Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [conj] i [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a typically Chinese way , when I was discharged , the doctor who had treated me escorted me to the car , and shook hands and asked if I had any complaints , as he knew the hospital left plenty of room for improvement . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't understand why the front door would not open and this young fellow appeared and asked if I wanted any help . |
| 3 | They searched my whole flat before they took me , looking for things like Durex , and to see whether I kept any books of accounts , of girls giving me money , all this sort of thing . |
| 4 | And it was one of those such nights that at half past seven I 'd just got most of the fires set and ready to er er just on and going and I 'd half an hour to get everything straightened and ready for eight o'clock opening , and the door at the back went , which was where the office used to be . |
| 5 | ‘ Eldorado was pulled forward and rushed and I think that 's the last thing you should do with a soap . |
| 6 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
| 7 | They tut and fret if I call another Woman a ‘ cow ’ . |
| 8 | Well , they say that remarks that they would feel were friendly remarks directed towards students they stop themselves from saying and examine and think if I say that will I make her feel uncomfortable ? |
| 9 | There is no doubt about the high quality of housing stock that has been built by the Housing Executive in Northern Ireland and every time I see it I am envious and wish that I had some of it in Wigan . |
| 10 | I gobbled it up and pointed that I wanted another . |
| 11 | Everything started running as planned so I checked all of the pipework for leaks , could find none and gazed lovingly at my new creation . |