Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to meet in a public house where I bought you half a dozen pints and we engaged in a long and fascinating conversation . |
| 2 | How he had overcome all the complex problems of graft-rejection , septicaemia , and so on — not to mention the central problem of bestowing life — was beyond me , although I took it that fortune had favoured his researches . |
| 3 | Because although I hated it worse than anything , I did enjoy it too , once I got used to it . |
| 4 | ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week . |
| 5 | ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week . |
| 6 | But although I found it impossible not to be moved by the vibes and hype of enthusiastic publicity people and charming sales teams , there is no getting away from the fact that it is going to be a very tough year , with too many major titles to be able to do justice to them all ; and I do n't see any real evidence of anyone pruning their lists . |
| 7 | Although I found it impossible to imagine such a conversation with Mrs Monro , I had no doubt that Lili was telling the truth , and whatever the psychological convolutions the facts were there . |
| 8 | And although I found it hard to understand that you did n't want to meet her again that evening , I accepted that she was possibly ‘ not your type ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ My spirits varied between depression , acceptance , and hope , ’ he said , ‘ although I found it easier not to think of my son , Antoine . ’ |
| 10 | The family could not speak English and my schoolboy French was almost exhausted so I bade them good afternoon but managed to make them understand that I would have dinner with them one evening soon — ‘ An English dinner . ’ |
| 11 | Not all mine did , so I left them all as thick as possible and matched the thick with the thin later . |
| 12 | Benjamin became lost in his own thoughts so I left him alone and lay on my own bed thinking about Mathilda until the bell sounded for supper . |
| 13 | I went back to Ralemberg 's house but it was all sealed up like a tomb so I left it alone . |
| 14 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 15 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |
| 16 | " Tim was four years older than me , and quite clearly destined to be something successful in life , " he would remember , " so I thought it better to stay with him . |
| 17 | If we 'd just attacked they 'd have killed you immediately , so I thought it best to try and get you to a safer distance before anything happened . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ So I thought it best to lie low for a while ; keep the nose clean by cutting out the rowdies . |
| 19 | I did n't like the colour on it , though , so I sprayed it gold with car spray . |
| 20 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
| 21 | The fish was still on , and I had the golf-ball firmly clutched in my left hand , so I landed them both . |
| 22 | None of them applied to me , so I deleted them all and put ‘ Ms ’ . |
| 23 | I had no connections with the bigwigs of the movie capital so I found it impossible as a stranger to make the right contacts among publicity agents at the various studio lots , and to meet the stars . |
| 24 | ‘ Apparently , her cat had very bad plaque on its teeth and she was really concerned , so I gave her some advice and Amy has been in touch ever since . |
| 25 | But remember , Isabel , if you dislike your present position , that once I offered you honourable marriage . |
| 26 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
| 27 | It 's not really enough the way it is , it would n't fit on the bag if I made it any more ! . |
| 28 | I shrugged , as if I thought them honourable scars to be gained in my lady 's service . |
| 29 | Said oh I thought oh Becky would laugh if I told her this . |
| 30 | If I told them that , they 'd think I meant daydreaming . |