Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother said I should never cut my hair or I 'd lose my strength , like Samson in the Bible . ’ |
| 2 | I could help these lunatics or I could fight them on behalf of Stok ; neither of those ideas appealed to me . |
| 3 | ‘ Give me sons or I shall die , ’ said Leah to Jacob ( Genesis 30 : 6 ) , expressing the anguish suffered by many people on learning they may not be able to have children . |
| 4 | As neither Marcella or I could sing we spoke along to the music in what we felt , somehow , was Good Old Cabaret Style … |
| 5 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 6 | And as I say , the middle one had a sling on his arm , so , as I was opening the outside door one of them says , well if you 've not got cigarettes , you better give me a tenner or I 'll thump you ! |
| 7 | ‘ I doubt if Ellis or I will be along tomorrow . |
| 8 | ‘ They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet job , being from the City , but I have n't found an instance where I would want to get rid of anyone . ’ |
| 9 | If not then I 'll plead to my wife for the car & I 'll be able to offer other people a lift there ( but I 'll be coming back on Sunday ) . |
| 10 | I would phone twice a day , and , of course , I would leave you a complete itinerary where I could be reached if you needed me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ This is a team sport , and if he does n't listen to me , I 'll either get out of the car or I 'll be physical with him , because that 's the only language he understands . |
| 12 | I think I should be making the tea or I 'll fall asleep in the bloody chair |
| 13 | You see i well you , you better give me ten pound or I 'll thump you ! |
| 14 | I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched . |
| 15 | I want no more fighting or I might have to fight what shall I do with you ? |
| 16 | ‘ Stop fighting or I 'll go completely crazy … ! ’ |
| 17 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
| 18 | ‘ Sly , Sir , devilishly sly ! ’ would be my chapter heading , and egotism and idleness the principal characteristics that I should assign to him . ’ |
| 19 | It was buried in the garden with all due ceremony , and all I knew or felt at the time was grief that I should never see my beloved pet again . |
| 20 | It seemed to me that there were two types of variations that I wished to explore , and there were a number of different methods that I would have to employ to resolve some of the problems that arose once I started to ask questions about these variations . |
| 21 | I looked at Uncle Hamish , who was making quiet signals that I should clasp my hands and close my eyes . |
| 22 | ‘ It is part of the expectation of the President that I should be available to represent the Church , so I have been to Strasbourg to the European Parliament and also on visits to the churches in Nigeria and Kenya . |
| 23 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 24 | However , I imagined that the praise I received that night was merely to be a preview of the steaming sauna of appreciation that I 'd receive after the first night . |
| 25 | Outside the cage the photographer 's saying : ‘ When you jump , spread your arms and legs so I can see you . ’ |
| 26 | So great was my obsession that I used to wish that one day I would develop my own American accent . |
| 27 | That is why I said I would ‘ seek to agree ’ with the Chancellor : there is little by way of logical leverage that I could bring to bear upon them . |
| 28 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 29 | Well I did see it Tuesday so I would have said ! |
| 30 | once I got to bed and me brain works I thought , oh dear , the family 's coming for lunch on Tuesday so I ca n't do it ! |