Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 2 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 3 | For that flicker of uncertainty , I begin to like her again , better than I have since the days of the Great Succubus Strike . |
| 4 | ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't drink and do n't go out much so I manage on the money . |
| 6 | Yeah cos I got up J C R at eleven o'clock cos I looked at the clock up there . |
| 7 | Right , so if I write to the Secretary of State for Trade and In or is it the President for the Board of Trade ? |
| 8 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |
| 9 | Then we 're sending a letter which erm , well let me just say , we are then also sending , now here with the D I Y , the numbers er coincide Here the numbers coincide with the illustrations , so if I talk about a certain you have to look at paper one , paper two paper three or A B C. And you see what they look like . |
| 10 | So I 'm gon na get I 'm gon na be at that thing by about seven o'clock if I get on the train by I doubt I very much doubt it I 'm getting the train . |
| 11 | Perhaps because I knew from an early age that he was not long for this world , I tried to make his time in it as pleasant as possible , and thus ended up treating him far better than most young boys treat their younger brothers . |
| 12 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |
| 13 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |
| 14 | I am particularly afraid of strange dentists , so before I went into the RAF I made sure my teeth were in order . |
| 15 | Long after I came to the army as I were telling you I used to go to pictures , I were in the S in the Savoy down Mostyn Street one one night I went and there in the programme there was this old er travel picture er some town or other th . |
| 16 | Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation . |
| 17 | But it was only when I punched through the thick , creamy crest and the rainbow mist cleared from my eyes that I finally gave up all hope . |
| 18 | It was only as I rapped on the open door of his office that I realized the plan was upside down . |
| 19 | I got to cross the road — I remember that , so when I get to a gate I go out and have a look round . |
| 20 | So when I went inside the station , I told him where I was . |
| 21 | ‘ So when I look at the books now and I see all the symbols and all the stuff they do , I think ‘ Well , I 've already played this , and I 'm not really interested in reading it ! ’ |
| 22 | So when I appeared on the scene and there were things about me which did n't stack up … well , it was a reasonable conclusion to arrive at . |
| 23 | it 's that kind of thing , rather than I suppose to the theatre way , you know , you , you react much more spontaneously , so I thought that was an interesting thing that thing |
| 24 | ‘ I knew most of the drivers would take it easy so I put in an attack , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ My swing has not really had to alter , but I am probably hitting my drives 20 yards shorter and I 'm needing two or three irons longer than I needed before the accident . ’ |
| 26 | Well anyway I was talking to er Rosette tonight cos I went to the office for some change and I , then I had this like . |
| 27 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
| 28 | ‘ But will my lady allow me to share her bed tonight if I smell like an unwashed ram ? ’ |
| 29 | And normally if I get near a computer it goes wrong . |
| 30 | And it 's only just just lately since I split with the wife er I took a couple of months to sort myself out . |