Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 2 | I enjoy working things out with numbers , e.g. how much wallpaper or carpet I need to buy |
| 3 | Cos I can pick out his stuff or say I do n't like the look of that one and he 'll , he 'll chuck it in the back . |
| 4 | These er er orders today are n't based on a thorough inquiry er into how audits on the the financial institutions are conducted , what 's wrong with them , what goes wrong , not even a thorough er inquiry into what happened in the B C C I case , er we ca n't legislate , we ca n't legi or regulate I put it without er er er a thorough inquiry and yet here we have er orders brought in er without inquiry . |
| 5 | You are forced to ask : Do I stop here or do I go on through ? |
| 6 | I 'm sure that Ruth searches her heart , she , she may of made her decision lightly way back to go with Ruth er , to go with Naomi but not now , its a heart searching decision she makes , the choice before her , do I go back or do I go , do I go on , do I go back to Moah with its familiarity with all the things I am aware of or do I go on into the unknown with my mother in law and with her god Auper makes a choice and she goes back and Ruth had , Ruth says no and she makes the commitment and she says there , in verse sixteen , do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you , for where you go I will go and where you lodge , I will lodge , your people should be my people and your god my god and its those last few words that makes all the difference , your god will be my god , I will not be a stranger there , I will not be an alien there , I will be part of your people , and the only way she could be part of Naomi 's people was for Naomi 's god to be her god , that was the thing that kept , that was , that was the common denominated should all of Naomi 's people , because they all belonged |
| 7 | Now do you come quietly or do I use force ? ’ |
| 8 | I had or believed I had a secondary , and had every right to be there . |
| 9 | ‘ Any bit of education or speaking I know I learned from Seth , ’ she says . |
| 10 | Brigadier and Mrs. Carter lived in a large house in Brown Street — he was fat , very pompous with a waxed moustache , having exceptionally long spikes ; Major Forbes from Fowlers Hill , who not only looked like but also dressed like King George V — whether by accident or design I do n't know , Mrs. Bowyer , the widow of an Australian Bishop who lived in Fowlers Road was very big and wore outsize hats which accentuated her size and finally the Headmaster , Mr. E.J. Russ . |
| 11 | When he took off on his return flight in a small twin-engined plane , one of the engines failed , and the pilot , whether by accident or design I do n't know , did a swift turn and made an emergency landing back on the airfield , missing the Control Tower by about three feet . |
| 12 | Or suppose I wished to challenge what A said . |
| 13 | Every time I get caught or arrested I get asthma . |
| 14 | Every week , for one reason or another , there was a man about the place , looking for some creature I 'd seen , or thought I 'd seen . |
| 15 | I suddenly understood , or thought I understood it all . |
| 16 | Erm , but I wanted some cash , so what I did in the end was walked round Asda remembered it , or thought I remembered it , came back out put the erm card back in and the terminal came up erm it 's ok . |
| 17 | ‘ Back in nineteen forty-four when Claudia was working on her thesis , I understood intellectually ’ — he says the word with a certain fastidiousness — ‘ what she was saying about the Masai , but as a man who knew the country and the natives , or thought I did , I could n't really accept it . |
| 18 | I have done what I wanted , or thought I wanted , I have pushed as hard as I could , and this is it . |
| 19 | Erm and and we could actually give if we if we can find some small reject ball bearings or roller bearings , then we can or reject I mean erm dead stock . |
| 20 | Or do I continue to lurk ? ’ |
| 21 | Or do I mean all the same technique ? |
| 22 | It 's a matter of investigation — or do I mean snooping ? ’ |
| 23 | Or do I mean no ? |
| 24 | ‘ It seems from the eager glint in your eye that you are a practised hand … or do I mean foot ? ’ |
| 25 | As the dawn breaks , she drags out a battered cardboard boxfile with a rusty clasp , from behind a stack of unread texts on the deconstruction — or do I mean demolition ? — of cinematic narrative . |
| 26 | Or do I mean Bunyanesque ? |
| 27 | Or do I mean , why is an elephant a god ? ’ |
| 28 | Or do I mean that ? |
| 29 | Or do I drag you out ? ’ |
| 30 | Now do you tell me the story you had from Lady Usk , or do I go to the old witch myself ? ’ |