Example sentences of "the [adv] i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , the only conclusion I 've been able to arrive at since Mr Lamont did his bit , is that the sooner I become a recluse with a string of racehorses the better and that ca n't be right . |
| 2 | The sooner I see the Sorbothane range of protective sports equipment , the better I 'm going to feel . |
| 3 | The more I bet , the more I increase the probability of the bookie making the profit ( or the bingo hall ) . |
| 4 | At first I thought about it a good deal , naturally , and the more I thought the more I liked it . |
| 5 | There 's a fine oboe solo , too ( the more I hear this slow movement , the more I hear the Brahms as role-model ) : again , the balance throws a pleasing emphasis on to the string harmonies , the oboe plaint evocatively distanced from our seat mid-stalls . |
| 6 | The more I looked at different societies , the more I saw the little traps lurking in the small print … |
| 7 | I enquired about her pricing system , ‘ The more I like a work , the higher the price . |
| 8 | I enquired about her pricing system , ‘ The more I like a work , the higher the price . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't fly a 707 formation flying down to Tehran , you know , I mean … the longer it went on the more I had the feeling I am dealing here with lunatics . ’ |
| 10 | The more I puzzled about how best to paint the outback the more I realised the Aboriginals had got it right , making spiritual maps on the ground or on bark stripped from eucalypt trees . |
| 11 | Thus for example , if I want pupils to understand subtraction , the more I rehearse the different details of the algorithm publicly , the less likely the pupil is to do anything other than pick up the outer show . |
| 12 | ‘ I am learning with every race and the more I finish the more I learn and the better I get . |
| 13 | I HAVE just had the Ford Mondeo for a full week 's test and the longer the week went on the more I liked the car . |
| 14 | But I notice the more I do the stronger the images become . |
| 15 | ‘ The more I live the more I realise there are things that I 'll never do . |
| 16 | And the more I drink the more I feel it . |