Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 2 | ‘ I wonder if you might tell us of a local hostelry where I can purchase a good dinner ? |
| 3 | ‘ Any sponsor would have to realise that although I might lose an occasional race when I could have won , I am able to run far more races and to winy many , only because I do n't put myself under any pressure by expecting or even wanting to win . |
| 4 | So although I 'd assume a potential audience of mainly women who 'd be interested in this topic , the programme actually distanced that audience by addressing a hypothetical man who 'd think it rather ‘ odd ’ to select women candidates at all . |
| 5 | I do not have the figure to hand , although I can assure the hon. Gentleman that it is a great many more than in 1979 . |
| 6 | Although I can see the whole thing unrolling in my mind 's eye like a silent film , I ca n't really be precise about where everyone was and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 7 | I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Wiltshire , North is concerned to improve hotel accommodation throughout the Province , so I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's remarks to his attention . |
| 8 | Of the latter fault he says : ‘ I 've learned how to fix that , so I 'll know the next time . ’ |
| 9 | Gardeners amongst you will doubtless argue that piling a ton and a half of rubble on top of your sapling is a somewhat off-beat method of protection , so I 'll take the old lost love yarn , thanks . |
| 10 | I 'll be able to model your gown ; it 's right at the end of the show , so I 'll have a few minutes after I 've finished Roman 's clothes . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What did you want me to do , Naomi , tell you to look deep into my eyes so I could make a formal introduction ? ’ |
| 12 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 13 | After all , everything was sown and the harvest was still some weeks away , so I could afford a little time off . |
| 14 | She 'd sat on my lap in a friendly way , true , but that was just so I could get a better fix on her rug . |
| 15 | I crawled along the line of the fence to the nearest point I dare , so I could get a good view of it . |
| 16 | ‘ No , you 're supposed to abandon Masquerade just so I can earn a few thousand dollars . ’ |
| 17 | I have already explained that the most important change that we have made is to shift the balance between what is paid centrally and what is paid locally , so I can answer the hon. Gentleman 's question . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm training harder and longer so I can last the full 45 minutes of a GP in top condition . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll go early so I can see the Social Services . ’ |
| 20 | Usually I pick the single note and hammer on the chord so I can get a polyrhythmic sort of thing going . |
| 21 | ‘ Mink are unnecessary killers and have a habit of decimating fish stocks if left to breed at the side of fisheries , so I will help the local clubs to get rid of them as soon as I can , ’ he added . |
| 22 | If they say ‘ Red cards ’ You say good so I will take the red cards away . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But , if I know him , you wo n't remain so charmingly ingenuous for long , so I 'd make the most of it if I were you . ’ |
| 24 | If I might interpose a personal remark here ( not perhaps too inaptly , given the circumstances ! ) |
| 25 | ‘ If I might say a few words , Headmaster , on that , ’ put in Glenda Grower ( History , French and World Religions if absolutely pressed ) . |
| 26 | If I ought to pay a fair price for what I buy then I ought to come back and add to the agreed price . |
| 27 | If I may remind the right hon. Gentleman , I did not invent that figure . |
| 28 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 29 | Whilst I was in Aachen the Head of Swedish Radio invited me to Stockholm to conduct the new Radio Orchestra and I was asked if I would do the Sixth Symphony , which was quite new then and very little known . |
| 30 | My father , , who retired from two years ago , asked if I would visit a fellow pensioner — . |