Example sentences of "[subord] i [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My astonishment in coming here is to see these later pictures of his , although I always associate Basil with being a very competent , sensitive , and a typical Euston Road type of painter , I do think his association with the North seems to have done something incredible , and these later water colours , with their tremendous feeling for " wind and Yorkshire weather " seem to have given him an absolutely different and much more mature outlook . |
| 2 | ‘ So I just went a-front there with my milk and vinegar ; rubbed it in my palm and fingers ; and then I rubbed it inside the horses ’ nose and then round their nostrils . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not know if I even have strength enough to regain the shelter I have just come from … ’ and her wings seemed to weaken by the second and her eyes to be pained . |
| 4 | If I ever had cause to hate anyone , it would be him , and I 'm going to tell him so , when I meet him . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If I ever saw pepper coming out of a pepper pot I would find that funny . |
| 6 | " I hope , " sand Enid , " that if I ever wear mourning , I shall not be so showy . |
| 7 | ‘ If I never played golf , ’ he says , ‘ I would be even more insane than I am . ’ |
| 8 | " And you , Acorn , you dog-eared , dung-faced disgrace to a gamekeeper 's gibbet ; if I only had time to tell you — " |
| 9 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 10 | If I continually throw rubbish out of my back door , sooner or later I will suffer for that and will have to get out there and clean up the mess , as a matter of survival . |
| 11 | That 's a shame , that is , cos I really like Christmas trees . |
| 12 | No I 'm not cos I only receive Invalidity |
| 13 | I 'm quite an artistic person ; in retrospect , I think perhaps I should have risen to the challenge and maybe applied to do a language , because I really enjoy literature and languages in my spare time . |
| 14 | ‘ But the names mean nothing to me because I only take note of the positions people play in . |
| 15 | ‘ But the names mean nothing to me because I only take note of the positions people play in . |
| 16 | For their part it was unnecessary as they only drank what had been boiled for tea or coffee , whereas I often drank water on its own or with fruit cordial . ) |
| 17 | I felt brave enough to speak to her , since I too liked reading . |
| 18 | After a mockery of a trial in London , at which he proudly denied that he was a traitor , ‘ since I never swore fealty to the English king ’ , he was hanged , drawn and quartered . |
| 19 | A rough-coated collie called Tip , he was offered to me by some relatives down the dale whilst I still had Chip . |
| 20 | Certainly er by then perhaps I forgot to mention as we went through the front door my weapon was already out of the holster and by the time we 'd got the bedroom door my weapon would already have been under er my eye level , hence literally aiming the weapon and from there the gun was out , my arm was out , whether I still had hold of P C I I ca n't recall . |
| 21 | Well I I was eleven but by the time but I had a birthday , you see , er in the summer and er er well August actually and so when I started at Stowmarket I was twelve , you see , and er and er I was at Stowmarket School and scholarship for four years and er well I do n't know whether I really liked school , did you ? |
| 22 | And before I even had time to wonder if Tony So per himself had slept between these very army blankets , I was asleep . |
| 23 | Before I ever had healing I was told that I might feel tingling or warmth , but alas , I can not truthfully say that I ever felt either , although of course , with hands laid on you , or just above you , there must be the sensation of touch . |
| 24 | Something inside Merrill protested at the lie , but she went on stonily , ‘ I think I had your measure before I ever set foot in these offices . |
| 25 | When I finally received permission to travel south , we went to the two holiest cities of Shia Islam , Kerbala and Najaf. and found that the buildings there , gorgeous in their gliding and intricate mosaics , had been terribly damaged by the loyalist troops of the Iraqi army when they finally defeated the Shiite uprising in March 1991 . |
| 26 | My initial thoughts that the process of filming during the meetings and workshops might inhibit the participants from speaking their minds , was quickly dispelled when I later took part in several workshops at Highlander and discovered ( with some amazement ) , that the camera crew quickly became ‘ invisible ’ as people got their teeth into the subject matter . |
| 27 | Squashed me and Martin in the front , I keep hitting his leg when I fucking change gear |
| 28 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
| 29 | As I rarely watched TV or read newspapers , my knowledge was scanty . |
| 30 | It always fascinates me , the way my other self appears as I carefully apply concealer and foundation , shader and blusher , eye shadow and liner . |