Example sentences of "[det] [subord] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I used to go with him , and incidently he was a , he was very good on classical music , although we never went into this although I 'd got very close to him but I 'm sure he were brought up in an orphanage you know , and never talked about this but I 'm sure he was . |
| 2 | And I probably should n't be telling you all this if I want to keep your sympathy . |
| 3 | I 'll keep this cos I need to keep that guy 's . |
| 4 | But some of my structure is unique to me , my history for example , and no one else can know much of this unless I choose to relate it to them . |
| 5 | ‘ I am not worried by this because I do believe war has been glamorised beyond all belief . ’ |
| 6 | I had not even finished writing this before I got carried away and bought myself another Christmas present — a Synodontis angelicus . |
| 7 | They have n't got one and I 'll s er say this as I 've said everything on the wireless or anything , whatever I 've said I 'll say to their face , and I can slot the num perhaps they ca n't prove everything but you know it 's there . |
| 8 | But this as I have suggested poses massive theoretical problems , particularly in the attempt at a materialist position which would locate variations within changing social relations . |
| 9 | I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun . |
| 10 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 11 | Anyway , I doubt very much if I want to stay in all blasted week anyway ! |
| 12 | Erm I ca n't really do very much until I 've got |
| 13 | A hypothetical imperative tells me that , as a rational being , I must do such and such if I desire to obtain a certain upshot , because it is the essential means to that upshot , and he who wills the end must will the means . |
| 14 | and you know it sort , it surprises you so much because I 've said we 'll go on this moving stair thing er what they call it ? |
| 15 | I was courteous , but did n't encourage conversation too much because I wanted to start detecting before it got too late . |
| 16 | It was much as I had expected . |
| 17 | Although the story was my own , the background was very much as I had remembered it , the characters very much as I had remembered them . |
| 18 | Although the story was my own , the background was very much as I had remembered it , the characters very much as I had remembered them . |
| 19 | I often wondered if he enjoyed using my toothbrush as much as I enjoyed using his . |
| 20 | I mean , Ziggy really said as much as I meant to say all along . |
| 21 | ‘ Only a pound this week — not eaten too much as I 've had a very sore throat and cold . |
| 22 | Erm that 's as much as I 've got this morning . |
| 23 | Er actually , er much as I hate to admit it , I think you could be right . |
| 24 | As much as I try to enjoy the album , I am overcome with nausea . |
| 25 | ‘ Leo , she said warningly , ‘ I have had as much as I intend taking for one day . |
| 26 | My distended bladder was n't helping matters , but it was n't holding me back as much as I 'd feared , either . |
| 27 | Well I disagree in as much as I have said that I did n't have a shotgun and ignoring that fact then that I did n't have a shotgun she certainly did not make a lunge at me . |
| 28 | Most remarkable of all the suggestions put to Baldwin came from Lord Haldane , who only a month later was to take office as Lord Chancellor in the Labour Government , and who advised him to continue in office ; ‘ It may seem the odder in as much as I have supported the Labour Party and free trade through this general election . |
| 29 | ‘ As much as I have tried to avoid it , people will undoubtedly try to associate the future king with the Prince of Wales and other figures with other members of the Royal family . |
| 30 | ‘ But by the time I was eighteen , I realised that , as much as I loved studying the past , my greatest joy came from — well , I suppose you 'd describe it as planning things and watching them grow . ’ |