Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel I ought to cry more than I have . |
| 2 | ‘ Once I felt I should go mad because I could n't finish The Watsons . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm not certain why I should remember this unless it was perhaps my first , unacknowledged , awareness that he was himself and not another ; and that that self was , in a dignified , quiet way , reaching out to me . |
| 4 | I might read this if you read that . |
| 5 | The ‘ Let ’ rule has stood since 1880 without too much fuss and I think I might get annoyed if I saw the fifth set in a Wimbledon final decided by a serve which simply hit the net and ‘ died ’ on the receiver 's side . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , OK , ’ came the reply , ‘ I 'll do that while you 're having lunch . |
| 7 | And Miss Rene 's retort was very sharp as she said , ‘ I 'll do that after she 's tried on the brown leghorn or the mink-coloured felt . |
| 8 | I 'll do that if I remember . |
| 9 | Okay I 'll do that if you do n't mind . |
| 10 | Fine , I 'll do that if you |
| 11 | ‘ Though I do n't know how I 'll do that as she does n't have a telephone . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll go mad if I see another mountain . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , do n't be rotten , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I 'll go mad if I 'ave to lie on that bed any more today . |
| 14 | ‘ I can phone from anywhere , and I 'll go mad if I have nothing to take my mind off that worthless brother-in-law of mine , but I 've changed my mind about the wall . |
| 15 | Now the things that should go in , the headings will be first of all , company obligations , and I 'll explain these as we go through it , just make a list first . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've brought my embroidery — I 'll sit quiet while you play . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll feel better once I 'm outside , I think . |
| 18 | ‘ Have a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'll feel better once I 've had a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'm worried about her , she has n't shed a tear since she had the news ’ , are all sayings which have a recognized place in our language . |
| 19 | I 'll feel better when I 've told him , sir . ’ |
| 20 | I need to look into it , I 'll know better once I 've done the course |
| 21 | PAMELA : [ unwillingly ] I 'll get undressed if you lock the door and let me have the keys in my own hand . |
| 22 | I 'll get some while I 'm out , give me some money . |
| 23 | Resist pointing at the lumps of gristle left on your dining partner 's plate and saying : ‘ I 'll have that if you do n't want it — it 's all good meat . ’ |
| 24 | Dad , Dad I 'll put all after I 've done one side of this we 'll do the quiz then . |
| 25 | I 'll keep this cos I need to keep that guy 's . |
| 26 | You can tell the Reichführer that I 'll keep quiet if he will |
| 27 | yeah and like learning my Romeo and Ju I think I might actually sit down on Sunday and learn that cos I 'm gon na be at home but I , it 's quite good I 'll , I 'll see Foxy when I get back in the evening because parents have got ta come back for the parents ' meeting . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're a determined young beggar , I 'll say that for you , ’ he said , not without affection . |
| 29 | " Egad , you 've got spirit , I 'll say that for you . |
| 30 | ‘ You 've got a nose for the washed-up , I 'll say that for you . |