Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it ended I forget . |
| 2 | Aye they did although it takes me a bit of time to think about it but erm they did have a a er a black book , aye . |
| 3 | Actually I was so anxious to have him that I would have said anything — but I did put my marriage first , I made that choice , and although it meant I had many , many years of frustration as an actress , I 'm not sorry I made that choice . |
| 4 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
| 5 | Treat it as junk and throw it away although it cost me more than fifty four . |
| 6 | ‘ Although it infuriated me , after we first met I was unable to get you out of my mind . |
| 7 | And it took me longer to do that than it took me to do tapestry . |
| 8 | It was a bit slow , but then I think slowly , so it suited me quite well . |
| 9 | We behaved this way in days of old empire so it surprises me not at all that Japan may now buy The Belfry , of Ryder Cup fame . |
| 10 | As all the world knows I 'm now 61 so it follows I 've been playing for yonks , interrupted only by a broken leg and two children . |
| 11 | Yet I did have a row with Arthur Calder-Marshall , so it gave me a pang when I heard that he had died last week . |
| 12 | I just change the format a little bit here and there so it makes me write differently . |
| 13 | They will follow the G and I ca n't , so it means I shall drop out of politics altogether . |
| 14 | I play Elmo and he 's only two and a half so it means I can play like that . |
| 15 | Cos on once it leaves me they do n't know who it is . |
| 16 | While I put my purchases on the sliding counter he kept patting the inside of my thigh until it drove me to desperation . |
| 17 | Even then I started out as a singer , until it struck me that I 'd absolutely no chance of making it — something to do with having an absolutely diabolical voice , I think . |
| 18 | ‘ Nicely put , ’ I said , and drew on the cigarette until it made me light-headed . |
| 19 | ‘ If it happens I 'll return to Aunt Bertha to tell her he is well and kept busy , and then I 'll go home to Wellington . ’ |
| 20 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
| 21 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 22 | If you set over-ambitious targets ( " I 'm going to finish this assignment tonight — even if it kills me ! " ) and fail to achieve them , you simply reinforce your sense of guilt and failure . |
| 23 | Erm some people get hooked on geometry , and they , I 'm gon na get this one if it kills me . |
| 24 | ‘ You mean you 're going to help even if it kills me ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll have him if it kills me ! ’ |
| 26 | I was going good grief , she goes make her sick if it kills me . |
| 27 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Katherine , I am glad we had that little talk before dinner , even if it made me a trifle nervous . |
| 29 | Should n't be surprised if it drives me straight into the arms of the recruiting officer . |
| 30 | But what would happen if it left me ? |