Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fact I had ample opportunities of verifying on the islands of Bass 's Straits , where I had scarcely stepped from the boat before every creature was made acquainted with my presence — no small annoyance to me , whose object was to secure the wary cereopsis and eagle , which with thousands of petrels and many other kinds of water-birds tenant these dreary islands . ’ |
| 2 | The water-trough was about twelve yards from the barn door where I had just appeared ; and between the door and the water-trough was a single post . |
| 3 | Where I 've just dug . |
| 4 | Where I 've just dug there . |
| 5 | ( Apart from the last 2 bleak and miserable years , where I 've only managed to get to about 10 games because of my new secret life as a student . ) |
| 6 | I suppose that where I live now depends on the day of the week . |
| 7 | Leading me where I have always wanted to go yet never known how . |
| 8 | They are very high quality soft pastels , with a wonderfully creamy texture which varies not at all from colour to colour , unlike other pastel ranges I have bought , where I have sometimes found that the darkest colours have been brittle and irritatingly scratchy to use . |
| 9 | Thing is I have n't got that much work this week , or I 've just got lots of little things to do but nothing major , I have n't got any big essays I 've just got lots of , you know , translations and |
| 10 | where the games are getting played or I 've never seen it in a paper that I 've picked up in the morning , it 's never been in it ! |
| 11 | Or I 'd better provide you with some paper . |
| 12 | Like they make a mistake , or I 'd better phone back , and then it cost them all that much money again , more money . |
| 13 | Not that I can say either Derek or I have ever had any problems in the Bedroom Compartment . |
| 14 | Except I think just to emphasize one or two minor issues but the savings from last year , that was the underspendings from ninety two ninety three were , as you recall last year er used to support this year 's budget er those savings underspending are no longer available and therefore have been taken out of the consideration The staff costs for T S G schemes that are mentioned at the bottom of page five erm , the programme this year which is actually listed over the page at table two does erm indicate that erm we are now contemplating link road and bypass next year and staff available are needed to complete that work or fortunately we 've been able to secure a start on which enables some of the staff to be transferred to work on that scheme . |
| 15 | Neither he nor I had ever performed there before . |
| 16 | The tracks are indeed of jarv , a shy , elusive animal that neither Tony nor I have ever seen . |
| 17 | Although I remain strongly opposed to any closer political or economic union with Europe , will my right hon. Friend accept that the leadership that he has shown at the Maastricht conference and his toughness in the negotiations clearly display that he is the only party leader competent to govern this country during the next few years ? |
| 18 | I was certainly not ill , although I had yet to recover from the effects of the operation and was far weaker than I had been BC , but I was well . |
| 19 | I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk . |
| 20 | Although I had already spoken to her about past lives , Maxine was not at all sure that she believed in the concept . |
| 21 | Although I had certainly saved the palace , I knew it was a crime , punishable by death , to make water anywhere near the palace . |
| 22 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 23 | Although I had always lived in a freezing cold damp house and spent a lot of my own childhood in hospital and even remember my own mum referring to our flats as pneumonia houses , in my ignorance I had never made the connection between our living conditions , ill health and the social and environmental climate . |
| 24 | There was even a suggestion that I was one of Juval Aviv 's sources for the Interfor Report , although I had never met the man or even seen his report at that point . |
| 25 | Strathbeg is one of the least known and yet most delightful lochs in Scotland and I was aware of its reputation , having discovered it whilst researching my book The Trout Lochs of Scotland , although I had never fished there . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , sometimes it goes too far — although I 've always said he must n't leave any marks that are too obvious . |
| 27 | I 've never been particularly good at chatting up women although I 've always liked women and sex , so the idea of cutting out all the small talk seemed both convenient and appealing to me . |
| 28 | ‘ I like Dickon , although I 've never seen him . ’ |
| 29 | Indeed the magazine tables proffer The Economist , the Spectator and a clutch of literary magazines , although I 've never seen any of them being read . |
| 30 | They 've got the spare uniform somewhere , although I 've never seen it . |