Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] i [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was funny cos I could hear them talking and I was really sort of like |
| 2 | A towel that I 've put over the radiator to get warm so I can wrap it cosily round myself and hug myself dry . |
| 3 | And it has to be perfect before I shall allow you to go on to petit point . ’ |
| 4 | Under Chambers 's auspices I 've prepared a questionnaire on ( intermediate ) learners ' dictionaries , along with a piece of sample text and a batch of parallel extracts from four other publishers ' dictionaries of about the same level , and I 'd be ever so grateful if I could send you about 10 of these sets to distribute amongst fellow teachers and some of the students , as you think fit ; and of course I 'd be pleased if you 'd answer one yourself . |
| 5 | In the massage parlour at lunchtime , Molly Lugg told me her son was now unemployed because his boss , Trevor Proby , was ‘ in chains ’ and she would be grateful if I could find him something to do , as he spends all his time kicking his heels , mostly through shop windows in the High Street . |
| 6 | I shall stay alive until I can catch him . |
| 7 | But I would b , e very glad if I might see you on your return to ask you to help me in two cases . |
| 8 | You 're lucky because I 'll tell you for why , you ca n't change a video if you buy . |
| 9 | My work this year is very much on the ground — there will be only two abstract things — or three at the most — all the rest is objective — as objective as I can make it … |
| 10 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm not sure if I 'll have you over the door-sill . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not sure if I can do it , ’ he was muttering , his features hardened by some complex emotion . |
| 13 | Sometimes I myself am not sure if I could do it . |
| 14 | I have n't seen her in years , I 'm not even sure if I 'd recognize her … " she finished doubtfully . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's great because I can ride it to the beach and people do n't recognise me beneath the helmet . |
| 16 | That 's good because I 'll bring you a copy in |
| 17 | It has been hyped so much that I was n't sure whether I would like it . |
| 18 | And er I was standing there I was n't really sure whether I should sign it . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether I should tell you . |
| 20 | And that 's as good as I can make it , Kirsty . |
| 21 | In all these cases the answer would be , " As good as I can get it . " |
| 22 | But my mum 's pretty good you know what I mean she as long as I can arrange it round her she 'll arrange her arrangements around me sort of thing . |
| 23 | For twenty years his widowed mother had kept a small shop in a St Helens slum , only accepting an occasional small amount of money and putting off other help with ‘ the same naive reply : ‘ It 's very good of you , dear lad , and I appreciate it , but as long as I can manage it , I shall prefer to have my feet under my own fender . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've got a bead on him , and as long as I can hold it I 'll have him when he moves . |
| 25 | As long as I can remember we 've been up here |
| 26 | I 'm not bothered either way as long as I can read it . |
| 27 | For example , it would make me very happy if I could see you every night across my dinner table ; if when I woke in the morning , I would hear you wish me ‘ Bonjour , chéri ! ’ in that so charming accent of yours . |
| 28 | It 's not really desperately important cos I can do it by using a list rather than a map but it 's just somehow easier to refer |
| 29 | All the trees ( except the hollies ) were bare-rooted transplants and as small as I could get them . |
| 30 | Erm the bedroom does n't get as hot as I would like it |