Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we either are going in the direction this morning , or rather I think you 're being pressed to go in the direction of seeking to identify in due course , what is the preferred general location , and this undoubtedly is something you can hang your hat on . |
| 2 | I can just see the Waste , or rather I think it must be the Waste , for there 's a tower there and it 's bare of trees . |
| 3 | I made a decision , or rather I hedged my bets . |
| 4 | ‘ I could never do that to her , ’ I said , ‘ or perhaps I mean I could never do it to myself . |
| 5 | Or perhaps I flatter myself . ’ |
| 6 | More or less I think it went against the entries because the members just would n't turn up to the meetings . |
| 7 | a six or so I knew what , that the nine was no good to me or the |
| 8 | Yes thank you Chairman erm I think important question very similar question I think we 're we 're all wondering whether the changed landscape of West Sussex , the changed use of West Sussex has had any influence on the flooding and as the County Council has pointed out worst amount of rain we 've had for about seventy years or so I think it 's very useful and important er to ask questions an and when this crisis is over we reflect on what we can learn from it , but I must bear in mind that it is first and foremost extraordinary climatic conditions which have caused these problems and that in itself of course might have implications erm the whole of global warming does tend to come to mind when you see what 's happening in Australia as well as what 's happening here erm that 's certainly not anything that agencies great or small can have any control over . |
| 9 | Leslie took the opportunity to visit Carthage : ‘ There is literally nothing there , ’ he wrote , ‘ but I felt the atmosphere — or maybe I imagined I did . ’ |
| 10 | No I did know , or else I stop you , I 'll coat one with some bitter alie see how you like that , or allen whatever it 's called . |
| 11 | The cones are now all flowing with pitch , and my hands are soon so covered with it that I can not easily cast down my booty when I would , it sticks to my fingers so ; and when I get down at last and have picked them up , I can not touch my basket with such hands but carry it on my arm , nor can I pick up my coat which I have taken off unless with my teeth — or else I kick it up and catch it on my arm . |
| 12 | Just beyond Fort Augustus a trace of their road may still be found ; now impassable , it must have been a fearful route : the climb up to any height of it is ferociously demanding — or else I hit it at the wrong spot . |
| 13 | ‘ Or else I blame myself , ’ Gabriel said . |
| 14 | Off she went ‘ to see ’ and eventually I got my two pieces of wholemeal , well more or less wholemeal , bread . |
| 15 | I also wondered about why we never saw Nellie 's Dad and eventually I asked her about him . |
| 16 | He kept interrupting and eventually I told him he could n't sit in on our discussions any more and I explained why . |
| 17 | And eventually I convinced her — or anyway caused her to throw up her hands in rage and dismissal and stamp off to her cabin . |
| 18 | Dairy cattle … eh , Beh , milk is not food enough for a man and besides I have my fields to plough . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was looking at him like I had done a million times and suddenly I saw his shoulder twitch slightly , ’ she said . |
| 20 | I looked around the coach , and suddenly I thought I understood the reason for the strange smell . |
| 21 | My eye moved upriver , and suddenly I noticed it , squat and shuddering . |
| 22 | ‘ It completely changed the shape of my face and suddenly I had my cheekbones back , ’ says Janet , 37 . |
| 23 | I just wanted to s revenge for it was supposed to be a fight for me , but I was really angry when he killed my friend so I wanted to revenge Tybaot and suddenly I killed him . |
| 24 | A few discreet phone calls and suddenly I find myself shunted into a siding while the investigation into Ruggiero 's murder passes me by . ’ |
| 25 | I was quite prepared to die without giving it too much thought , you understand — and suddenly I find I 've got up steam and I 've puff-puffed past the station labelled ‘ Death ’ and the track lies all before me , unsignposted . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I just came in to buy some flowers and a paper and suddenly I find I 'm in the middle of it all . |
| 27 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 28 | And so I dress them , give them breakfast . |
| 29 | It was cool and so I played it … |
| 30 | But I was real familiar with his records and so I knew it was gon na be that way ; in fact it was really kinda fun to have to take a guess at when he was gon na change . |