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 . |