Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 2 | Seeing I played two rounds of golf yesterday … ’ |
| 3 | They invited me to punk parties as noisy as tractor factories , where I swigged flat cans of beer , already shaken with a twist of cigarette butt . |
| 4 | It was just as I had remembered it for over thirty years , it was just as it used to appear at least once a week at lunch in the Paris household where I spent two years of my youth with a greedy Norman family : two years of study interspersed with the most trying of family meals , endless and infinitely to be dreaded but for the blessed beauty of the food . |
| 5 | But from my point of view what mattered most was that it bordered Abyssinia , where I hoped one day to be posted . |
| 6 | ‘ Or I have supreme confidence in myself that she will return to me , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 7 | Or I have some vodka in the fridge . |
| 8 | ‘ As you well know , Polly , neither Lord Byron nor I have any sense of humour , being British , ’ said Shelley . |
| 9 | Neither you nor I have any claim on this house , and you know it . |
| 10 | He turned out to be an efficient chairman of the BBC but my first impression was amply confirmed since , although I had frequent dealings with him , he seemed to have absolutely no interest in what to me really mattered . |
| 11 | ALTHOUGH I welcome any move towards a more open society I am a little disturbed by the relentless way in which childhood is being forced to be politically correct . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend is entirely correct and it would be as well if the House bore that important fact in mind when considering some of the allegations that are made — although I hope this afternoon for a more responsible tone in the remarks of the hon. Member for Sedgefield . |
| 13 | He also distributed library books to those who asked for them — although I saw few books in the cells or barracks and it was stated that few prisoners were interested in reading . |
| 14 | Although I have serious reservations about the methodology of most of these studies ( in that they are far too pessimistic about the ability of the business community to respond to changing circumstances following changing relative prices ) and although some of the shortages which appear are due not so much to the limits of nature as the intervention and regulation of governments , nevertheless they raise sufficiently serious doubts about such things as the effects of carbon dioxide and the present lack of adequate recycling that I believe they must be taken seriously . |
| 15 | Although I have great respect for W. 's consultant and for the dedication of the staff , it seems to me that they have been manoeuvred into a position from which a change is necessary , even if it is a change that carries the risk of interpretation by W. as ‘ yet another adult rejection and failure . ’ |
| 16 | Now , although I have great respect for er , the representative of the Osteoporosis Society I se , I still think as a epidemiologist that there have n't been enough women on H R T for long enough |
| 17 | In the result , although I have considerable sympathy with the third party in the position in which he finds himself and I think it may well be the case that the third defendant will fail to obtain contribution from him , I do not consider that this will inevitably be so . |
| 18 | Although I have fundamental disagreements with the Minister on many issues , I acknowledge that he made many concessions to the logical arguments of hon. Members from the three Opposition parties involved . |
| 19 | Then the strategy ‘ cooperate with your neighbour if he cooperates ; otherwise defect ’ would be an ESS , although I have some difficulty in seeing how it would evolve in the first place . |
| 20 | It was at Seto More 's house on Jervis Street that I experienced Chinese hospitality at first hand . |
| 21 | Before passing to it , I should say that I heard oral evidence from Mr. Mahmoud , called on behalf of C.T. , and from Mr. Joseph Kasner , the director of the landlord . |
| 22 | The document was in the name of Mustafa Ibn Assaad Shihada Zamzam , Mrs Zamzam 's husband , and when she saw that I recognised this type of British mandate deed Mrs Zamzam 's face lit up as if a great discovery had been made . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's not my style , Ian — you should realise that I set great store by not creating ‘ scenes ’ ; by not making those that I esteem suffer any unnecessary discomfort , whether it be social , physical , or otherwise . ’ |
| 24 | The L N E R and L M S. And er I could see then that I knew that superintendent in the private days of the railways . |
| 25 | If we also assume that my neighbour assumed that I knew these facts about the world , and that I interpreted her words according to the co-operative principle , then we can also see why the way she actually phrased her request is not only true and relevant , but also brief and clear . |
| 26 | Oh I did n't notice that I saw that thing in the car but I did n't notice a bracket . |
| 27 | ‘ The end result is that I 've large arrears on the centre 's mortgage , and now the building society is threatening repossession in the new year , unless we can clear the arrears . |
| 28 | And you know it is wrong to suggest that I 've any motives in that quarter because , between you and me , I ca n't stand the man . |
| 29 | Not that I 've any complaints on that score , ’ he added . |
| 30 | Not that I 've any complaints about your two , do n't mistake me . |