Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the reception in the Great Hall , where I met the Hon. |
| 2 | ‘ Is this where I make the noble suggestion of keeping away at weekends to leave you free to sail as much as you want ? ’ he demanded . |
| 3 | It ended up where I felt the whole world was on my shoulders . |
| 4 | I went by the Galerie de Diane and then down the stairs leading to the basement in the Pavillon de Flore where I followed the underground passage , badly lit — but where were the kitchens ? |
| 5 | where I mucked the whole thing up trying to get the |
| 6 | To minimize confusion , I shall use consumerism where I mean the first , and the consumer movement to denote the second . |
| 7 | The second half brought Tchaikovsky 's 4th symphony , where I fear the fourth movement was a little too fast , certainly on its opening , although a conductor can well afford to accelerate the pace towards the conclusion . |
| 8 | I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow . |
| 9 | The Manton trainer said : ‘ Dr Devious is in great shape and on course for the Juddmonte International where I think the 10 furlongs will suit as long as they go a fast enough pace . |
| 10 | In this Church where I encounter the Triune God I am called to worship with my whole being . |
| 11 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 12 | We telephoned Mr Hector Charlesworth but he was , as yet , unable to take any remedial action , although I had the distinct impression that he would have liked to do so . |
| 13 | Although I remember the hurt vividly , none of the sentiments I have just expressed appear in my diary : again , it was a matter of pride . |
| 14 | The casual approach , Vincent , the innocent and cherubic expression , although I doubt the last is beyond you . |
| 15 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , although I welcome the economic measures to assist the Soviet Union — granted , as he rightly says , because of the courage of President Yeltsin in implementing his reforms — the other side of the coin is that it would have been a terrible mistake if we had jumped the gun and granted the assistance before the reforms were implemented ? |
| 16 | Although I interviewed the two most senior managers in the store , they both operated as line managers before being promoted , and take over-all charge of the shop floor on particular days . |
| 17 | Thus , although I use the present tense , the physical organization of communities and the economic organization that I discuss are more relevant to the pre-1970 period . |
| 18 | Of course I am addicted to Alexis although I admit the entire thing is very far fetched . |
| 19 | Although I hated the very idea of selling things to people who might not want to buy them ( even if it was good for them ) I made quite a few sales , the main commission deriving from the sale of a Group Insurance Scheme to 32 men from the Times-Herald staff . |
| 20 | I , personally , am not convinced that the proposals should be adopted , although I appreciate the competitive pressures that have prompted them . |
| 21 | I wish to be relatively uncontroversial about these definitions , although I realise the great philosophical problems involved in any description of I for instance.3 The indexical meaning is that which exists when we have ascribed referents to those discourse elements suggested by the symbolic meaning of a term . |
| 22 | Although I think the elder one her |
| 23 | It got me noticed here although I think the one-man show I did outside on my own was the real deciding factor with the RSC . |
| 24 | Although I recognized the same black fire in his eyes , the farm boy had become a gentleman . |
| 25 | Er , Professor did say final words of aspiration , and I sha n't talk on aspirations , I was interested in it , and although I talked the empirical linguis linguisism . |
| 26 | You see although I wear the German uniform , you might really say that I am more neutral than anything else . |
| 27 | It was probably this occasion which prompted Lloyd George to write of Balfour : ‘ I confess that I underrated the passionate attachment to his country which burnt under that calm , indifferent , and apparently frigid exterior ’ ; upon which Balfour 's latest biographer has somewhat severely commented : ‘ By ‘ passionate attachment to his country , ’ Lloyd George , presumably meant Balfour 's backing for him as Prime Minister … ’ |
| 28 | It was , especially , upon retiring to bed late in the night of the seventh or eighth day after the placing of the Lady Madeline within the donjon , that I experienced the full power of such feelings . |
| 29 | I sent away and passed the exams and I became a policeman , but I always wanted to become a policeman when I , from about eighteen or nineteen it 's just that I drifted the wrong way . |
| 30 | For I have not bothered to tell her that I spotted the blasted thing on our drive back from Bournemouth to London , lurking in a lay-by . |