Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [conj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I shall sign off now & see if I can get in the office . |
| 2 | Well it would be something , it would be a bit of paper that say that I can look after children under five , I could go and run a play group or do whatever and earn some money |
| 3 | A blind person remarked : ‘ If someone said to me ‘ You 'd better not do this placement ’ then I 'd rather walk to Australia on my hands than admit that I could n't . ’ |
| 4 | Could you offer her a cup of tea and say that I 'll be er about fifteen minutes or so ? |
| 5 | And I 'm not sure that personally I 'm put my hands up and say that I 'd understand all the issues but I understand some of the basic principles and I 'm beginning to understand er some of the complexities of a a planning issue like this . |
| 6 | Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months . |
| 7 | I do n't remember the carpet coming up to hit me , nor finding it hard to breathe , nor at that moment did the judge put on the black cap and say that I must swing by the neck until I was dead . |
| 8 | I used to lie awake and worry because I could n't sleep . |
| 9 | Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor . |
| 10 | But then again yo you 're you 're advised against going over the speed limit that most people do , I do I I tell yo like I said I 'm not a saint cos like a couple of times when I was first driving , especially in my fucking sprint cos it was a quick car I used to drive up people 's arses and wait until I could overtake them and if they did slow down that used to incense me and I 'd fucking , I 'd go right up there arse and then probably try and cut them up when I went , overtook them and I s fucking learnt , I got a I had a couple of close calls like , people are slamming brakes on and stuff |
| 11 | In the dark I could manoeuvre , hide in the alleys of incomprehension , crouch behind the walls of indifference , know that I existed , and hope because I could n't be seen . |
| 12 | It seemed that all of the owners had taken the opportunity of visiting the horses while the train was standing still , and listen though I might I could hear no one else reporting trouble . |
| 13 | ‘ I need all the help and support that I can get in this latest folly . |
| 14 | I put a few pink flowers on the plant and remember that I must n't overdo this |
| 15 | Or he 'll have to sell it and disappear before I can ( could ) get to the police . |
| 16 | I HAVE just read the November issue of RW&P and feel that I must write and comment on Wayne Shelford 's article . |
| 17 | They were the faces of two entirely separate people , and try as I would to superimpose them they would n't focus into a single man for whom I had a single , straightforward feeling . |
| 18 | He hums and haws for a bit then he says he 'll put them in his car and ask if I can keep them at Combe Court . |
| 19 | But at the end of all I sigh and think if I could but see old England again , and the dear , dear treasures it contains , I would contentedly sit down at my working table and stroke , stroke away to the end of the chapter , that is health permitting . ’ |
| 20 | I used to gaze at it and wish that I could have a dog just like the one in the picture . |
| 21 | I pay tribute to the work done by my hon. Friend the Member for Pontefract and Castleford ( Mr. Lofthouse ) in the area and promise that I will assist him in his fight . |
| 22 | If you like I 'll ask around back at the church and see if I can find out what 's on offer . ’ |
| 23 | Then if he still has not come out of the tent I will go down there while it is still light , very quietly , and see if I can see , without getting too close , how he is . |
| 24 | Perhaps I 'll go for a walk in the forest and see if I can sort something out . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll go out today and see if I can find a new daddy then , shall I ? |
| 26 | No matter , it was a wild weekend , and some time soon I 'll return to the scene of the crime and see if I can make the princely pond a home fit for a frog . |
| 27 | But learning things in the hotel room and trying them out on stage the next night leaves it fresh , but gives me room to interject new ideas and see if I can pull them off or not . |
| 28 | ‘ While you 're gone I 'll make some calls and see if I can track down a crystal , ’ she said firmly . |
| 29 | ‘ While you 're gone I 'll make some calls and see if I can track down a crystal , ’ she said firmly . |
| 30 | Get yourself down those steps , and see if I can follow you . ’ |