Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | My nose was running again , and my thumb was throbbing where I 'd cut it on the piece of glass in the bin . |
| 2 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 3 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
| 4 | And all I what my my parting statement to most people , although I 'll say it right now because I 've started it , erm is that if you 're prepared to listen to the advice given by the people who 've been doing er selling advertising in these environments |
| 5 | I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries . |
| 6 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 7 | Although I must say it is difficult to find a butcher now who understands how to hang meat , dear me , yes … . ’ |
| 8 | I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older . |
| 9 | Alas , although I can read it , the nearest I get to delivering any coherent message is a faded ‘ Share the world ’ T-shirt with tigers on it , and trousers which certainly look recycled . |
| 10 | Thorfinn said , ‘ It deserves better than I can give it . |
| 11 | I do not want to play games in colour on my TV , I can do household accounts with a piece of paper and a pencil , I can learn languages easier from a book and a tape recorder , if I want information I can look it up and read it far faster than I can get it from a screen and I can turn back with a nip of the finger and read it again . |
| 12 | For when it comes it is more violent , more annihilating , more interminable than I can remember it , this feeling in the pit of the stomach , this physical pain and physical desire to retch , to want to get rid of something , of everything , to want to make all that is inside emerge and disappear , drain away , mingle with the rest of the detritus of the world , but it is not only physical , a physical sensation , he wrote , it is physical but it is also something else , not moral , not psychological , not spiritual , but something else , something other than the purely physical . |
| 13 | 6 assorted jars of chutney , unused ( I do n't know about you but I seem to accumulate chutney , pickles , lemon curd , etc. , faster than I can demolish it and rather than throw it away when useless , I 'd prefer to give it a good home — the best way of all is to sneak the jars into the National Trust shop at your local Hall or Towers and leave them among the chutneys already there ) |
| 14 | In the meantime , I am always obedient to the Whips , so I shall leave it at that . |
| 15 | No , but my mum 's coming afterwards so I 'll give it to her then |
| 16 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But Lady Mead will be Charlie 's one day , so I 'll make it , eventually . ’ |
| 20 | The level seems okay , and pressing ‘ volume ’ I find it 's set to 17 , so I 'll leave it there . |
| 21 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 22 | ( Irish counties , provinces and county towns can be a bit confusing , so I 'll spell it out carefully — I was now in Galway City , county town of County Galway . |
| 23 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
| 24 | I take a glance at the outside of his Cavalier so I 'll remember it . |
| 25 | That wo n't work , so I 'll try it another way . ’ |
| 26 | The car 's only just been serviced so I 'll take it back to the garage . |
| 27 | She 'll be round on Friday afternoon or Saturday some time I said we 'd be here from four o'clock on Friday so I 'll take it down to John 's today then it 's away to work I 've got the rubbish in the bins right ? |
| 28 | Frankly , I do n't much like wearing them — however , it is expected so I 'll put it on when I get in . |
| 29 | ‘ People would n't play it , so I used to tape it from John Peel 's show . |
| 30 | When we landed at Bombay ( for the story has a happy ending ) I asked to be shown the piece of tarmac pasteurised for the Pope to kiss on his recent visit , so I could bless it too ( poojahs is the Hindi word ) and give thanks for deliverance . |