Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was obliged to write essays … where I gave myself up to an almost purely artistic rendering of such facts as I remembered , and such opinions as I could concoct by the help of memory , fancy , and the radical and the free-thinking influence of home … |
| 2 | I 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out . |
| 3 | The former schoolteacher said : ‘ I do n't take the mickey out of the contestants any more than I take it out of myself . |
| 4 | Marie 's left a load of mags behind , so I pick one up and have a flick through it . |
| 5 | My hat 's fell off so I stick it back on and look round . |
| 6 | I do n't mind shopping on Saturday when I 've got the money , but I do n't like it during the week — I 'm usually broke by Monday — so I keep it down to a minimum . |
| 7 | Disconnect the mains lead to your PC and plug it into the Expert ; there are two sockets for power leads leaving the UPS , so I checked it out with two PCs . |
| 8 | I was afraid of getting an arrow in my eyes , but I suddenly remembered I still had an old pair of reading glasses in my pocket , so I put them on and continued my work . |
| 9 | ‘ Corsages were kept in a little drop of water , ’ Harry explained , ‘ but you ca n't plunge a bouquet in a drop of water , so I put them over a bowl of water supported by two canes . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're not going to believe this , ’ said Alex , ‘ but I actually picked up the phone to call you this morning , except I realized it would have been the middle of the night your end so I put it down again . ’ |
| 11 | Angela , 19 , from Woolton and presently studying medicine at Nottingham University , says : ‘ I had all the classic symptoms of flu so I put it down to that . |
| 12 | But dear Caroline 's got an almighty hangover , sick as a dog , so I brought him over on the back of the bike to see it again . |
| 13 | He came round to Grace , so I brought him along here . " |
| 14 | Mrs Donnelly said : ‘ I explained I did not want to buy any windows , but the salesman said he just wanted to show us what was on offer so I let him in . |
| 15 | Like , I did n't know whether to believe him or not , but you 'd feel wick if he was n't spoofing , so I let him off with a caution . |
| 16 | It was at this point , partly because I was so nervous , that I felt it necessary to build her weight up a little , so I fed her up and overdid it , with the result that she got above her ideal flying weight . |
| 17 | ‘ It was too sexy for the song so I toned it down . ’ |
| 18 | So I thought , ‘ Ah , I 'll just write it anyway , ’ so I made it up from beginning to end . |
| 19 | By this time I was really getting worried , so I took him back and the doctor said , ‘ Oh , it 's all right , there 's nothing the matter with him . ’ |
| 20 | he had six sisters an' a brither an' he wouldna stay wi' any o'them , cause he wanted to stay wi'me , so I took him in . |
| 21 | ‘ She 'd put Peter Pan collars on them , so I took them off again , and fortunately there was enough stuff left to finish the neck lines . ’ |
| 22 | Rex and Harpo/Chico were all nuzzled up in the land of nod , so I took myself over to the window to watch the sun rise over Presley City . |
| 23 | When I wrote it in 1971 there was a postal strike , so I took it up to the BBC personally . |
| 24 | I assumed something was wrong with the unit , so I took it back from where I bought it and got another one . |
| 25 | I 'd like to stay here on the floor but there 's cars beeping at me and I think I 'm lying in the road , so I push myself up and sort of crawl to the pavement . |
| 26 | Little grains of dry sand stuck to it , so I brushed them off . |
| 27 | I looked at my clock to find that it was nine thirty so I dragged myself out of bed and put on my dressing gown . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't , I just happened to see that tatty book of horoscopes Myra keeps on her desk while I was waiting for you one day , so I looked it up , ’ Dana said defiantly . |
| 29 | I felt a bit sorry for 'im once , so I sent 'im over a bird but 'e were n't 'aving none of it . |
| 30 | I felt a bit sorry for 'im once , so I sent 'im over a bird but 'e were n't 'aving none of it . |