Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 2 | Blood ran from his face where I had cut it , but I had fought too many fights that night . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 4 | Where I 've wet it what 's it done to it ? |
| 5 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 6 | except I forget to put it on and then he twiddles , twiddles with the er |
| 7 | I hated the hoop of diamonds which , although I had washed it , looked somehow dirty . |
| 8 | I was grateful for the radio he had borrowed from the farmer , although I had to play it almost inaudibly , so as not to disturb him . |
| 9 | Ca n't say I 've learnt much although I 've started it again and again in the last two years . |
| 10 | ‘ And you know , I 've never said this , although I 've thought it a lot : you 've always been kind to me all down the years . |
| 11 | Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back . |
| 12 | Most people ignored this commandment , although I have heard it said that Pike was to be seen with a compass on a number of occasions , trying to align himself correctly . |
| 13 | Being aware of the strict alcohol regulations , I did not object to this , although I did think it rather unfair that a school-friend was obliged to dispose of his soft drink before he entered the ground . |
| 14 | I could n't fault the descriptions , although I did find it a little irritating to be several paragraphs into each section before the actual route of ascent was revealed . |
| 15 | I 'm delighted with that , the budget came out er , much better than I 'd hoped it would do , and er , and I , I am sure that we shall see some improvement in the police er , over the next year . |
| 16 | " Sooner than I 'd meant it to , " Sara said a little ruefully . |
| 17 | Loading it after all those years was a strange experience ; if anything it seems better than I 'd remembered it . |
| 18 | It was better than I 'd thought it 'd be . |
| 19 | Strangely , it was as though the wave had chosen me more than I had chosen it . |
| 20 | I wanted to hate him for doing this to me , so much earlier than I had thought it would be done , but it was difficult to hate a man I had such respect for . |
| 21 | I 've also adopted the philosophy that I must develop somebody to do my job better than I have done it . |
| 22 | Erm I now accept that that was a misreading of Harrogate District Council 's resolution which was rather more ambiguous than I have represented it here . |
| 23 | I killed him for no more reason than I wanted to do it . |
| 24 | ‘ Last night I finally realised what was missing from my design so I went to get it but I got into some problem . ’ |
| 25 | I was determined , so I agreed to pay it back every week . |
| 26 | But the time to ‘ recognise ’ it image by image had gone ; just as the moments of each day fade away , so I 'd forgotten it . |
| 27 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm one of those people who can eat and drink what I like and not put on weight , so I had to do it by weight training and build up the muscle weight , ’ he adds . |
| 29 | ‘ It was bothering me , so I had to take it off ’ She closes her fingers over it . |
| 30 | ‘ At the end of each sitting I seemed to produce nothing , so I had to hide it ( the canvas ) and carry it facing me , so all the butlers would n't see it . ’ |