Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is one scene where I fall over a sofa , which we added on the day of the shoot . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , ’ she replied tersely , ‘ I 'll make sure that I draw up a balance sheet next time . |
| 3 | The parents were removed and I estimated that I had over a hundred eggs . |
| 4 | She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me . |
| 5 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 6 | You may recall that I proposed earlier a scheme to do just that — namely , the registration of a new entry , but accompanied by a code known to the Registrar which would alert him in any case of attempted fraud . |
| 7 | Well I 've got the little blue packet yeah and I 'm screaming yeah I thought that I won about a hundred pounds or something yeah . |
| 8 | I once calculated that I did about a thousand hours ' work in the three years I was there , an average of an hour a day . |
| 9 | It 's such a wonderful thing and gives out such heat that I spend quite a lot of my time sitting alongside it in the kitchen . |
| 10 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |
| 11 | She carried her sandwich over to join him , saying : ‘ My excuse for being down here is that I have n't a moment to spare . |
| 12 | I know that I have only a few hours left to live , but I can feel my loved ones near me , and I welcome death . |
| 13 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |
| 14 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 15 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 16 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 17 | ‘ He suggested it could have died another way , ’ Small recalls , ‘ so I took out a knife , skinned it on his desk , and showed him where the fox 's teeth had punctured the flesh . ’ |
| 18 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 19 | The waiters were all busy at that moment so I picked up a full glass from the table and fought my way to where she was holding court in the middle of the mass — standing up , of course . |
| 20 | I had my trumpet case on my knee and half a carriage to myself , so I pulled out a paperback of Gore Vidal 's latest Essays and read the one where he thinks he gets confused with Anthony Burgess . |
| 21 | Fortunately , the corner hedge of an adjacent field was in a direct line with the site , so I moved forward a few paces , switched on my metal detector and started swinging it in an arc before me . |
| 22 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 23 | I do n't want to be blown across the room in the first ten minutes so I hang back a little as we sit round the table with Anthony Hopkins and Campbell Scott to read the scene through and discuss it . |
| 24 | But here I was stuck back on the dole with a Fostex 250 , a guitar , a microphone and a drum machine , so I worked out a way of getting up to about eleven tracks on the Portastudio by constantly bouncing to and fro . |
| 25 | I hate Heathcliff too , but I could not agree to murder , so I called out a warning from the kitchen window . |
| 26 | Pater 's as busy as ever , of course , but the mater has kept on the house in London since Madeleine 's season , so I spend quite a lot of time in the Great Big City seeing shows , etc. etc . |
| 27 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 28 | Mum and I get on a lot better these days . |
| 29 | ‘ Victor and I go back a long way . |
| 30 | Ali and I go back a long way . |