Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , a new training school has been set up where I did find excellent service , friendly and helpful instructors and a range of aircraft rates which are almost unbelievable .
2 and leave you free to do a job , because you may think I mean , believe it or I 've turned this room inside out today !
3 Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills .
4 If she or I had taken more trouble I might have been convinced that all religious people were cruel hypocrites .
5 If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in .
6 Needless to say Lord Elphinstone did not hesitate to respond to the challenge and rallied his friends , while at the same time pointedly expressing his hope , when writing to the duke , that ‘ neither my friend or I have done any thing to deserve your Grace 's withdrawing your friendship , interest & protection ’ .
7 Once again I would stress that neither my client nor I have made any approach to the company apart from this letter .
8 I could n't go back to work although I had tried several times and socializing was no fun at all .
9 Although I 've presented this training programme with specific work-outs on specific days , it is the work-out sequence that is important , not the days of the week .
10 ‘ Yes , although I 've experienced severe tremors in other places .
11 Although I tried to do this visualization several times a day , I found it best and most rewarding first thing in the morning when I and my mind were fresh .
12 Provided you have a fair left hand reach it 's possible to play this without a capo , although I have seen many people play it either with one at the 2nd fret , or without one by transposing the part down to E …
13 Although I have expected similar signs , our commissionings have on the whole been quiet affairs , at least until 1990 .
14 Although I have described two applications of lasers in nuclear physics there are many others , and the number continues to increase as laser technology advances .
15 Mine does n't have Lace Sensors on it , although I do have one guitar with those on ; my model has pickups just like on the Stevie Ray Vaughan one , and they become a little more powerful as you go towards the bridge .
16 Perhaps a new issue of tickets was ordered rather than an alteration to the printed price , although I do have one example of an altered price .
17 I deal with children all the time erm many of my I 've been there eight years now and so lots of children have passed through my hands who in particular have lots of educational problems and need special help , and I suppose somebody though erm that although the rage now is to have Governors who are working in industry , and that 's perfectly proper , that it would n't be a bad idea to have somebody who is supposed to have some knowledge and background of the way children behave and what children need , so erm although I do have some politics , you know , Bill , I erm largely keep them quiet in the governing body .
18 With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life .
19 Although I did hear that accident was n't entirely kosher . ’
20 And it is some of those shared beliefs and concerns that I intend to address this evening :
21 It 's not nacked it 's just that I 've lost seven pens like .
22 ‘ Did n't Liz tell you that I 've written some books on the subject ? ’
23 ‘ The fact that I 've achieved relative success at this club does n't help me now , and I do n't think it should be taken into account either .
24 The nurses , two weeks ago I met nurses that I 've met three years ago at my surgery about regrading .
25 ‘ My first aim has to be success with Llanelli but now that I 've accepted this position I 'm going to be totally committed to developing Welsh rugby ’ .
26 ‘ I do n't think that I 've made great strides in the game ’ , he comments , ‘ but I 've made steady progress since I turned pro . ’
27 Does that mean that I 've made lumpy custard ?
28 If you are , I 'll sign now that I 've tried this treatment without your approval . ’
29 He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification .
30 Not that I 've had much chance to do anything for him .
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