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

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1 You have n't even enquired about my holiday or where I spent it . ’
2 ‘ It 's real strange but I do n't feel cheated or that I deserved something and did n't get it ’ .
3 And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is .
4 Stay at Ivrigar for a time , or until I deem it safe to return . ’
5 Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you .
6 Good do n't forget if I go too quickly or if I give you too much say , Ooh hang on .
7 And we 'd go to the theatre or but I mean we do all that sort of thing still but we just have to cram it into the week .
8 They 're either shouting or but I mean they 're getting millions now you get this
9 I bet he could n't know whether it was gon na be good or but I bought it .
10 I did n't think of her ; I ca n't say I went because I respected her decision or because I thought it was in her interest ; I knew it was n't in her interest , or mine , or ours .
11 Or as I see it , more sentimental .
12 Sometimes , when she was startled or frightened on my fist or as I approached her , it was painful to think that I might be responsible for her fear .
13 Knowing this , I was still impotent , for I had nothing to put in its stead , no one to turn to for advice or support , and I had learned for myself nothing of life except that I was bad at living , and that where I loved I met only rejection and disaster .
14 Except that I heard you threaten to . ’
15 Except that I thought you 'd understand — and perhaps I did think that you had a right to know why I feel the way I do about … about anything permanent . ’
16 She thought , Now he 'll say what he was going to say last night , except that I made it hard for him , I was so unloving , so unresponsive .
17 I could not say how very , very much I am going to miss my dearest — except that I know she will understand .
18 I could n't tell how exactly , except that I found I could n't teach you so well .
19 ‘ I do n't know no more , except that I helped him to hide in the hayloft .
20 ' Sir John , I know nothing except that I honour you and the Lady Maude .
21 okay , I ju as I say i do n't want to promise you something that that I know I 'm not going to be able to achieve in these two days because that 's not yep certainly if you want to talk about that you know as a separate thing outside the time then then we 'll be able to help you do that , okay ?
22 ‘ I think , Mr Boldwood , that although I respect you very much , I do n't feel — enough for you — to accept your proposal . ’
23 Thank you the only is that you will have seen organised generally supported that although I think we could support it a lot better than we have .
24 That 's actually all I want to say about the flipchart unless anybody 's any other comments I mean Jeff 's you 've obviously got a lot of experience in a do you feel there 's any anything further than that I know I 've covered it very briefly .
25 ‘ I 'm not sure what to think , ’ Aubrey said doubtfully , ‘ other than that I hope I am wrong .
26 Yeah , no it 's a bit more than that I think it 's a bit of a case of please help her with her maths sheets .
27 You ca n't use less than that I suppose you could things going across , that reduces the amount of memory , not ruin the layout .
28 But remember , Isabel , if you dislike your present position , that once I offered you honourable marriage .
29 Do n't need that cos I got my two
30 Well they 'd always got an excuse but he said , she could n't deny that cos I see it !
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