Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] i [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand .
2 I can manage better if I have someone with me , but this is n't always possible .
3 say anything about you like it 's only if I got nothing else to say really
4 So if I take one down today no I 'd need a couple would n't I ?
5 His argument then can be rewritten as follows : if I know this — and this is a central case of the sort of thing I know if I know anything — then I know that knowledge is impossible , and so if I know anything I know nothing .
6 So if I put something like this erm okay ?
7 It was just , I wondered if , so if I get something along this line , I mean I can cope with something like this .
8 So if I give someone a bit of a clout now and then , it sort of clears me again . ’
9 I climbed it long before I knew anything of eponymous lists , and did so again recently .
10 I should have put him down before I said anything .
11 Molly , Edith ( Harlow ) and I were talking about the Medauring in Germany started by Sofie Trappe , and I said we ought to form a group in England — Molly 's reaction was ‘ that 's fine Andy so long as I have nothing to do with the organisation ’ … so that year we formed the Studio Club .
12 ‘ I do n't think all that much of humans , ’ said Lydia ; ‘ so when I say one does n't quite look like one I do n't mean it offensively . ’
13 So when I did one I sort of
14 ‘ Question is not if I shoot someone , but when I shoot someone , ’ says John .
15 And not on me clothes either , not if I know anything about it .
16 " Not if I have anything to do with it . "
17 Not if I have anything to do with it , ’ she muttered as she plugged in her hair-dryer .
18 Not if I have anything to do with it , ’ she muttered savagely .
19 Not if I have anything to do with it .
20 Not if I knows aught about it , she ai n't ! ’
21 but he , he 's at that age now where I could have another kid and look after it quite easily if I had one , but I do n't wan na go through , not the pregnancy , but I do n't want to go through all the babies and getting up in the night and , one that 'll come out six months old
22 As an auditionee I knew I worked best if I attempted something outrageous so I prepared Lord Foppington from The Relapse and you just have to let go with his Lordship otherwise there 's no point to it .
23 And not until I have someone from the American embassy present . ’
24 Back soon unless I meet something divine ! ’
25 ‘ I will go on to the senior slopes , but not because I have anything to prove — to you or anyone else .
26 I stuck to lures , not because I have anything against bait fishing , but because I was interested to see if they 'd score .
27 But if it 's a lie , then you 'll end your days as an old maid , Ann , for I 'll not marry a liar , and no other man will have you either , not while I 've aught to say about it . "
28 And just when I thought everything was changing for the better .
29 Then , just when I had everything nicely rounded off what did this ungrateful creature of mine take it upon herself to do ?
30 ‘ As soon as I hear anything definite , I promise I 'll let you know . ’
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