Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , I failed daily to get any of the pilots to use the Link , so I used the periods myself and , in time , overcame my shortcomings in bad-weather flying , I am convinced to this day that those stolen trips in the Link could well have prolonged my flying life in later years . |
| 2 | But then a week later my clubs turned up ( all but the woods ) so I changed the claim I had made to insurance company just so if covered the woods the money came very quickly for once . |
| 3 | Once I reached the ski-road I thought I was ‘ home and dry ’ , until turning a bend I was confronted by a bull . |
| 4 | Once I leave the group my behaviour will be different again . |
| 5 | Early on in his race for the White House Bill Clinton said : ‘ If I win the race it will be on the coat tails of women . ’ |
| 6 | If I knew the answer I would put it right . |
| 7 | If I take the Metro you can almost see the petrol gauge dying in front of you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There is a part of me still wants to be back in Bosnia and if I get the chance I 'll be there like a shot . ’ |
| 9 | If I get the subway I 'll probably fall asleep and end up at Washington Heights . ’ |
| 10 | If I get the result I wanted there is consolidation rather than extension of my committee skills , but if I do not get the result I wanted then I have learned something and I form a new hypothesis about my next interjection strengthened by this new learning . |
| 11 | If I ruled the world everyone would sing and shout , war and bombs are the things I would throw out . |
| 12 | I love rugby and if I had the opportunity I would pull on my boots and play tomorrow . |
| 13 | and if I had the money I could have that |
| 14 | If I had the chance I 'd watch it twenty four hours a day ! |
| 15 | No I think if I had the choice I 'd move the tulip and leave the trees . |
| 16 | And Sid had said , ‘ If I had the time I could write down some of the things I 've seen that you would n't believe . ’ |
| 17 | I should like to speak longer , because the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) spoke about the losses that he envisages would be incurred by the development of the station at King 's Cross , and if I had the time I should love to expand on the economic benefits that could be achieved in employment terms , the environmental benefits that would accrue to the area and the safety benefits that would be brought about by the Fennell provisions in the Bill . |
| 18 | I gu my guess is if I ask the audience I I may get an answer I do n't like here . |
| 19 | If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought , if I tell the driver I 'm a real archbishop and I 'll pay him the other end he 'll just say , ‘ Oh , stuff it , mate ! ' ’ |
| 21 | Says if I move the window he 'll be able to see what it is and avoid it . ’ |
| 22 | Because if I find the answers I 'm seeking , it should be worth — oh , an inestimable amount . |
| 23 | If I find the person who did that , I mean even though it 's , was no problem to me I 'm gon na smack 'em |
| 24 | If I find the time I |
| 25 | I 'll tell you , I I have a , if I finish the sentence it |
| 26 | So I thought that if I climbed the fence I 'd be able to reach the entrance and the machine where I can buy some chocolate . |
| 27 | But if I overstepped the mark it was because you made the running . ’ |
| 28 | Another said , ‘ Well , if I cross the road I might get run over , and if I have sex I might get AIDS . |
| 29 | Well Karen said that if I won the competition she 'd ring back . |
| 30 | They called me , and they said again , if I read the book I would be killed . |