Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I do not develop this aspect of the analysis here , I also suggest that the images or metaphors which are applied to define racism by analogy hold the key to understanding people 's emotional investment in antiracist positions . |
| 2 | ‘ I was prepared to believe that he was genuinely fond of her , although I do n't think many of the others at the Centre would have agreed with me . |
| 3 | the Boys ' Brigade as yet , although I do n't see any real reason why we ca n't have both , but I wanted to get your views before I . |
| 4 | I , I think Chairman that as , as we come out of the recession an and th that the overall erm level er quantity of development taking place increases , then we are almost bound to see perhaps more affordable housing erm in absolute terms , although I do n't see any opportunity of there being a a major hiccup in proportional terms , so I , I , like you , I think I remain er pessimistic er regarding the , the , the overview , although we might see er a turning up of the er of the graph having been bumping along the bottom for a little time a little while . |
| 5 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 6 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 7 | Hearn said : ‘ What happens next depends on what is said by Nigel — he 's in breach of contract and I could fine him , although I do n't like that . ’ |
| 8 | Although I did not relish such conditions I reached the final quite easily ; but then disaster struck . |
| 9 | Although I did not get this trouble with my machines , we used to suffer badly when we first got our computer . |
| 10 | I like to grow the big onions , although I did n't exhibit those this time here . |
| 11 | Although I did n't watch that one , it 's so in n it ? |
| 12 | Incidentally I was glad that although I did n't feel one hundred percent I was glad that I wandered round Liberties . |
| 13 | I filled in the form with this request instead of a claim for money , although I did n't have much hope that anything would happen . |
| 14 | ‘ Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records . |
| 15 | although I did n't get many sixteen and er he was hovering there , I says well what 's happened ? |
| 16 | The marriage was a disaster from the word go , although I did n't realize this until it was all over . |
| 17 | It was still early so I did n't expect many customers , but I did expect more than one — me . |
| 18 | The police said he killed himself , but I knew he was afraid to die , so I did n't think that was true . ’ |
| 19 | It 's good for you ! ’ so I did n't have those kind of hang-ups . |
| 20 | We snatched opportunities when we could , when my children were staying with friends or even , once , and extra dangerously , when they were asleep ( though the fear that one of them might wake put me off so I did n't try that again ) . |
| 21 | They were mostly LTIs [ long-term inmates ] so I did n't see much of them . |
| 22 | I was way down the other end , so I did n't see much of it . |
| 23 | I had no strength to push off , so I did n't see any point of playing . ’ |
| 24 | I was n't in for drugs , so I did n't get that treatment . |
| 25 | But I had not forgotten how she had lied , and behaved so badly to me as well as to Edgar Linton , so I did not feel sorry for her , or encourage her to talk . |
| 26 | I am not a member of the Conservative party , so I do not receive this literature . |
| 27 | Although I was born at Sleetburn further up the dale , I came here when I was three years old , so I do not recall any other place as home . |
| 28 | It will be a couple of years at least before the fee reaches £1.3million , so I do n't feel any pressure at the moment . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 's all the same here , so I do n't vote any more . ’ |
| 30 | However , it is part of the nature of timeshare that units will be used by other people , so I do n't think this is very significant . |