Example sentences of "[subord] i [adv] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I did take the twins away all summer then Masquerade would be taken to a boatyard in Florida , so I now signed the necessary customs forms and the insurance waiver and the dozen other pieces of paper that would be needed to keep the United States government and the delivery company happy . |
| 2 | If I never believed the dead could hear me , and if I knew that the dead could not speak , I was nonetheless certain that I could re-create a conversation with them . |
| 3 | If I only took the big parts and none of this TV crap I 'd just go away to film , and then when I was around I 'd really be around . |
| 4 | Joachim cleaned my face , wiping dirt from the bruises whilst I greedily gulped the thick red claret . |
| 5 | ‘ But as I still held the same views it seemed pointless . ’ |
| 6 | I was often reminded of Elijah 's revealing dream , for I often passed the traditional site of the sleep under the broom tree , now commemorated by St Elijah 's monastery , halfway between Jerusalem and Bethlehem . |
| 7 | I must have been spot on his wavelength for I never left the quiet room after one of his healings without a sense , almost of VROOOOM ! |