Example sentences of "[verb] i [modal v] [vb infin] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 2 | Erm I s do n't think I can give you a precise answer to that question er off the cuff Mr Colgan , I think we 'd have to let you have a note on those figures |
| 3 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 4 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
| 5 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 6 | I mean I can help you a certain , a certain amount , |
| 7 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 8 | Well I er I I do n't know I could tell you a lot if I could just bring it to mind . |
| 9 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect I 'll give it a miss , ’ said Hilary . |
| 11 | Erm the the railway track , erm once it was extended through to and I say I 'll give you the details on that in a minute , erm went over the er Road , and then the track that was nearest to er the town , was curved in and joined that other line erm and er went off to . |
| 12 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 13 | So anyway , this bloke says oh I 'll chase it up and I 'll see what 's going on , he says I 'll give you a ring in morning . |
| 14 | And I goes well we 're smokeless and and she goes I 'm not bothered she says I 'll do you a swap . |
| 15 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 16 | Well what I 'll do I 'll give him a call tomorrow night about eight o'clock . |
| 17 | ‘ Nothing , save I 'd give him a chance . |
| 18 | ‘ Look , I 've promised I 'll tell ye the story of that family , and after dinner I will . |
| 19 | If you like I 'll give you the addresses of a few girlfriends . |
| 20 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 21 | I 'm not saying I can give you a figure , all I can say is that originally identifiable will not be forthcoming now because some of this proposal is not meeting them . |
| 22 | You 're saying I can do it a lot better than that . |
| 23 | ‘ Hmm , this circle might interfere with any melodious resonances , but I suppose I could give you a rattle each to shake . ’ |
| 24 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 26 | I guess I 'll give him a kick up the arse if he |
| 27 | ‘ When we arrive I 'll find you a seat in the stand which is reserved for guests and then return to collect you at one for lunch . |
| 28 | I bet I 'll give you a bet Karen will win it . |
| 29 | really but seeing as I know her erm I thought I might give her a ring . |
| 30 | I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try . |