Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We come to a river , absent from my map , where suddenly I see the plains and both banks smeared with colour . |
| 2 | But it seems clear that I was diverting the feeling of cold , which pertains to the body , away from the physical and into the psychological realm , where alone I believed myself to exist . |
| 3 | Where once I felt hatred , now I only feel compassion . |
| 4 | Stunned , I wobbled outside , where fortunately I found that the rain had stopped falling . |
| 5 | This time she more or less flew straight to me , and I felt confident enough to fly her another three or four times , each one successfully , although eventually I sensed she was losing interest , fretfully tearing at her jesses and gazing round . |
| 6 | Once I 'd seen the recording of the race I knew , although perhaps I did n't want to admit it straight away . ’ |
| 7 | So , point six erm okay look at the sentences one and two under six , one is apparently ill-formed , herself left , except in I think some Irish dialects actually yes , well it has a rather special meaning where herself is given special status erm in the context , but in normal English , English herself left is ill-formed , but two , Florence saw herself is fine herself is a reflective pronoun refers that herself each other or one another , the other are reflective pronouns . |
| 8 | We were allowed to help with the work of the farm , although more often than not I suspect we hindered the wheels of labour . |
| 9 | I confess that more than once I came near to tears , eyes as misted as the beautiful stage setting of Günther Schneider-Siemssen . |
| 10 | Climbing the steep mountain roads round hairpin bends was quite dramatic and more than once I had glimpses of distant eagles . |
| 11 | Sometimes I used to see the funny side of these sessions , but he was not one to tolerate flippancy and more than once I received the rough side of his tongue . |
| 12 | Indeed we heard more than once I think yesterday , the district councils , they have no . |
| 13 | than ever I 've done ! |
| 14 | I remembered what he 'd told Mavis and me about the book and more than ever I thought it sounded like a good idea — the story of a man rationalizing his own lack of self-belief … |
| 15 | We are well and have no worries being happy together and not in need William leaving me better provided for than ever I had expected . |
| 16 | Let me give you one or two specific examples , I 'm always interested , having been in a college for thirty five years in adult education , I 'm interested in the primary schools and I must admit I get more job satisfaction the moment we go in a primary schools than ever I had when I was in the college itself ! |
| 17 | One Scottish observer noted that " both parties are angry to a higher degree than ever I saw them even in the Exclusion time " . |
| 18 | ‘ My father and I are physical counterparts : and during these days more than ever I notice his resemblance to me … ’ he mused . |
| 19 | My difficulty is as as you 've already heard I 've got no mandate to speak about particular locations or even sectors within Selby District although clearly I do have a mandate as I already have said to come along and say that we feel Selby District is an appropriate location . |
| 20 | ‘ Although now I come to think about it , I had my doubts from the start . ’ |
| 21 | There was also a stage where I deeply resented the foetus , although now I think I have killed this feeling . |
| 22 | We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ wrote Lt Col Stewart . |
| 23 | ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ concluded Lt Col Stewart 's statement . |
| 24 | Lt Col Stewart 's statement concluded : ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And you have been more quick-witted than even I expected . ’ |
| 26 | Since your skin is clearly thicker than even I had supposed , I am writing to make sure there is no misunderstanding between us . |
| 27 | The finishing-off jobs were taking longer than even I thought , but gradually both houses were furnished and fitted to a standard I wished I had met myself in holiday homes . |
| 28 | I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems . |
| 29 | 'Cause sometimes I meet 'em afterwards and we go to the coffee-bar . ’ |
| 30 | I thought I 'd like to see how I looked teaching rather than how I thought I looked . |