Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing I played two rounds of golf yesterday … ’ |
| 2 | They invited me to punk parties as noisy as tractor factories , where I swigged flat cans of beer , already shaken with a twist of cigarette butt . |
| 3 | It was just as I had remembered it for over thirty years , it was just as it used to appear at least once a week at lunch in the Paris household where I spent two years of my youth with a greedy Norman family : two years of study interspersed with the most trying of family meals , endless and infinitely to be dreaded but for the blessed beauty of the food . |
| 4 | ‘ I was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital where I spent four hours having scans and the doctors said he seemed to be OK . |
| 5 | I went down to the execution yard where I saw three corpses . |
| 6 | The prize for winning ‘ New Faces ’ was a trip to Las Vegas and a three-week cabaret stint at the M.G.M. Grand , where I died four times nightly during each 45-minute spot . |
| 7 | One hot after noon I was cycling on a lonely road to a country house where I had two pupils when I heard a plane buzzing rather low over my head . |
| 8 | When I got into Holloway they have them little forms and they 've got pictures of a body with all arrows and everything , and where I had any bruises the doctor put these marks . |
| 9 | ‘ There was definitely a point in my life where I wanted black kids , ’ says Neneh . |
| 10 | A hands-on procedure is followed , not only in the studio but at the site , where I build full-scale mock-ups as often as I can . |
| 11 | He turned out to be an efficient chairman of the BBC but my first impression was amply confirmed since , although I had frequent dealings with him , he seemed to have absolutely no interest in what to me really mattered . |
| 12 | Although I had considerable doubts as to whether Lord Goodman would on the whole be a happier and more contented human being than Mr Goodman , or whether in fact it would not be a prefix that would be more of an incubus than a blessing , vanity as always prevailed . |
| 13 | It 's alright at Although I 'd two brothers , on or two would be away from home from home at the s the same time . |
| 14 | He also distributed library books to those who asked for them — although I saw few books in the cells or barracks and it was stated that few prisoners were interested in reading . |
| 15 | The whole process became disheartening and , although I tried various mantras , from words I repeated endlessly to candle flames that I stared at , my thoughts always got the better of me . |
| 16 | Although I have serious reservations about the methodology of most of these studies ( in that they are far too pessimistic about the ability of the business community to respond to changing circumstances following changing relative prices ) and although some of the shortages which appear are due not so much to the limits of nature as the intervention and regulation of governments , nevertheless they raise sufficiently serious doubts about such things as the effects of carbon dioxide and the present lack of adequate recycling that I believe they must be taken seriously . |
| 17 | Although I have fundamental disagreements with the Minister on many issues , I acknowledge that he made many concessions to the logical arguments of hon. Members from the three Opposition parties involved . |
| 18 | There are already five major contenders for the ‘ authentic ’ Bach Magnificat crown , although I harbour mild reservations concerning them all . |
| 19 | ‘ I do get nervous and do really dumb things , although I think some men actually like that . ’ |
| 20 | The camera hones in on a platinum blonde Madonna , poured into a slinky , strapless white dress that she swears ‘ took more fittings than I had shooting days in the movie ’ . |
| 21 | Two members of the band posed with a laughing Mr Brooke , who said : ‘ I know them considerably better than I did 15 minutes ago , ’ — but he declined to offer a rendition of any of their songs . |
| 22 | Streets or parks are too theatrical for me to be at ease , so I make bad moves , exaggerate or , more often , under-bid . |
| 23 | OK , so I ordered some flowers in advance . |
| 24 | I know he has a meeting scheduled in St Maarten for the 20th , so I assume two nights will be fine . |
| 25 | Then on the opposite page I saw ‘ insurance ’ and thought that looks interesting , so I made some enquiries . |
| 26 | I still wanted to add some more catfish and would have liked some of the Driftwood Cats , Tatia , or Auchenipterichthys , but could not find any , so I purchased four Whiptails , Rhineloricaria sp , and placed them in . |
| 27 | When I got out of high school I wanted to be a caddie , so I got some bags at my local club . |
| 28 | The Danakil guide we had acquired at Bilen had tried to bolt on the march , so I detailed two soldiers to guard him till dawn . |
| 29 | This was the sixth show , so I had six days to work out a new act . |
| 30 | ‘ So I had two choices . |