Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [am/are] [vb pp] [subord] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're both very bad at it and I 'm damned if I 'm losing my best friend . ’ |
| 2 | She made it specially for him , and I 'm damned if I 'll send it back . ’ |
| 3 | But it would simply look like an admission of guilt and I 'm damned If I 'm going to do that when I 've nothing to hide . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We happen to be staying in the same place , and I 'm damned if I 'm keeping awake waiting for you to turn up . |
| 5 | One or two , maybe , and I 'm damned if I see how we 'll identify them in a hurry but … ’ |
| 6 | And I 'm damned if I 'm going to permit you to — ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I remember seeing pictures of a fish like that at school , but I 'm damned if I can remember what it was , ’ said Yanto , thoughtfully . |
| 8 | But I 'm damned if I 'll bow to anyone . |
| 9 | So the subtext of my behaviour could be interpreted as , ‘ I feel weak and tired , but I 'm damned if I 'm going to admit it , because that would only prove you right . ’ |
| 10 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
| 11 | But I 'm damned if I 'm going to fart around like a pansy floor-walker watching that no poor sod nicks the Y-fronts , even if I am dignified with the name security officer . |
| 12 | But I 'm damned if I know where it 's coming from . " |
| 13 | Devastated I may be , but I 'm damned if I 'll give her the satisfaction of hearing me beg for mercy . |
| 14 | No question about it , she had a face , but I 'm buggered if I can remember what it looked like . |
| 15 | I 've become very fond of Ellis and I 'm prepared on occasion to be tempted into his latest hare-brained scheme , but I 'm buggered if I 'll carry on like Richard Hannay and his chums in a John Buchan novel . |
| 16 | Well I 've seen the toothbrush somewhere recently but I 'm buggered if I can remember where . |
| 17 | You go , Joanna — you know Ian Woodall , so that wo n't be embarrassing for you , but I 'm blowed if I want to meet Robert Sheldrake socially . ’ |
| 18 | My heart aches for him sometimes , but I 'm blessed if I know if he 's happy ; if he ever wants to marry , have a family , he keeps his thoughts , feelings very much to himself . |
| 19 | I may not suffer much from amour propre , but I 'm fucked if I 'm prepared to run the risk of running into people from my past life while clad as a bellhop . |