Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was obliged to write essays … where I gave myself up to an almost purely artistic rendering of such facts as I remembered , and such opinions as I could concoct by the help of memory , fancy , and the radical and the free-thinking influence of home … |
| 2 | The former schoolteacher said : ‘ I do n't take the mickey out of the contestants any more than I take it out of myself . |
| 3 | My hat 's fell off so I stick it back on and look round . |
| 4 | I do n't mind shopping on Saturday when I 've got the money , but I do n't like it during the week — I 'm usually broke by Monday — so I keep it down to a minimum . |
| 5 | Disconnect the mains lead to your PC and plug it into the Expert ; there are two sockets for power leads leaving the UPS , so I checked it out with two PCs . |
| 6 | Angela , 19 , from Woolton and presently studying medicine at Nottingham University , says : ‘ I had all the classic symptoms of flu so I put it down to that . |
| 7 | But dear Caroline 's got an almighty hangover , sick as a dog , so I brought him over on the back of the bike to see it again . |
| 8 | Like , I did n't know whether to believe him or not , but you 'd feel wick if he was n't spoofing , so I let him off with a caution . |
| 9 | So I thought , ‘ Ah , I 'll just write it anyway , ’ so I made it up from beginning to end . |
| 10 | Rex and Harpo/Chico were all nuzzled up in the land of nod , so I took myself over to the window to watch the sun rise over Presley City . |
| 11 | When I wrote it in 1971 there was a postal strike , so I took it up to the BBC personally . |
| 12 | I assumed something was wrong with the unit , so I took it back from where I bought it and got another one . |
| 13 | I looked at my clock to find that it was nine thirty so I dragged myself out of bed and put on my dressing gown . |
| 14 | Took it in part exchange last week and I 've got a buyer coming Wednesday so I want it back in one piece . |
| 15 | It was not too big or cumbersome to take away so I packed it up in my stout old haversack and stepping out of the ruins of the boilerhouse , returned to the shed . |
| 16 | Once I get them up from their rest , we go off to the lake and feed the ducks or we go to friends . |
| 17 | Yet fear it I did , so greatly did the idea come to me that if I took her up to the cave to meet Elsbeth , she would somehow have trapped me instead of I her . |
| 18 | If I took her out of school I would be prosecuted , I 'm sure . |
| 19 | And in September ninety two , if I took you back to sort of September ninety one figures were quite different , well in September ninety two , eighty nine percent of our business was next day . |
| 20 | In nineteen seventy , if I take you back to twenty three years ago , County recorded in the outline development plan the following and I quote growth in the town not accompanied by measures to alleviate the traffic problems in the existing road network would merely add to the deterioration in the quality of the environment in the town and without such measures no further expansion is environmentally acceptable unquote . |
| 21 | If I refer you back to P P G three . |
| 22 | What would your husband say if I brought you back in pieces ? ’ |
| 23 | so if I bring them down on the floor , you know that if they say maybe naughty |
| 24 | I thought if I wrapped myself up in chickenwire and cut myself out again I would be left with a realistic shape . |
| 25 | I thought if I invited you round without one you 'd say no . ’ |
| 26 | If I carry you down to the garden I shall expect your life story in full , a complete and truthful exposé . ’ |
| 27 | They are smooth and stiff but will serve if I scrunch them up before use . |
| 28 | Then it wo n't worry you if I read it out to you , will it ? ’ |
| 29 | Until I had myself out of the frame , it was n't a good idea to drag anyone into the case who was n't there already . |
| 30 | Wait until I let you through into the last cellar , and then I must take the keys back to the steward . |