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

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1 Stein said yesterday : ‘ Mr Beller told me if things were not sorted out by tomorrow the company would cease trading and I do really fear this is the end .
2 They were talking to each other loudly as if to keep lurking wood-spirits at bay , and I did vividly remember that teenage spooky feeling of being alone in wild woodland and at the mercy of supernatural eyes .
3 In my ignorance , I had never heard of this extraordinary saga , and I did indeed spend some absorbing time in the church learning something about it .
4 But I 'd better check first . ’
5 but I do actually think that one considers they 're playing a part in the community .
6 We er er erm in this country have a very bitter experience with B C C I , it was n't just the knock it took to the regulatory system but I need hardly remind this house there are thousands of people who lost everything they had and that and there are many people who lost everything they had and feel that this house has not taken their concern seriously and it 's something the minister must show that the government is willing to pursue these matters , even if it means introducing primary legislation .
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