Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 2 | ‘ Mike thrust them at me before I left , so I brought them with me . |
| 3 | ‘ Until recently , ’ Carl said , ‘ there were no provisions for new ideas , so I kept them in my files until a need arose . |
| 4 | I got quite a lot of reading done — John managed to persuade one of the nice Italian staff at the British Council Library to let me have two more books than my five allowed , so I had them on her ticket ! |
| 5 | ‘ So I invited them into my room and I was just coming to fetch you , Miss Hardbroom . ’ |
| 6 | They were all first rate , so I bought them from him . |
| 7 | I mean , I write things in a certain way , so I expect them to be played in a certain way . |
| 8 | Two had left so I visited them at home . |
| 9 | do you wan na little bit more table , that 's gon na be alright because you 've erm , if I move them if you put on that , if I hold them on my lap and then they wo n't get , you wo n't want to ask me , do you want another one ? |
| 10 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |
| 11 | If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then |
| 12 | So I get , if I get them on target I normally get a couple of wickets . |
| 13 | Thus it was that Ira Dilworth paid tribute and bade farewell to Emily Carr with the borrowed lines from Thomas Hardy , and I am certain that none would object if I borrow them as my tribute to both . |
| 14 | Oh I have a wee store , yes , but you see you do n't carry them , I do n't carry them with me , if I carried them with me I could sing I could , well that 's it , |
| 15 | Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered . |
| 16 | I think these 'd probably be better if I did them on the one you suggested for |
| 17 | ‘ Not if I beat them to a pulp it wo n't . |
| 18 | I do n't mind if I have them in figures every time |
| 19 | If I give them to you , you can do your story first and then pass them on . ’ |
| 20 | In any case she had not expected that her role in the assessment would be limited to receiving information back from an EWO : ‘ We did n't ask for it [ the assessment ] — it was the education system who said it should be done — if I accept them into my home I do n't expect them to disappear for twelve months , if they invited themselves in . ’ |
| 21 | Forgive me if I share them with you , in the hope that they may echo your own sentiments . |
| 22 | Wait until I tell them at home ! |
| 23 | I feel like I sentenced them to death because I spotted them . |
| 24 | Cos I asked them about it , and they said I 'd much rather be doing that . |
| 25 | Yeah , cos I did them on my , on my own at home . |
| 26 | Cos I wanted them to re settle for a week before starting on them . |
| 27 | No , cos I bought them off erm somebody just go another |
| 28 | We get C V's printed up cos I send them to my dad . |
| 29 | But I do the back one 's twice , cos I do them with water as well . |
| 30 | Unless I put them on the outside wood . |