Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Why we 're worrying about them I do n't know .
2 there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself …
3 been a lot of crucial areas this afternoon Alan but I for me I think by and large Leicester have always had the edge in midfield .
4 This whole experience had been so fast and furious for me I did n't know what I was doing any more .
5 " But for me I do n't reckon you 'd ever have set eyes on each other . "
6 Is not er if there 's some for me I do n't bloody care .
7 But in terms of service and common purposes between ourselves I do n't think there has been particular resistance to doing what we 've been doing .
8 The urgency of nausea brings me to Siobhan 's house without difficulty and , once there , I crumble to my knees and vomit into the toilet , after which I fall headlong into bed and sleep for three or four
9 me a pound after what I 've just done for you out there
10 After what I saw here today , I do n't believe you 're afraid of anything . ’
11 Anyway , after what I did ter that silly ole goat at the sawmills the coppers might fink I 'm a villain an' try ter get the ole boy ter say I was there .
12 In cases about which I know only that his performance is better than mine , letting his advice tilt the balance in favour of his solution will sometimes , depending on my rate of mistakes and the formula used , improve my performance .
13 The triple alliance which I originally sought to conclude after the peace of Frankfurt and about which I had already sounded Vienna and St. Petersburg in September 1870 , was an alliance of the three Emperors with the further idea of bringing into it monarchical Italy .
14 The Triple Alliance , which I first tried to arrange after the Franco-Prussian War , and about which I had already approached Austria and Russia in 1870 , was an alliance of three Emperors , with the further idea of including the King of Italy .
15 Like my contemporaries I first attended an elementary school , about which I remember only three things .
16 But lastly I 'd like to come to the word community , about which I feel so strongly .
17 The first , about which I have mainly been talking so far , is the generality , or potential for generality , of things in the world .
18 Sums over histories also played an important psychological role in the development of physics since they led Feynman to propose his diagrammatic ideas about which I spoke so warmly at the start of this chapter .
19 The other recollection was a speech by Hanif Kureishi , the film-maker , about which I recall only how much I disliked it .
20 Yeah , he 's not pulling in for me , he 's pulling in for himself I think actually .
21 Following a very rough crossing from Portsmouth during which I slept very little it dawned on me that we were on our own in a Renault van which was half a ton overweight , had a top speed of 60 mph , an up-hill speed of 40 mph provided you had a run at it , jumped out of fourth gear unless you held it in position and we had 1850 miles to go !
22 Fortunately , when I did we maintained a perfect climbing attitude , I completed my mission , during which I spent sometime thinking about the young airman who had done the daily inspection of the instruments , and had left the auto pilot engaged .
23 This took a little time during which I pondered uneasily on the possibility , however remote , of having to recognize the existence of additional progeny , and all that it would entail .
24 Looking back I can now see that some of the happenings through which I lived professionally were destined to be profound and far reaching in their impact and to become milestones of educational change .
25 Indeed , the next months were taxing in a different way , culminating in my appointment to a post in Bahrein for which I had little enough relish .
26 You could buy salmon , which I suspect could have come from the King 's Reach skirting Balmoral ) for 2/6d a pound ; and there was no dearth of whisky for which I had yet to acquire a taste .
27 During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting .
28 But there is something for which I have rather more difficulty in forgiving him .
29 A purpose for which I guess even Volvo have not taken into account in their advertising budget ! ’
30 As I was leaving the front of the house two jeeps arrived with wounded aboard , one of whom I recognised straight away .
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