Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is chilling to go among strangers , ’ he had written a few days earlier , ‘ & I leave a lovely country . ’ |
| 2 | I had the opportunity to visit the north-west on Monday , where I found a good deal of buoyancy and confidence in the future of the north-west and of the country as a whole . |
| 3 | ‘ Well — if you 'll excuse me I 'll go to my room , where I have a good book . |
| 4 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 5 | Where I have a little concern and that 's only 'cos I do n't know the of all of it , is that you are picking up , yes very minor non-conformances but in practice fairly large numbers in a fairly short time scale what I would be concerned about is when you get your B S I audit that these other areas that you have n't looked at have got equally this lack of attention to detail , that you end up with not only major break down in your system , but sufficient minor breakdowns in your system , to cause them to say that they wo n't give you registration . |
| 6 | I was articled in Worthing in 1966 with the Borough Council where I undertook a wide variety of conveyancing and litigation , and as a local authority employee , I was authorised to appear on its behalf in the Magistrates ' Court which gave me early experience in advocacy . |
| 7 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 8 | Like racing cars , except I detect a missing element of boldness . |
| 9 | And , although I imagine a certain amount of tampering has gone on here ( I do n't recall the vocal being quite so clear , but we all like to be tampered with once in a while ) this is still a bloody mess . |
| 10 | The general wards were packed with acute cases and , although I received a sympathetic ear , no one really wanted to know . |
| 11 | It is not for me to say what the states should do although I have a personal view . |
| 12 | I ca n't feel enthusiastic about the government training course I 'm on and although I have a nice boyfriend , I 'm trying to finish the relationship . |
| 13 | Although I have a soft spot for him after his super-game Hennessy win , he does not appeal greatly as 7-2 favourite . |
| 14 | Although I read a great deal , and wrote a great deal , meal-times were still what kept me going . |
| 15 | I decided to study linguistics at M.I.T. Although I learned a great deal , particularly regarding rigorous methods in linguistics , I must confess that the M.I.T. approach to linguistics was too narrow for my taste , and I found the hothouse atmosphere there somewhat uncomfortable . |
| 16 | I was so angry that I wrote a furious letter to him accusing him of being un-Christian and ignorant , and also wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury , whom I also regard as ineffectual . |
| 17 | It was not until I reached Redcar that I saw a Northern Echo placard lettered Death of King . |
| 18 | For example , how does it happen that I married a good Catholic at seventeen and here I am at thirty-something , childless ? |
| 19 | When filling small cracks , I 've found that I get a smooth finish , which requires little or no sanding , of I roll over the crack with a paint roller a few times , while the filler is still damp . , . |
| 20 | I could not be bled and have been dealt more than a hundred blows so that I got a thorough grinding . ) |
| 21 | I am sure that the Minister will recall that I said a few moments ago that in our view the role of regional government is not delivery of services . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been on 10 or 11 tours in my career and it 's time that I spent a little while with my family . |
| 23 | May I , through the pages of your fine Journal , categorically state that I remain a fervent supporter of English rugby and am particularly proud of the superb performance by the Stevens Team , who have just become World champions . |
| 24 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 25 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
| 26 | P.S. I forgot to say that I left a small memento at his grave . |
| 27 | You must understand , however , that I take a great interest in poor Hyde . |
| 28 | For the moment , suffice it to say that I take a skeptical view of the structural analyses offered . |
| 29 | Except that I discovered a new lure … |
| 30 | I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up . |