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 | 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 . |
| 10 | erm or maybe I 'll consider you two down , you know as the describing side |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Do it to me , ’ he said , ‘ or else I 'll do it to you . ’ |
| 14 | And the and then or else I 'll open my plug and water 'll come out before you get in . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Answer some questions … or else I 'll make my own arrangements . ’ |
| 17 | Or else I 'll kill him . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | , 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 |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And so I 'll see you when we get there Francis . |
| 23 | ‘ And so I shall tell him . ’ |
| 24 | You have come to ask and so I must tell you . |
| 25 | And so I must ask you again to allow me to inspect the morning 's mails . ’ |
| 26 | And so I should do you because you shave under your armpits and maybe you would have a baby and that would spite your father . ’ |
| 27 | An overwhelming number of you are keen to attend formal reunions and so I will make it a priority to get them off the ground . |
| 28 | When we move in here , we get this guy come along to look at it , he say well this machine the er the Germans erm they 've really the pump is th is really easy to go , and so I can change your pump for you but l in your washing machine washing machine . |
| 29 | I need to get myself back on my feet and forget all this and get it all sorted out and so I can live my life again . |
| 30 | And so I could help my mother out of her embarrassment . |