Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They invited me to punk parties as noisy as tractor factories , where I swigged flat cans of beer , already shaken with a twist of cigarette butt . |
| 2 | Straight at me where I kneel unbalanced , precariously lodged between joist and board . |
| 3 | ‘ When I got there Mr Kordell was with Herbert Chapman and we went into a Lyons tea shop , where I signed amateur for Arsenal . |
| 4 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 5 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 6 | STOP THINNING YOUR SHOTS STEVE RICHARDSON IMPROVE YOUR COURSE TACTICS PAUL BROADHURST PITCH IT CLOSE SEVE WHERE I WENT WRONG |
| 7 | Over and over the events of the day I go , vainly searching for where I went wrong … |
| 8 | Prague was the last stadium where I wore conventional running shorts . |
| 9 | She opened her eyes , smiled down where I stood waist-deep in water still — the smile itself a quick gasp on evening air — then she was upright , running along the jetty to where Edward waited with the towels . |
| 10 | ‘ There was definitely a point in my life where I wanted black kids , ’ says Neneh . |
| 11 | More still are for sale legally over the counter in shops like the Brass Rail on La Brea , the store that sold guns to the Black Panthers in the 1960s and where I watched white and Korean men wearing jeans queuing to buy . |
| 12 | I live in a town called Chastlecombe , where I create expensive hand-knitted sweaters to sell to tourists . |
| 13 | In some cases , where I have personal experience , I shall go into the depth of the technical details . |
| 14 | A hands-on procedure is followed , not only in the studio but at the site , where I build full-scale mock-ups as often as I can . |
| 15 | Or I fall asleep . |
| 16 | I either come out on top or I get unstuck and get caught . |
| 17 | However — and it seemed to happen , or I became aware of it , quite suddenly — fatigue was setting in . |
| 18 | In my business , either I cut my costs or I find new business . |
| 19 | ‘ Or I have supreme confidence in myself that she will return to me , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 20 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
| 21 | He turned out to be an efficient chairman of the BBC but my first impression was amply confirmed since , although I had frequent dealings with him , he seemed to have absolutely no interest in what to me really mattered . |
| 22 | Although I had considerable doubts as to whether Lord Goodman would on the whole be a happier and more contented human being than Mr Goodman , or whether in fact it would not be a prefix that would be more of an incubus than a blessing , vanity as always prevailed . |
| 23 | Although I had precise engineering plans I nevertheless measured and remeasured the space . |
| 24 | Although I asked various qualified people if soil altered the flavour of wine from the same grape variety and district I got no clear answer … |
| 25 | It was a fearsome beast in a way although I felt sorry for it when Murchison was going to kill it . |
| 26 | Although I felt sorry for him , that prickliness in his manner made me reluctant to reveal myself . |
| 27 | The next day , although I felt ill and weak , because of my burns , I went straight to Jaggers ' office . |
| 28 | The whole process became disheartening and , although I tried various mantras , from words I repeated endlessly to candle flames that I stared at , my thoughts always got the better of me . |
| 29 | well having said that , although I feel sorry for him I get annoyed with him ! |
| 30 | Although I have serious reservations about the methodology of most of these studies ( in that they are far too pessimistic about the ability of the business community to respond to changing circumstances following changing relative prices ) and although some of the shortages which appear are due not so much to the limits of nature as the intervention and regulation of governments , nevertheless they raise sufficiently serious doubts about such things as the effects of carbon dioxide and the present lack of adequate recycling that I believe they must be taken seriously . |