Example sentences of "[subord] i [adv] [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My astonishment in coming here is to see these later pictures of his , although I always associate Basil with being a very competent , sensitive , and a typical Euston Road type of painter , I do think his association with the North seems to have done something incredible , and these later water colours , with their tremendous feeling for " wind and Yorkshire weather " seem to have given him an absolutely different and much more mature outlook . |
| 2 | ‘ I do not know if I even have strength enough to regain the shelter I have just come from … ’ and her wings seemed to weaken by the second and her eyes to be pained . |
| 3 | " I hope , " sand Enid , " that if I ever wear mourning , I shall not be so showy . |
| 4 | If I continually throw rubbish out of my back door , sooner or later I will suffer for that and will have to get out there and clean up the mess , as a matter of survival . |
| 5 | That 's a shame , that is , cos I really like Christmas trees . |
| 6 | No I 'm not cos I only receive Invalidity |
| 7 | I 'm quite an artistic person ; in retrospect , I think perhaps I should have risen to the challenge and maybe applied to do a language , because I really enjoy literature and languages in my spare time . |
| 8 | ‘ But the names mean nothing to me because I only take note of the positions people play in . |
| 9 | ‘ But the names mean nothing to me because I only take note of the positions people play in . |
| 10 | Something inside Merrill protested at the lie , but she went on stonily , ‘ I think I had your measure before I ever set foot in these offices . |
| 11 | Squashed me and Martin in the front , I keep hitting his leg when I fucking change gear |
| 12 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
| 13 | It always fascinates me , the way my other self appears as I carefully apply concealer and foundation , shader and blusher , eye shadow and liner . |