Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , and erm , I 'm very sorry about it , er , because if they 'd breathalysed me I would have failed as well . |
2 | say if you 'd done it I could have took it for you tomorrow or the next day . |
3 | cos I , I went down to sort it out and like , if I 'd had yours I could have , they could have mended it there and then . |
4 | Michael , if I 'd lost him I 'd have gone out to look for him — he died . ’ ’ |
5 | Oh I used to say a half an hour and then when they ran to waken me I 'd say give me five more minutes and then another five minutes |
6 | She says er no then she afterwards I says well do n't forget to get Kath 's money she said tell her I 'll phone her and I 'll be up about half past six , I 'll have to go and draw me money . |
7 | That was very early on in my filming if anyone had asked me I would have said ‘ I 'm always on the move , you know I never sit down in a lesson , and I do n't sit down but where I was on the move was in a very limited space so just having the camera at the back on that table , just having it still showed me so much about what was going on in the room and how you use the time … |
8 | It was only my threat that stopped him because if his hand had touched me I would have walked out of this house that very minute and I would n't have had to go far . |
9 | I was however sent an Agenda , on loan and with the very clear proviso that if I wanted to keep it I would have to pay for it . |