Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If her car had broken down your Dad or me would have passed it on the road . ’ |
| 2 | I want no more fighting or I might have to fight what shall I do with you ? |
| 3 | Hurry up or I 'll start jerking you up and down and then your hair really will come out and we 'll have enough of it to stuff a sofa ! |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd better not tell anyone where you got this from , or I 'll have to move my business to Napata , ’ said Nubenehem seriously . |
| 5 | Speak up or I 'll have wolfed it . ’ |
| 6 | Or I 'll have to bash it with a rolling pin again . |
| 7 | You have very little room for manoeuvre within this service , and the Registrar General has reserve powers to impose services on you , and I would have to advice you it would be virtually , or I would have to say it would be impossible to achieve that ongoing reduction in future years . |
| 8 | I slowed some more and it was just as well or I would have missed him . |
| 9 | He 'd pulled his finger back or I would have bitten it . |
| 10 | They did n't give any details about the Leeds match ( or I may have missed them as I was simultaneously talking on the phone ) . |
| 11 | For it was not pure ocular seeing , or I should have seen her as a girl of the age which I have now reached . |
| 12 | " It is a good thing you addressed me so politely , or I should have eaten you . |
| 13 | I thought , I must get it cut — and then I remembered that I had no money to waste on that sort of thing any more ; it would just have to grow , or I 'd have to cut it myself . |
| 14 | Is it erm the national parks and greenbelt or I 'd like to understand what it means . |
| 15 | The world is headed into chaos , child , and there is little you or I can do to stop it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Hardly , or I could have asked it over the telephone , and avoided imposing upon you . |
| 17 | Spike proved to be a bad thing , as you or I could have told her . |
| 18 | She asked , a shade tartly , where she might expect to meet them again . |
| 19 | ‘ Er — just the one night , I think , ’ she replied , having hoped not to stay even that long but suddenly realising that , since she needed some kind of base where she could go to collect her thoughts , that perhaps to have a room where she could relax and think in private was n't such a bad idea after all . |
| 20 | Most should be obtainable at university/polytechnic careers offices , or at local reference libraries where you may need to request them . |
| 21 | Essays will be a central part of your work , both during the course and finally in examinations where you will need to use them to demonstrate historical knowledge , skills and thought . |
| 22 | ‘ There are English holiday areas where you could have marketed your tiles , ’ Vitor said , plainly dubious of her argument . |
| 23 | I know there 's one where you used to have to keep it . |
| 24 | If not you may be able to get legal help through a law centre , or you may prefer to consult your own solicitor , if you have one already , or a local firm recommended by a friend or colleague . |
| 25 | You may wish to leave your monthly transfer at the same amount ; or you may want to amend it in the light of an increase in the cost of living or changes in your expenditure plans . |
| 26 | Or you may have to seek one out . |
| 27 | Putting names to faces : You may wish to be able to look at someone and think instantly of his name because it makes social life so much easier ; or you may wish to improve your chances of impressing a business acquaintance ( and possibly making a deal as a result ) . |
| 28 | Do n't miss out the l or you 'll start turning me into a Parisian grocer . |
| 29 | 7 Do not ingratiate yourself with your class or you 'll begin to lose their respect . |
| 30 | I wrapped it up or you could have seen it . |