Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] i [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there are more than four I go to the cupboard and nip cognacs till it 's all over for me , my dear ’ , or ‘ Last Sunday I had a fearful crise . |
| 2 | My father taught me that there is only one thing more boring in life than listening to other people 's dreams and that is listening to stories about their operations ; and I only tell mine now because those I had during the early 1980s are as good an example as any of how modern medicine has helped to prolong life ; without them it is unlikely that I would be sitting here writing this . |
| 3 | As usual I popped into the second-hand bookshops and , as usual , failed to find any old golf books of any interest . |
| 4 | On the doorstep his final words to the last guest to leave were , ‘ You must vote for me when next I apply for a Cambridge professorship ’ . |
| 5 | As regards myself I rarely ever tire or find the day too long though I am constantly walking a circumstance which being considered much to my health being better able to bear fatigue than when last I walked over the hills with you and I found your advice not to take spirits very very judicious . |