to understand that although , and I 'm sure you know , that there 's this constant war really between , it was n't of course a physical war , but certainly tension , and difficulty between the university and the city . |
| 28 | I am doing this because I think I ought to and am in the position to do so . ’ |
| 29 | I thought I 'll only give her half because I know she 'll get in a mess . |
| 30 | ‘ Now eat this while I tell you how I found you . ’ |