Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] i [vb base] i " in BNC.

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1 Such chivalry is rarely met with by such as I , and although I know I should refuse it , for it will put you in debt , I confess I can not . ’
2 I 'm interested in things outside of entertainment as well , and although I feel I 'm older than 21 , I have to remind myself that I am 21 and I 've got a lot of years ahead . ’
3 well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself
4 Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’
5 But to Phyllis Broome , a Worcestershire neighbour , writer and walking companion , he wrote : ‘ Here is the biggest job in the world and if I fail I shall share the fate of many a bigger man than I. But it 's a fine thought , is n't it ?
6 He a big man and if I say I 'm not well he says he 'll have it up the back then and … ’ and I said ‘ Well , you 'll just have to put a stopper in it then , wo n't you ? ’
7 I will not be for the lessening of it , and if I do I know I less my crown , for we must march together " .
8 And because I know I ca n't finish it , there 's a good chance I wo n't start it .
9 ‘ I came back after two years out of the ring because boxing 's in my blood and because I feel I can win the title .
10 And when I return I shall no doubt make another purchase and so on .
11 I remember when I was at er tech I was reading and when I read I 'm absorbed , you know what I mean
12 Anyway , you know I have my good days and when I do I like to get up and sit by the fire for a while . ’
13 If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me .
14 And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions .
15 And yet , although he was a scientific naturalist and although in frequent essays he reminds us of the insignificance and unimportance of man in the whole scheme of things , it 's plain that , from the beginning , and as I hope I shall be able to show you , right down to the end , he found something emotionally hard to bear , I was going to say , in fact , intolerable , in this situation .
16 And er , er , an an and as I say I had , like , this was only coming home from school like , you know .
17 And as I say I 'm not really , that is basically all I wanted to say .
18 when I was sixteen because it 's then I started to get these free passes and I had a sister then who lived at Rye and I had never been across London so the next door neighbour came with me to see me across London er because I was so young you see and I said right as long as you show me across London I can come back alone , you see , and so I came back alone and I , that 's when I started , so from sixteen and er and as I say I went to Cambridge in the nineteen thirty one , it was the last day of well say nineteen thirty two , you see , and , and also in the twenties I was going on holiday alone and I went to once er to the Isle of Man and when I was er I , I sat next , well being by myself , you see , they put me in , to a little table near the wall .
19 And as I say I do n't know what sort of things children watch on T V but it 's all in English .
20 Oh life begins again and as I say I 'm only forty two , it is n't that .
21 But where I go I do n't need them .
22 but if I find I want little bits an bobs what I need I just pop over the road .
23 ‘ I 'm not all that interested in voting , but if I do I think I 'll vote for Mr Field , but I 'm not sure , ’ said Mr Bingham .
24 As yet I have not seen a golden eagle on any of my trips to Argyll , but if I do I would appreciate any tips you could give me for photographing them .
25 I 'm going out but before I go I 'll tell you one thing .
26 But before I go I 'll have a look at the one I found in the asylum and the one Theodora got from Paul 's church . ’
27 But before I go I said to the
28 I want to concentrate on my constituency , but before I do I shall make two points .
29 I 'm short of the ready , but when I win I 'll lay a bigger stake .
30 SUMMERCHILD : Yes , but when I say I 'm happy with something …
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