Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] i [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd better write that down or I 'll never remember it specially with er what comes next ? |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't let her in or I 'll never get any lunch . |
| 3 | Better stop and walk to the Post Office Sorting Office — the light is closing in and I would rather do the mile there and mile back in daylight . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've wanted to win every game I have ever played in and I will never change that outlook . |
| 5 | He 'd come to us with numbers he wanted to get off and I 'd just play a chord on the guitar and he 'd write a number round it . |
| 6 | The lights were n't on but I could just see him . |
| 7 | Well , three nuts spat me out and I can honestly say that the first time I fell , headfirst , facing outwards , above the wall we had just climbed , I really did see stars . |
| 8 | Run ! at me but the message is n't getting through , there 's something else in the way , something else pulling me back , back to Andy and back to that frozen river bank ; I hear Andy crying out and I can still see him reaching towards me and he 's about to slip away from me again and I ca n't do anything … but I can , this time I can ; I can do something and I will . |
| 9 | In view of the afternoon 's exertions , tea-time must have been a difficult moment for tired guests , for as Princess Metternich noted : ‘ The Empress 's teas seemed to us a little drawn out and I must frankly admit that we preferred to take it in our own rooms by the fire with our friends while smoking a quiet cigarette . |
| 10 | I never hold back and I 'll always play like that . ’ |
| 11 | I have n't carried the exercise out but I would simply say that it 's it 's not valid to do an exercise like this in the way that this is done . |
| 12 | Everyone will order me around and I will just have to smile and do as they say or they will not look after me when I am an old woman . |