Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] i [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's our lead singer , or rather I should say he was . |
| 2 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 3 | Unions have turned professional , serving their members ' interests in the way that members , or perhaps I should call them customers , demand . |
| 4 | Or perhaps I should say she did not trust us with everything she knew . |
| 5 | Over the last six weeks or so I 'll tell you the places I 've been and the people I 've seen in the National Health Service . |
| 6 | Every three months or so I 'd clear it of all the wonder remedies he 'd accumulated , but within a week he 'd have discovered some other miracle medicine . |
| 7 | " Every week or so I 'd see them come in for their beef ration . |
| 8 | Perhaps in another month or so I will find I am one among 50 runners for the job . ’ |
| 9 | having this whole thing out , right , she 'd pay right , I bring home wage , right believe it or not I 'll tell you it 's about between a hundred and eleven and a hundred and fourteen pounds a week , that 's forty and ten , that 's a hundred and fifty pounds a week , right , now if she got to pay poll tax out of that , right , what she 's getting which is twenty odd pounds a month |
| 10 | It also depends on whether or not I can tell you what you want to know . |
| 11 | My argument for functionalism is therefore critically dependent on whether or not I can convince you that progress in one of these areas — cognitive neuropsychology — is unlikely to be simply an illusion . |
| 12 | I know what I feel like listening to , it 's just whether or not I can find it . |
| 13 | This may sound ridiculous , but I have recently met a very nice man , the same age as me , similar tastes , sense of humour , not exactly good-looking but perfectly presentable , and I 'm wondering whether or not I should marry him . |
| 14 | It 's nothing to do with this job , I just like to drive past whenever I can because sooner or later I 'll catch him at it . |
| 15 | erm or maybe I 'll consider you two down , you know as the describing side |
| 16 | One stockbroking source said last night : ‘ There are a certain number of people who have already said : ‘ Listen , if I 'm going to get clobbered , I would rather be transferred , or maybe I could find someone else who can transfer me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sorry about Billy , but I do n't see what it has to do with me or how I can help you . |
| 18 | I need to be able to see the path ahead in order to plan my route well in advance , or else I may get myself into an awkward position . |
| 19 | ‘ Do it to me , ’ he said , ‘ or else I 'll do it to you . ’ |
| 20 | And the and then or else I 'll open my plug and water 'll come out before you get in . |
| 21 | If they ca n't you can either stay at the flat or else I 'll give you some money and drop you off at a hotel . ’ |
| 22 | Answer some questions … or else I 'll make my own arrangements . ’ |
| 23 | Or else I 'll kill him . |
| 24 | Er there used ti be a place there but er , no I can never remember knowing or else I should think I should 've gone . |
| 25 | Where is Andrew ? ’ and eventually I can tell them and Mrs Gould gives a strange little shuddering cry and Mr Gould tells her to get the people in the house and phone for an ambulance and runs away down the path towards the river with the four Golden Labradors barking excitedly behind him . |
| 26 | , but when they asked us to go , you know , I mean they two seats to spare and old Bert would n't speak and came and said would you two like to go , he 's on the committee , you see so he went and mentioned it to Lionel and Lionel got them out and said would you like to go and right I 'll put your name down so |
| 27 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
| 28 | And so I 'll see you when we get there Francis . |
| 29 | ‘ And so I shall tell him . ’ |
| 30 | You have come to ask and so I must tell you . |