Example sentences of "i [conj] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Perkin would n't have risked any way to kill me that meant creeping up on me , not after what he 'd seen . |
| 2 | Dad flushed and let go of me and went to sit down again . |
| 3 | It was true that he had never said he would marry me , but he had said that when the war was over he would write to me and try to come back . |
| 4 | But I hope you 'll forgive me and decide to stay on . |
| 5 | For the first 10 minutes , she sat with her back to me and refused to turn round . |
| 6 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 7 | The mechanic says that on that year the truck the part was handcrafted in Zogmolia near Flelzonia and not only is it double reverse threaded but that its made from a rare alloy rendered from toxic wastes in New Jersey ; however , he has assured me while trying to hold back a laugh and spraying spittle all over me he knows a junk yard on Mars where he can get the part soon . |