Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand .
2 A couple of blocks away is John Smiths , where I met my old friend Robert Clow , in company with his number two , Willie Anderson , current treasurer of the BA .
3 And she had opened my locked drawer where I keep my private papers , but I 'm not going to mention that .
4 ‘ On Lee Beach there 's a safe anchorage where I keep my old fishing boat , ’ said her host .
5 I lay there in the Bomb Circle where I killed her other son , and I hoped that she was dead , too .
6 South bank as well 'cause that 's where I started , where I got my first board ever .
7 I watch the familiar shops and houses go by ; Mum 's old gift shop ( now a video shop ) ; the Arms , where I had my first pint ; Dad 's old garage , still doing business .
8 I came from a B-Cat prison where I had my own basin and toilet .
9 ’ ‘ cept ‘ rithmetic , ’ I replied with bravado , ‘ where I beat her silly . ’
10 Prices ( including flights ) based on the Taj Holiday Village where I stayed my first week start at £566 per person for seven days ' bed and breakfast ( £738 for fourteen days ) .
11 Tried projecting negative of Bride from holograph enlarger , he wrote , but image thin and weak where I want it strong ( though indeterminate ) .
12 I will consider the written representations and representations in reply of both the parties and may , where I consider it necessary , seek additional oral representations from the parties possibly by means of interviews .
13 I waited for another few seconds and then crossed the landing to my own flat where I completed my own process of locking myself in for the night .
14 A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to meet in a public house where I bought you half a dozen pints and we engaged in a long and fascinating conversation .
15 But he does n't , and my mother wo n't tell him to go , because she 's never in her life told anyone to go , it is n't in her , but he 's grinding her into the ground , she ca n't work , she ca n't concentrate , he keeps talking to her all the time , and the baby cries , and it upsets her , for all that she keeps saying it does n't , and that it takes her back to the happiest years of her life , when we were all in plastic pants , I suppose she means , except I think we all had to wear wet woolly leggings , she had this thing about plastic pants being unhealthy . "
16 Although I draw them all for you ,
17 How he had overcome all the complex problems of graft-rejection , septicaemia , and so on — not to mention the central problem of bestowing life — was beyond me , although I took it that fortune had favoured his researches .
18 Because although I hated it worse than anything , I did enjoy it too , once I got used to it .
19 I know that the hon. Member has shown considerable interest in the case that is the subject of the debate , although I find it surprising that he has chosen to raise the matter in this way .
20 This seems to me just false , although I find it hard to show it convincingly .
21 At the exalted level of Olympic competition that might be true , although I find it hard to attribute the concept of ‘ needing ’ to Carl Lewis , who , and no doubt I am being unfair , always looks to me like the lead actor in a Disney film entitled The Fastest Kid on Earth .
22 I shall ever esteem the man and revere his memory : and although I feel myself incapable to do full justice to his merits , yet posterity will ’ .
23 ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week .
24 ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week .
25 Because what I really want , after all , is to give them a true belief , and I know very well that , although I want my own beliefs to be true ( because that 's what makes them useful ) , we can all make mistakes .
26 But although I found it impossible not to be moved by the vibes and hype of enthusiastic publicity people and charming sales teams , there is no getting away from the fact that it is going to be a very tough year , with too many major titles to be able to do justice to them all ; and I do n't see any real evidence of anyone pruning their lists .
27 Although I found it impossible to imagine such a conversation with Mrs Monro , I had no doubt that Lili was telling the truth , and whatever the psychological convolutions the facts were there .
28 And although I found it hard to understand that you did n't want to meet her again that evening , I accepted that she was possibly ‘ not your type ’ .
29 ‘ My spirits varied between depression , acceptance , and hope , ’ he said , ‘ although I found it easier not to think of my son , Antoine . ’
30 Although I did my best not to , something of my scepticism must have betrayed itself , for Mr Farraday then added , as though for reassurance , that were it to prove necessary , then an additional member of staff could be hired .
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