Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They always let you use a ‘ phone and sometimes you get a private one in a booth or similar and I 've made many Stateside calls that way . |
| 2 | I hope that I am not thought too patronising or authoritarian when I say that I do not believe that parents should leave children in unattended cars and they certainly should not leave the keys in the car as well . |
| 3 | Well , we 've got our cost reductions as an ongoing process er , so it 's never complete , you 're always looking for ways to , to become more efficient or effective but I do n't anticipate any redundancies er , any further redundancies but obviously if , if , if systems become available which improve our efficiency and effectiveness we , we have to take account of it . |
| 4 | I will always make people angry or happy because I make things happen . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't wish to appear ungrateful or offensive but I have a job to get back to — ’ |
| 6 | I was concentrating too hard to feel elated or amazed that I had actually trained this wild creature to come to me at will . |
| 7 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 8 | Mr Paine , I feel sure , will be a candidate for some award or other and I trust he will remember the couple whose bravery obviously far exceeded that called for in the normal course of duty . |
| 9 | I 'd like to go to Australia because they all seem that friendly and I 've got relatives there . |
| 10 | Arrived at school ( 8.50 a.m. ) — ten minutes later than usual because I overslept . |
| 11 | A harmless grass snake , I concluded , although I must admit that the proximity of the Reptile Centre did make me a touch more circumspect than usual as I made for the summit . |
| 12 | The reasons are neither sentimental nor superstitious although I accept that arguments for live worship can fall sometimes into these categories . |
| 13 | I like to use Norwegian salmon rather than Scotch as I find it more juicy and delicate in flavour . |
| 14 | I had begun to feel that ill that I did n't care , but I was back riding out three lots three weeks after the op . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And was n't she that desperate that I did n't have the heart to tell her no ? ’ |
| 16 | One was quite hot and spicy but I 'd forgotten what we had for the first two the two that they brought out . |
| 17 | In fact , everything was much less traumatic and emotional than I 'd expected , probably because I 'm pretty hard on myself anyway . |
| 18 | Dixie lies so still and bloody that I do n't need to touch him . |
| 19 | I swore my pupils would never be restricted and repressed as I had been . |
| 20 | I think basically , if you 've got good colour sense you 're home and dry as I have said many times , it does n't matter how you put it together , but if the colours are superb , it 's going to look good . |
| 21 | Tried projecting negative of Bride from holograph enlarger , he wrote , but image thin and weak where I want it strong ( though indeterminate ) . |
| 22 | In fact the other day I just could n't face yet another day of taunts , kicks and bag-snatching so I skived off school . |
| 23 | It appears to have escaped Berkeley 's attention that not all imaginary things , for example a drunkard 's pink rats , are voluntary and lack the vivacity of the real thing , and also that , when I set myself to imagine something , I can make my ideas as orderly and coherent as I like . |
| 24 | Feeling flustered and guilty that I had departed from my normal custom of never working on a pupil 's painting , I foolishly replied " Yes " . |
| 25 | You 've grown fat and lazy since I saw you last . ’ |
| 26 | " I thought you frivolous , malicious and heartless when I lived with you . |
| 27 | I also like to give credit where it is due , and would , therefore , like to thank members of the Great Central Railway who were very helpful and friendly when I made a recent visit to Rothley and Loughborough as an ordinary visitor . |
| 28 | I was shaking , shivering and sweating and I had the most awful pain going through my body . |
| 29 | and words are put clear and strong and I think I 'd use the word forceful |
| 30 | I was so young and foolish and I did not know what I was doing . ’ |