Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I left him in no doubts about my opinion of his behaviour over the past few weeks , I was n't quite as brutal with him as I might have been . |
| 2 | Erm I 'm always overjoyed when people say things like that to me , that you 've just said , er but I think I understand acting more than I understand anything in the world . |
| 3 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 5 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 6 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 8 | I would n't have known him if I met him in the street . |
| 9 | But if I met , but then that 's slightly different because if I met someone in a nightclub or something like that then I would be quite wary . |
| 10 | I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 11 | Then I 'd er erm a friend come in in the afternoon and er ca n't remember if I had anybody in the evening or not . |
| 12 | By the way , I 'm sorry if I dropped you in the soup just now . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know if I passed her in the street |
| 14 | Thereafter , if I passed him in the corridor or on the staircase , those eyes registered no recognition . |
| 15 | If I bring you in a bottle of concentrate ? |
| 16 | Personally , I have a basic level of awareness which I raise if I find myself in a place or situation which could prove a problem . |
| 17 | Firstly , an emotion may be expressed involuntarily or voluntarily ; if I say something in a ‘ happy ’ way , this may be because I feel happy , or because I want to convey to you the impression that I am happy . |
| 18 | Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) . |
| 19 | Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) . |
| 20 | I do n't really get pocket money but if I see something in the shops in , in , this toy or something my mum , mum 'll buy it for me and say that 's your pocket money for this week . |
| 21 | If , she said to herself , writing Marjorie Richardson and Lady Mayhew and Miss Dunstable down for Easter lilies , if I do everything in the parish that I should do , and I keep the garden going and the meals and the house ( sort of ) and the translation , then where can be the harm in doing this other undeniably humble little thing that so curiously makes me feel strong and alive ? |
| 22 | ‘ Until I met him in the flesh . |
| 23 | We dined on spicy fish which repeated on me for most of the evening in the Jac , meeting pals , until I drowned it in an ocean of beer . |
| 24 | Then , on an impulse , I retraced my steps following the run of the old water washout pipes until I found myself in the remains of what must have been the old boilerhouse . |
| 25 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 26 | I make , cos I make it in a microwave |
| 27 | President , congress I 've got ta up and say to you , I had , I 've had to borrow the wife 's glasses this morning cos I left mine in the car |
| 28 | Just cos I beat him in a race . |
| 29 | But erm so , so it 's difficult to know exactly what 's happening now , and unless I see it in the office . |
| 30 | ‘ Not unless I do it in the next three months , ’ she told him . |