Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We deliberately went for a position of responsibility and moderation in this argument , where if I may say so , some other people have n't put the same constraints on themselves . |
| 2 | Of course , it was none of my business where the ‘ missing ’ Gauguins were stored , except that I would have enjoyed seeing them , even if prompted only by curiosity . |
| 3 | Determined not to be put down , she said , ‘ There 's really no more to add except that I would like to know if you are still of the same opinion . ’ |
| 4 | As Mario tells it , ‘ there was no outward sign of any big problem , except that I used to think he got tired very easily for a guy his age ’ . |
| 5 | I 'm not er a great fan of the monarchy , although that I would say that I come from a family which is , devoted a large portion of it 's life in service and work to the royal family . |
| 6 | Now you will see from your point of view the moon will be will be about half it will be it will be more more than that I would think . |
| 7 | Replace cookers , instal new deep freeze units , streamline all the worksurfaces , here you are , you wo n't get it done any cheaper than that I can promise you . |
| 8 | Yeah more than that I 'd say at least a decade . |
| 9 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 10 | Oh it was more than that I should think . |
| 11 | It seem to me erm that was er much more intended to be much more restrictive I think than than I would suggest our policy E two is now . |
| 12 | I mean in so I I come here today with a petition that I presented that also talks about proposing to abolish the merger , I mean this is a move just one step away from that but I still feel in what was proposed at the last full council meeting and I would express my views to the officers that in light of what has been suggested today is actually implemented to the wording as it stands because the joint working party that had been er written up previously never did meet although if I can inform it was only the officers who actually met up and I hope that in light of all the working group and the two heads of centres covering for each other would be implicitly applied . |
| 13 | When I arrived at Wuthering Heights that afternoon , I was shocked to see how much worse the house looked than when I used to live there . |
| 14 | It is seventy years later than when I should have arrived . ’ |
| 15 | next door did n't really bother me , cos once I 'd shut the door , shut the doors , it was , there was hardly any noise , but then erm the guy that had got the place , he was n't living there , lent it out to somebody else , blues , and they moved them u upstairs as well . |
| 16 | Cos that I must say that was the way in which we would have wished to have proceeded with the discussion . |
| 17 | I 'll have to phone Nick tonight to see if the Captain has a phone number now rather than just an address cos if I can phone him it 'll be a lot easier . |
| 18 | cos if I can get that plumbed in tonight before , go |
| 19 | In fact you said er again if if I may offer you one of your quotes erm , If you have back benchers who wo n't support you , that limits governments abilities to take decisions . |
| 20 | But if if I 'd have , if we 'd have gone joint we 'd have had enough |
| 21 | if it , if if I 'd have taken it to er body repair |
| 22 | Erm if if I can elaborate on on that a a little further . |
| 23 | Will it help Barry if if I can use the same to actually ask him if ? |
| 24 | because if I might say so disabled people were treated oddly in those days , they are not er , erm people I think were a bit er diffident about making contact with them and erm , a lot of people would n't erm , you know , give you a hand if you were |
| 25 | Because if I 'd have come home and it 'd been a mess I would have had a face the longest of all ! |
| 26 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 27 | Because cos I used to take it down there when I used to stay at her house . |
| 28 | Erm well leave , leave me alone while till I can get the er |
| 29 | Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more . |
| 30 | I 'm more decisive , but I 'm also less confident because whereas before I used to hide my lack of confidence behind a kind of arrogance and bravado , now I 'm not afraid to show my weaknesses . |