Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] i [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Eight o'clock I 'll record it for you , you are watching it ?
2 It was eight o'clock I 'd tape it for her , running out of tapes .
3 If I was rich enough I 'd give you .
4 and stuff like that so I can send it off with
5 She 'd always run into my arms when I did that so I could lift her up , but she do n't do it this time .
6 ‘ Do n't , ’ Penny Mansfield warns , ‘ sink into the double bind of , ‘ If I were good ( or sexy or clever ) enough , he would n't have done it … and if I were strong enough I 'd leave him . ’
7 I 've only got a bit of French and German so I can help you with the essay if you like .
8 Well I do n't think anyone 's gon na get this so I 'll tell you .
9 I should be grateful for your comments on this so I can bring them before the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August .
10 But this much I must tell you — ’ He looked around the chamber , as if expecting to see a silent listener at every corner .
11 ‘ Just this once I 'll take your advice . ’
12 If I was n't so old now I 'd do it again !
13 I du n no there might be some then I can have one .
14 I 'll I 'll get round that somehow I 'll let you know
15 On Friday night about six o'clock I would ride my horse then I would brush ( groom ) it and clean my horse 's saddle and bridle .
16 Clever still I can earn it
17 That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest .
18 that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service
19 I use these three then I 'll put my thingies in cos I ca n't be bothered to erm change .
20 Fourteen so I can get it in
21 When Anna 's feeling well enough I would like us to be married in the same chapel as my sister and Boz . ’
22 ‘ When she is well enough I 'll tell her about your visit . ’
23 There are times when I wish I had someone to look after and who would look after me again , but I am confident now I can do it on my own . "
24 When I am quite well again I must inform her so .
25 I 'll go along and be Well actually I 'll get him to do that and instead of being bored about the for forty five minutes or whatever I
26 I bet he does n't get up till about , well it 's eleven now I 'll give him another hour and a half !
27 At least he 's quite happy well I 'll tell you that .
28 Leave those there I 'll take them up with me .
29 That 's right , I mean you , you looked in , in , in , if you had a fire out in the sticks somewhere , you 'd look to see where the telephone was , where if there were any , and then knock on somebody 's door perhaps , at two o'clock in the morning and say can I use your telephone , and they were n't very happy sometimes I can tell you .
30 sixes onwards I 'll show you how dyslexic to do it with their hands
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