Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 oh that Dutch coffee was too strong , now this seems to weak , or I did n't put enough in I think I 'll clean , put that filter stuff in tomorrow
2 Although I do not develop this aspect of the analysis here , I also suggest that the images or metaphors which are applied to define racism by analogy hold the key to understanding people 's emotional investment in antiracist positions .
3 ‘ I was prepared to believe that he was genuinely fond of her , although I do n't think many of the others at the Centre would have agreed with me .
4 the Boys ' Brigade as yet , although I do n't see any real reason why we ca n't have both , but I wanted to get your views before I .
5 I , I think Chairman that as , as we come out of the recession an and th that the overall erm level er quantity of development taking place increases , then we are almost bound to see perhaps more affordable housing erm in absolute terms , although I do n't see any opportunity of there being a a major hiccup in proportional terms , so I , I , like you , I think I remain er pessimistic er regarding the , the , the overview , although we might see er a turning up of the er of the graph having been bumping along the bottom for a little time a little while .
6 Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course .
7 He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife .
8 Hearn said : ‘ What happens next depends on what is said by Nigel — he 's in breach of contract and I could fine him , although I do n't like that . ’
9 Although I did not relish such conditions I reached the final quite easily ; but then disaster struck .
10 Although I did not get this trouble with my machines , we used to suffer badly when we first got our computer .
11 I like to grow the big onions , although I did n't exhibit those this time here .
12 Although I did n't watch that one , it 's so in n it ?
13 Incidentally I was glad that although I did n't feel one hundred percent I was glad that I wandered round Liberties .
14 I filled in the form with this request instead of a claim for money , although I did n't have much hope that anything would happen .
15 Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records .
16 although I did n't get many sixteen and er he was hovering there , I says well what 's happened ?
17 The marriage was a disaster from the word go , although I did n't realize this until it was all over .
18 Supposedly , when I , when I told Nicola the other day that you reckon that I do n't do enough work , she says cor blimey she was shocked she was , shocked oh do it , do it as near to the microphone as you can mum
19 Yeah yeah that 's a good one that I do n't think that one came up either last time .
20 Well I do n't know , is that I do n't think that 's thirty eight is it ?
21 That paragraph refers to high quality of environment and agricultural land quality as factors which would have a bearing on the distribution of er erm employment land , and I just want to er assure the panel that I do n't think any of the allocations that we 've made er on the strength of the erm er consultations that we 've entered into would cause problems er for either qual high quality environment or high quality agricultural land .
22 Southall said : ‘ Anyone who knows me will know that I do n't make rash statements .
23 He is clearly surprised that I do n't want all of it .
24 But the , the fact is , that what I , my plea to you today , and and my plea to the committee yesterday is , that I do n't want this to be in the political arena , it is in the political arena , but I think we do need to er er er take it out of the political arena , for the benefit of of all the people that that put us here .
25 ‘ But he operates in a world that I do n't want any part of .
26 But I can assure you that I do n't exercise some kind of twentieth-century droit de seigneur over them for the privilege .
27 She wrote to us in July , and we were delighted to hear from her , but she is such a roamer that I do n't feel confident in replying to the address she gave then .
28 So when I 'm knitting I will add a stitch each side for the seam if necessary , so that I do n't lose any of the pattern .
29 I 'm not so silly and in love that I do n't know that .
30 That 's the other problem , it 's getting so complicated that I do n't understand half of it myself .
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