Example sentences of "[noun] i [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't see her in the dark , but from the hushed swell of her breathing I could draw you the map of her body . |
| 2 | The March of Progress has alas transformed the goodly white bread into that unique substance , restaurateur 's toast , while tea and coffee are replaced by gin-and-tonic or a bottle of white wine , and for my part I would say none the worse for that . |
| 3 | ‘ As you have books for good manners I will name you the degrees . |
| 4 | Fifteen lonely years of waiting for something to think , of waiting to think something , of thinking of waiting , of thinking I 'll make myself a cheese sandwich , of waiting . |
| 5 | The the next Tuesday I 'll give him a list of people who are interested and that means asking at home as well . |
| 6 | In future I must make it a rule never to use those cold , wet , good-for-nothing days for looking at crags . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , if he ever gave me AIDS I 'd give him a Colombian necktie — ’ |
| 8 | I 'll give you matches whatever if you give me a light I 'll give you a sweetie . |
| 9 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 10 | I 've not graded your work I will give you A Bs and Cs next time . |
| 11 | Er er you give , you have to Jess er some cereal I 'll give her a cup of tea . |
| 12 | In a moment I shall say what the Opposition propose . |
| 13 | And then a percent I could get you a percent off as a first time buyer . |
| 14 | ‘ After classes I would buy her a drink and have a little chat about things . |
| 15 | ‘ Tell young d'Urberville I 'll sell him the title , yes , sell it , at a reasonable price . ’ |
| 16 | one day I 'll tell you a story . |
| 17 | One day I will tell everyone the truth about that night , and clear my name . |
| 18 | Lee I 'll get him a bottle of something when I get back to Stowmarket . |
| 19 | You stop wetting yourself , if you do n't wet yourself for a week I 'll get you a toy , |
| 20 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
| 21 | A squire once angrily said to him : ‘ If I had a son who was an idiot by Jove I 'd make him a parson ’ . |
| 22 | I have the luxury as a recruiter on this occasion to say when when Trevor walks through the door I can offer him a position er if all things being equal erm in any of those companies . |
| 23 | But erm you need to come down , once we get the double glazing I 'll give you a shout and come down for a come down for a coffee and what have you . |
| 24 | ‘ I just thought I 'd give you a ring . ’ |
| 25 | But obviously if you 're going to do that you 'll have to do it during next week some time On the other hand I could give you a list of five topics and you could choose one . |
| 26 | P.S. I 'll send you an aide mémoire if you can . |
| 27 | If I met Pam 's bloke coming down Briggate I 'd give him a wide berth . |
| 28 | But my mother 's image of my future had to be challenged : I was not to marry ; I would be her companion at all times in a perfect mother and daughter symbiosis ; with my teacher 's salary I would buy her a fridge and a washing machine and take care of her . |
| 29 | Since it has this connection with thoughts I shall call it the epistemic or cognitive appearance . |
| 30 | She said if you 're not coming home for if you 're not coming home for dinner I 'll boil you an egg |