Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother said I should never cut my hair or I 'd lose my strength , like Samson in the Bible . ’ |
| 2 | I looked at Uncle Hamish , who was making quiet signals that I should clasp my hands and close my eyes . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's probably just as well for all concerned at the club that I should hang my boots up for a while . |
| 4 | We were in opposite camps , and he could no more appreciate my line of reasoning than I could see his point of view , and finally we parted . |
| 5 | ‘ I left the car in Parson 's Green and came in by Underground so I could hold your hand all the way back . ’ |
| 6 | Shakespeare must have thought them common enough : in As You Like It a frustrated Rosalind says , ‘ I prithee , take thy cork out of thy mouth that I may drink thy tidings . ’ |
| 7 | Fixing my eyes on them , I could n't help cursing Aisha , wishing she was dead , swearing by the Prophet Muhammad that I would have my revenge because it was she who was stopping me walking those streets and riding in those red buses to find work and a flat or a room of my own . |
| 8 | But with him having on this side , because he 's so blooming awkward he 's been pressing the play switch and of course , so the tapes been turning round , have n't bothered to che , so you know , he was sort of saying well well play that tape and I 'll write their names down of the people as they speak , just the first names , you know so there 's loads of |
| 9 | She 'd soon had enough of this and yelled out , ‘ I am She-Ra and I will break your balls ! ’ |
| 10 | Mummy and I will bring our guns to bear . |
| 11 | Richard was out of the car before I could open my door . |
| 12 | The Austrian officials were quite another matter ; middle-aged , self-confident , well dressed and courteous , they enquired how long I intended to stay , glanced in the boot , and waved me on with the hope that I would enjoy my stay . |
| 13 | I mentioned to Ewen that I still had some ( I told him 10 , but it appears to be only 8 ) copies left of GGE , and yesterday I approached Bargain Books on Princes Street , where I see they 're selling it for £6 , in the hope that I might add my copies to their stock and get a cheque for you . |
| 14 | I need employment to live , and in the hope that I can save my passage home again . |
| 15 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 16 | She 's very warm and has no sense of ‘ I 'm a princess so I will keep my distance from you ’ . |
| 17 | And now Mrs Crumwallis and I must wend our way to the Athenaeum . |
| 18 | By then I was on my feet and I could see her face , the cheeks marked by the slaps he had given her , the eyes showing signs of intelligence again . |
| 19 | Right below the press box he tried to get past Tambay and I could swear his wheels were n't more than inches from the pit-wall as he tried , and failed , to get by . |
| 20 | Tape three B and I shall get my |
| 21 | No , no I 've got ta talk later , well I 'll talk to you when I 've switched that off , talk for about five minutes and I 'll stick your voice on . |
| 22 | Sixty seven of the pleadings bundle which are the further and better particulars this year and you can see that er looking back to page sixty six , what the plaintiffs have been asked to state was to give particulars of the change in financial position which had been outlined to Mr on the telephone and er your Lordship will see first of all that in answer eighty little A , there is a reference to er a letter of the twenty seventh of February nineteen ninety two which was a letter from the plaintiff 's solicitors to the defendant 's solicitors which , this is been incorporating in the front or ought to be in the bible , erm I do n't think it has been but there are copies if I can hand your Lordship it was missed out in error I am sorry . |
| 23 | I 'm happier to stand back and let him do his bit and I 'll do my bit , as long as we 're talking to each other . |
| 24 | But it does n't matter anyway cos I 've give her some money and I 'll give her her other money |
| 25 | Phyllis bucket and I 'll clean your windows . |
| 26 | Phone if you want me to saddle up the mare and I 'll have her ready for you by the time you get down here . ’ |
| 27 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 28 | Give me the truth or I will slit your throat , then go to him and slit his too . |
| 29 | ‘ I knew that there was always the danger that I could lose my sight , but I really thought it only happened later in life , ’ says Philippa . |
| 30 | He was quite determined that I was going to try and escape , and followed so close behind me on the railway stations that I could smell his breath . |