Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found , after experimenting that I did not need any glycerine at all as I managed to get the colour to work well with just a smudge from the wet brush . |
| 2 | Often I felt so full after eating that I had to lie down or drag myself to lectures , feeling as though I 'd just eaten three Christmas dinners . |
| 3 | Oh no , I mean the these were clients and they could never be friends after doing that I 've come to the conclusion you can either keep your money or you can keep your friends , but you 're not going to do both . |
| 4 | Shit , after doing that I want to go out and see what 's happening . |
| 5 | I DISCOVERED OIL pastels one Christmas when kindly relation bought me a large box after hearing that I painted in pastels ; not realising that it was the soft chalk variety that I used . |
| 6 | It 's one of the kick-backs you get for looking like I look . |
| 7 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |
| 8 | Now whenever I speak , this provides grounds for believing that I have vocal chords ; but it does not express that fact . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you for remembering that I wanted to see Karlovy Vary , ’ she opened sincerely . |
| 10 | He did eighty-two years of caddying and I think he was perhaps the oldest caddie still working before he finally packed it in . |
| 11 | This is an aspect of weaving that I had n't thought about until I read Audrey Palmer 's book ‘ Create with Knitweave ’ . |
| 12 | Besides , I did n't think I could now save enough to make a significant difference to my standard of living when I retired , so I decided I might as well enjoy it while I had the chance . |
| 13 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
| 14 | There is of course no logical reason why things should be different this time , wrote Harsnet , why this too should not be an illusion , the illusion of imagining that I know not only what step to take first but also what step to take second and even what step to take third . |
| 15 | I had every intention of refusing when I interviewed you but I had read your articles . |
| 16 | Who should I have always been guilty of believing that I had never done enough ? |
| 17 | In my retelling of the Divine Drama I have made use of primitive mythological ways of speaking because I do not believe that we have a better language that is available to us when it comes to understanding God 's revelation as story — as the great epic of salvation . |
| 18 | Do n't even think of moving while I see if I can find some dry firewood . ’ |
| 19 | I was on the point of surrendering when I thought that it would be more dangerous to resume the subject on another occasion ; I also did n't trust my nerve . |
| 20 | All that is a way of saying that I found , and still do find , the conscious act of sitting down to meditate — in the accepted way of the word — an exceedingly difficult act . |
| 21 | Mum had a habit , whenever she sent me any distance on an errand , of insisting that I had clean bloomers on , ‘ in case yer get knocked down by a 'orse ’ , which was why I was scared of them . |
| 22 | I 'm so stiff that I 'm afraid of slipping when I get out , and you can help me wash my hair — my arms hurt when I lift them up . ’ |
| 23 | In my whole life of collecting and I suppose it 's a little bit to assuage my conscience I 've always been able to say to myself that I 'm allowed to have these things and enjoy them , but eventually they 're all going to museums . |
| 24 | I once made the mistake you 're thinking of making and I 've never got over it . |
| 25 | Whatever abstract mathematical objects I may choose to represent energy or momentum , the consequence of actually measuring them is the concrete one of finding that I have present so many units of whatever it is . |
| 26 | P. Mainly skaters , some college people out of skating but I like to make new friends all the time . |
| 27 | What if the official welcomer had stuck to his preconceptions to the point of concluding that I had not arrived ? |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't dream of gloating but I think perhaps it does demonstrate there is a commercial expertise in the Football League which is continuing . |
| 29 | So is it worth doing that now or is it worth waiting until I have taken account of both amendments again . |
| 30 | Swivel on it , I felt like shouting but I did n't . |