Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb base] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 To be frank with you , I 've never found a space in a lead break where I 've felt like using a whammy move . ’
2 And that includes the London School of Economics , where I 've lectured for years . ’
3 That , and my only tape , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , reminding me of where I 've been and where I 've come from .
4 I 'm just back from the railway station , where I have deposited in Left Luggage a small brown parcel containing one Smith & Wesson and two dozen rounds , and I have detoured on the way back to buy three more shirts , some underpants and some socks .
5 [ But ] I do n't want an agreement where I have to apply to court to get them out .
6 ‘ I would n't get married at all except I need to work over there .
7 Although I 've heard of it before .
8 Generally it falls , although I 've used as the sub-heading , I suppose the overall title of this area is perception organisation , the way that erm things become organised , how we perceive them as an organised whole .
9 ‘ I have n't had time to meet everyone yet although I 've spoken to Mr Patel across the landing . ’
10 Although I 've talked about some of them before there is such a feeling in fashion for double jacquard that I want to suggest them to you again .
11 I have never come across the problem of a horse licking the soil … although I have heard of eating droppings ( COPRAPHAGIA ) and other inedible things such as tree bark , afterbirth , dirt and bedding .
12 He said , ‘ I have never heard of Auric Industries before , although I have heard of Auric Enterprises .
13 Sex : ‘ I 've never paid for it in my life , although I have gambled for it .
14 Such inspections are theoretically repeated every two or three years , although I have come across some childminders who have not received a follow up visit for several years .
15 Although I have to admit to buying Sat , Sun , Mon cause it does have a good sports section — especially the cricket .
16 Although I have mentioned to Kate of my association with Fiona , the two have never met .
17 Although I do admit to owning a bathrobe with my initials on it — and wearing green glasses for occasions when I want to draw attention to myself .
18 Granda 's fondness for alcohol is one of the reasons why I have never touched it in my life … although I do admit to having some rum sauce once .
19 I thought he was all right , but I did n't think he was all that powerful , although I do believe in chemistry and obviously the chemistry between him and Bowie was magic — undeniably magic .
20 Although I do agree with some of his points — the need for more public courses and more emphasis put on rules of etiquette — I was somewhat alarmed to read that in the interests of quicker play , we high-handicappers were being relegated to a boring , 9-hole course until we improve our game enough to join ‘ the big boys on the big-boys ’ course ’ .
21 OK , I have the name Silver , but no relation ( although I do come from Leeds )
22 She alerts the reader in her introduction to what she finds offensive in these genteel concoctions of tea and adultery : … if a comic charlady obtrudes upon the action of a real novel , I will fling the novel against the wall amidst a flood of obscenities because the presence of such a character as a comic charlady tells me more than I wish to know about the way her creator sees the world .
23 My position on the whole thing started to wobble last year when I had some reflexology ( a foot massage ) which made me more relaxed than I 've felt for years .
24 And for someone in my position to make a jump from one thing to another and to be feeling better than I 've felt in ten years , feeling like I 'm at the top of my game creatively at the moment , must mean that I 've grown in the making of this album .
25 Although not directly connected to the constitutional difficulties being experienced by Canada , McKenna acknowledged the indirect connection when , speaking of the growing co-operation between the four provinces , he admitted that he had " seen more co-operation during the last six months than I 've seen in the last five years that I 've been Premier " .
26 I 've er this , the the er hoe-down , I 've been advertising since before Christmas er and er although we did n't inform the members till about three weeks ago something like that er I 've been telling everybody about it and I 've had more response from non-members than I 've had from members for it .
27 ‘ It 's more than I 've got for Strasbourg , ’ he admitted .
28 got such a good rapport with the outdoor sales than I 've got with er , Jane and Linda .
29 So I 'd say Peter ; he had more talent in a little finger than I 've got in my whole body — no exaggeration .
30 In the preface to his great History of Europe , H. A. L. Fisher wrote : " Men wiser than and more learned than I have discerned in history a plot , a rhythm , a predetermined pattern .
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