Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [conj] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman I 'll try and be brief er I think the problem with the car boot sales is that they have been er hi-jacked commercially er it seems a good idea it 's , it 's another line another way of disposing of goods whether they 're straight goods or whether they 're they 're er misappropriated goods or whatever . |
| 2 | I saw movements from from er the far side of the room , erm which with , due to the light , erm I could distinguish as being human beings but er not immediately what sex they were but I could see enough to say that they were persons . |
| 3 | ‘ Then when I started travelling seriously I used to go and be nice to my bank manager , which was n't so easy . ’ |
| 4 | The most piddling aspects of my embodiment furnished me with prophecy : hanging on whether the flap of gum skin comes away , then … the leaf will fall or not fall , I will die or be immortal , the sun will rise or not . |
| 5 | I hope I can stay and be useful . ’ |