Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't make me feel sillier than I already do . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps I am tougher than I sometimes appear … |
| 3 | So you 're feeling relaxed and comfortable and good because you 're telling me , you know , what a great tennis player I am and I really enjoy it , you 've just given me a couple of names that I 'll either make a note of or I 'll say that 's interesting cos I actually deal with Joe on a business relationship anyway erm maybe we could meet some other people from the tennis club , self employed people , professional people such as yourself , who might be interested in looking at financial planning but today I 'm more interested in talking about you Bill , erm we 'll come back to them a bit later if I may so let's press on . |
| 4 | Probably it may be easier if I actually do those letters if they want letters . |
| 5 | I just have to look at the list of this cos I always tend to forget this . |
| 6 | Sometimes , when I have to make precious substances such as toenail cheese or belly-button fluff , I have to go without a shower or bath for days and days ; I hate doing this because I soon feel dirty and itchy , and the only bright thing about such abstinence is how good it feels to have a shower at the end of it . |
| 7 | I 'd , it 's funny because I always wanted a girl |
| 8 | It 's very very funny because I actually laughed about it when I listened to it on tape first of all and I felt well maybe |
| 9 | I know Cell would sound like this before I even heard them . |
| 10 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
| 11 | Two : that you found my mind as exciting as I certainly found yours . |
| 12 | ’ Do n't make me sound as old as I sometimes feel . ’ |
| 13 | Even though I come from Cuba and have naturally dark skin , it 's very dry so I always carry my Must de Cartier body lotion with me . |
| 14 | It worked rather well , and I made far more by doing that than I ever had working for the paper shop . |
| 15 | But I think it may be more appropriate if I actually met with say the management committee as opposed to myself yes I 'm quite happy to do that to meet any individual or group who feel they have some concerns they wish to discuss and I give that I give that assurance this evening . |
| 16 | So a lot of mine are reactive because I just have n't got any staff . |
| 17 | It can be dangerous because I often cut my head open . ’ |
| 18 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
| 19 | If I had still thought you as slap-happy as I originally assumed — and bluntly , my child , you gave me the impression of being incapable of specialling a cold in the head — if the Night Super . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're saying plainly that you 'll assert yourself in the most obvious way possible if I ever attempt to cross you ! ’ |
| 21 | That cos I really did n't want to call him , because I did n't want to , to hear you know , oh I 've done this , and this , and this , and then you know I would get , and say oh my god I have n't done nothing and I realize I 've done much more than . |
| 22 | Between the ages of 33 and 33–½ my mind changed , I think due to mere terror , or the outrageous ageing process , or gross deliberate indulgence , or love and emotion , or noticing that all around me friends and enemies were having children and were tons happier than I ever thought possible , or all of a sweet serious sudden it just seemed the only thing to do . |
| 23 | It was true that the happy-go-lucky dockers , working for a few pennies every time a ship came in , were being watched carefully by Captain Robins on the bridge , but it all seemed rather haphazard , as though I would be lucky if I ever found all my trunks . |
| 24 | Er and of course it 's people like erm my mother and father who never look at er things like that unless I actually point it out , they wo n't actually know that they 're allowed to reclaim tax . |
| 25 | My make-up artist and stylist are very good so I usually listen to them unless it is something that I really do n't like . |
| 26 | He made such an impact that Laughton soon admitted : ‘ He 's better than I ever dreamed . ’ |
| 27 | I am not sure if I ever took the idea of America very seriously . |
| 28 | Probably better if I just stay at work and come and pick me up . |
| 29 | I was n't there very long cos I only went in one class in Road School . |
| 30 | I hope that my being there was helpful because I certainly came away with many happy memories and no one can take that away . ’ |