Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Do n't you look at me like that or I 'll shove it up your arse .
2 Either that or I 'd imagine
3 I could have done that or I could have done the instrumental album .
4 In one of his books , David Jenkins speaks of a cartoon which shows God sitting on a cloud looking very cross and saying : ‘ You love one another or I 'll come down there and thump you . ’
5 Now I understand er that you know we are providing public service here and we have got allow for public access but the cost of the council of having all its officers outside of this building for over er two hours must have been absolutely horrendous and I would have thought this would be an area where improving security ought to be a high priority so what are you going to do about it ?
6 ‘ You drink this and I 'll tell her you 're here . ’
7 I mean you think , when you sign y with your insurers thing say well I 'll have this and I 'll pay the first fifty
8 Do , let me just drink this and I 'll do you .
9 Yeah , I just go and get this and I 'll go and pop down to .
10 He said tie this and I 'll give you a penny , but he never gavr me any money .
11 Have a look at this and I 'll speak to you
12 I know I was just gon na quickly do this and I 'll come and help with your dinner .
13 What concerns me in particular is how District Council is handling this and I 'll come back to that in a moment .
14 ( Interestingly , he gave up athletics for one year after leaving school — and the influence of teachers — because ‘ there was no one to say , ‘ go into this and I 'll help you do it . ’ ’
15 If I sit down and talk to I 've said this and I 'll say it I 've said it ad nauseam .
16 ‘ My dear Ellis , continue like this and I 'll put a word in for you and get you job . ’
17 There are probably many reasons for this and I shall mention only a few of the important ones .
18 Disobey me in this and I shall pack you off to Framlingham and send Joan elsewhere — more quickly than you could say wedding-bells ! ’
19 but she was getting there , her and Bren were er conferring you see I 'd sort of gone through what I 'd done and every now and again she 'd say well I 've done this and I 'd say well it 's right .
20 getting more and more intrigued by this and I 'd like to you a question to which I genuinely do n't know the answer .
21 I was not sure how best to deal with this and I will consult a solicitor about investments . ’
22 Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it
23 Which is wrong and I 'll end up in prison .
24 And the third servant says Well no if I if I go out and buy something something might go wrong and I 'll lose the talent , and so he hides it away in the drawer .
25 I got a higher figure than Jim because I was I ca n't believe , believe this either th th the officer that , that , that , done this say to the , the , that 's the figures that have produced then they 're completely wrong and I can tell
26 There is no doubt in my mind that it was old — very , very old and I would think pre-dated the houses by several hundred years .
27 ‘ When I went to school , I were n't above eight or nine year old and I used to have to go hawking milk , as I told you , before I went to school ; and then I used to take the empty cans to school , bring them home at dinner-time .
28 I 'm the father of a two year old and I 'd like him in school by the age of four to learn Japanese .
29 I would always plan on a day when I felt brave and I would walk into the drugstore and see who was behind the counter .
30 And I saw Mrs Chamberlin 's hens and they were splendid and Aunt Emily says we may keep some and I shall make sure it is me who looks after them , not Murphy . ’
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