Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I can see the range , where it is , and where I want it to be . |
| 2 | But Bob said to me where I bought it from , he said I do n't think it would survive the winter because it comes from the Scilly Isles which is warmer . |
| 3 | Mr. Rifkind did not reply to my letter although I addressed it to him personally at the House of Commons … |
| 4 | White Stilton is a very young , immature Stilton and does not compare to the traditional blue variety , although I like it in salads and for cooking , where its slightly sharp flavour is penetrating . |
| 5 | We both like beans on toast , although I like mine with liberal lashings of Worcester sauce , which I expect is far too exotic for the Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Although I tease it with a tender rage |
| 7 | ‘ How you have heard of my story , I do not know , for it lies unfinished upstairs , although I began it in May . |
| 8 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 9 | Although I take her on short trips to the shops , she ca n't cope with going too far from the house . |
| 10 | Although I left him in no doubts about my opinion of his behaviour over the past few weeks , I was n't quite as brutal with him as I might have been . |
| 11 | A cream-coloured dress of mine got covered with rust and , although I soaked it in biological liquid , it did n't get rid of the stain . |
| 12 | I would never have dared speak so , but she was quite unselfconscious , although I suspected her of an intention to shock — to shock me as much as anyone . |
| 13 | I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles . |
| 14 | Well , you 're a bigger fool than I took you for . ’ |
| 15 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 16 | I 've been lucky : Scathach has returned only four years older than I expected him to be . ’ |
| 17 | was more valuable than I expected it to be ; |
| 18 | So I do n't know about anybody else but that 's cheaper than I expected it to be . |
| 19 | He said the idea of a single currency was ‘ even less realistic than I believed it to be nine months ago ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Only if you 're a bigger fool than I take you for . ’ |
| 21 | It came out more vehemently than I meant it to . |
| 22 | Obvious efforts are being made here to reduce the damage , which was much worse than I remembered it from a previous visit . |
| 23 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 24 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 25 | I fear it will go out of control so I release it in tears either by myself or with someone I love and trust . |
| 26 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 27 | I du n no what to do with it , so I stick it on my head . |
| 28 | I admit that I 'm as much to blame , I should have come to visit her , but I understood her mother was never off the doorstep , so I left her to it . |
| 29 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 30 | The tent-pole bag was torn , so I put it on one side with the sewing kit . |