Example sentences of "[adj -er] [subord] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't imagine that he felt any easier immediately I applied the hot blankets , but suggestion is a powerful weapon in the armoury of the doctor , and he did at least manage a smile . |
| 2 | I 'm so much happier since I made the decision . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd forgotten how loud and exhausting she could be , ’ remarked my mother later as I peeled the potatoes . |
| 4 | Mrs Clinton was quoted as saying : ‘ Nobody knows better than I do the pain that can be caused by discussing rumours , even in private conversations , and I did n't mean to be hurtful to anyone . ’ |
| 5 | But perhaps it 's better if I tell the story . |
| 6 | So I did — my mother had that drawing for many years — and then Mr Moore rang my mother and said that it was so nice having me in his class because I was so interested and keen , but there was n't really a lot of point , and would n't it be better if I played the piano ? |
| 7 | ‘ Would it make you feel any better if I took the cardigan down to her , ’ said Yanto . |
| 8 | Ah , I would n't of imagine for one second he would want to watch , so it might be better if I buy the video and see |
| 9 | you know , it would make it better cos I got the impression of reading the headline , it meant that you know from the kitchen |
| 10 | And attendance is much better cos I think the message is finally getting across now . |
| 11 | I think this is better cos I think the Friday one is fuller . |
| 12 | It was the longest afternoon that I had known and it was worse when I heard the sound of tea being prepared downstairs for this made me even more hungry . |
| 13 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 14 | I ca n't help thinking things will only get worse when I have the baby . |
| 15 | I already knew it was n't a good idea ; I could hear the tone of my voice rising higher and higher as I spoke the sentence , and that was always a sign I was getting into some sort of verbal mess . |