Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 3 | ‘ Or I might be able to get the Oxford University Museum to open up a bit early — you know , Inspector , the dodo and Darwin and the dinosaurs . ’ |
| 4 | Now I must be awa' tae Pack Meeting , ’ she said to Dick and Chuck , ‘ or I 'll be late . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd better go or I 'll be late . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Laverne , we 're going to have to get back quickly or I 'll be sick . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Either that or I 'll be dead . ’ |
| 9 | I shall have flown into who knows whose airport , or I 'll be sleeping on a ship steaming slowly out the English Channel , or I 'll be dead and rigid on a lonely piece of ground . |
| 10 | I had to make haste now or I would be late , so I threw my kit in the back of the Porsche , threaded my way through the traffic on the Kingston By-pass and then put my foot down on the M3 , keeping a wary eye open for the police . |
| 11 | However , should you require further details on any aspect concerning this firm and its method of operation then naturally [ name of second partner ] or I would be delighted to help . |
| 12 | But I must have a bath and get up , or I shall be late for work . ’ |
| 13 | This letter simply must go tonight , and I ca n't go right down to the G.P.O. or I shall be late for my appointment . ’ |
| 14 | Come , or I shall be late . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Or I shall be stuck , sha n't I , if the leukaemia comes back ? ’ |
| 16 | This process was one that we 'd enjoyed the public inquiry process for over fifty years and it would be most helpful if the minister at some point in his er later remarks perhaps could take this opportunity to tell the house that the Conservatives do not intend to side step the public inquiry stage of any future boundary proposals , European or I 'd be glad to give up . |
| 17 | or I will be grateful . |
| 18 | Or you may be concerned about transferring pension arrangements . |
| 19 | Or you may be grieving for your partner or client . |
| 20 | Or you may be able to partially retire and start drawing part of your pension — then draw your full pension when you stop work completely . |
| 21 | Your doctor may be able to recommend an osteopath or chiropractor , or you may be able to find one through a friend or in the Yellow Pages . |
| 22 | If the level of this is set too high , there may be an adjuster which controls it , or you may be able to simply bend the float arm down to the correct level . |
| 23 | Or you may be able to get the film of a book they know . |
| 24 | Many of the large home-improvement companies can arrange a loan for you , or you may be able to arrange a loan or overdraft yourself . |
| 25 | These may be fixed or you may be able to choose limits which reflect the size of your business . |
| 26 | Stay here with me or you might be sorry . |
| 27 | It might be that you are having a hectic day at work and you feel that things are getting to you , or you might be stuck in a traffic jam with your pulse racing and the frustration making you angry . |
| 28 | I mean , well if you have n't got gauze in your first aid box , but you could have something like a Mediwipe or you might be able to use , open up your bandage and you can use , you know , several pieces of this , just keep going down the bandage and then you know clean it and get rid of that bit , okay , another clean bit okay , so you can adapt with whatever you 've got in your first aid box , yes , and you wo n't necessarily have scissors to hand so you 'll have to do whatever you 've got and the little Mediwipes are very useful for that , but do n't use one Mediwipe for seventy five grazes , okay , one Mediwipe for one wipe and then discard , okay ? |
| 29 | ‘ But do n't think too long , or you 'll be sorry . |
| 30 | ‘ Hand over the cash , or you 'll be sorry . ’ |