Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is one scene where I fall over a sofa , which we added on the day of the shoot . ’ |
| 2 | where I burn off my life without blossoming . |
| 3 | For me it begins to be noticeable at the railway station where I get off the train each evening , and becomes gradually stronger , like a magnetic field , as I walk up the hill . |
| 4 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
| 5 | Following this period in the homoeopathic hospital I worked for two years in a professorial immunological unit where I set up studies in allergy to assess the efficacy of homoeopathic remedies in house-dust-mite allergy and hay fever ( allergy to grass pollens ) . |
| 6 | And in the fourth year I tend to do them an evaluation sheet , where I write down lots of questions about the project they have just done , and maybe get them to sit for a double lesson and write about the things they experienced and found out … |
| 7 | Another number , ‘ That Would n't Be You ’ , was replaced by ‘ Is This Where I Wake Up ? ’ , sung by Crawford , Diana Quick and the dancers , who included Suzanne Danielle and Jo-Anne Robinson , who subsequently became the star 's secretary and girlfriend . |
| 8 | ‘ They wanted a dramatic ending where I kill off the central character and they also did n't like me making fun of the audience . |
| 9 | And although I move on in the final chapter to consider some of the policy implications of the analysis , the main aim will be to clarify rather than prescribe . |
| 10 | I shall be away until January 11th , but need to process this information IMMEDIATELY I get back , so please , please , please have it waiting on my doorstep . |
| 11 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 12 | Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away . |
| 13 | I decide to play it safe , so I tackle up with a ¼oz bullet stopped only 1½ inches from the number 4 hook . |
| 14 | Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal . |
| 15 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |
| 16 | I was instructed to leave my prejudices behind and simply concentrate on having a good time , so I set off with that one idea in mind . |
| 17 | A path is supposed to keep close by the river ( but in reality stays above the treeline ) so I set off up quite a marked track , which very soon petered out . |
| 18 | Although the house in which Eric was now hidden was an isolated one , we could n't exclude the possibility of a German search , so I set off there on my bicycle while the Germans were still questioning people . |
| 19 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 20 | Idomeneo was not an opera which I know analytically , so I set about studying its overall character and moods , as well as its tonal plan and shape/form . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself . |
| 22 | ‘ Ignorance is no defence if anything should go wrong , so I set out to ensure managers are more aware of the broad outlines of the position . ’ |
| 23 | The lump is not ready to answer , so I turn up the pressure : ‘ He ai n't gon na say nothing . |
| 24 | The lights are off for a bit , so I turn round to look at her . |
| 25 | ‘ But I 'm madly in love with Ricky , so I put up with it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I could n't afford to replace it , ’ he said , ‘ so I put up my own , with bamboo . |
| 27 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 28 | Me , I have n't got neither , so I stay down here . |
| 29 | Big men do n't cry so the saying goes , so I hold back the tears — but they 're there none the less . |
| 30 | But this would now seem directed against the invalid so I hold back , thinking , in two years I will be at the comprehensive and only five years after that — providing I pass the scholarship exam , which I easily should — I 'll be at boarding school , and then I 'll be free , free to scratch and do whatever I like . |