Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [indef pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it did n't move , so I tried something else . |
| 2 | say anything about you like it 's only if I got nothing else to say really |
| 3 | If I get one more one argument one |
| 4 | If I hear anybody else call out they can go next door . |
| 5 | ‘ Coopers would be very surprised if I said anything else . ’ |
| 6 | I was warned if I said anything there would broken windows : I would be assaulted and my children too . ’ |
| 7 | But on the I do n't think you 'd bloody wake me if I had one now ! |
| 8 | ‘ So I 'd have to pay for both lots when I bought them , even if I put one straight back into the next auction ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Usually I need to ask the school committee if I have to replace any equipment , but if I need something really essential like a new clock I can buy it straight away . ’ |
| 10 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
| 11 | I 'm not used to doctors asking me if I want something else ! |
| 12 | ‘ If I have nothing else on this earth , ’ he continued quietly , ‘ I wo n't care . |
| 13 | What are we going I mean we we 've heard also I 'm changing the subject now because that was the the sort of political answer I 'd expect and er I suppose until I get somebody else come on and say he 's talking absolute whatever er I mean I think it is down to the people who live and work with the school . |
| 14 | If Dave is looking over Andy 's shoulder for someone more influential to talk to , then his sub-text is ‘ I 'm being cursorily polite until I see someone better . ’ |
| 15 | Her face twisting with anger and bitterness , she spat at her brother , ‘ Oh , yes , the classic trick — lead me on until I say something really out of order ! |
| 16 | Like I say something then ? |
| 17 | But , failing that , you know , if yo if you 're going in town anyway I can write the ticket out cos I got one here |
| 18 | Cos I want something else |
| 19 | I told them that I would like an audience with Andropov because I had something very important to discuss with him . |
| 20 | It was my decision , mainly because I had nothing else to do . |
| 21 | I 'm familiar with the servant thing , because I had one before : Irene . |
| 22 | I remember many things , and I recall that hat , because I had one once , too , and when I saw you … |
| 23 | ‘ They phoned about 10.30 at night , and of course because I had everything here , I was available . |
| 24 | They never get a feedback saying , thanks for those comments but I 've those because , because I thought somebody else 's |
| 25 | This has shocked me because I think everyone now except us ( and we 're contaminated ) has this selfishness and this brutality , whether it 's hidden , mousy , and perverse , or obvious and crude . |
| 26 | Not long after this , my boyfriend and I broke up because I liked somebody else . |
| 27 | But I am still nevertheless certain she will return to me , because I have something very precious that Steve Cannock has n't got . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I bought this because I wanted something brightly coloured for winter . |
| 29 | That I myself did not like Syl was almost immaterial , since I deserved nothing better , but even with my penitential self-disgust it seemed unfair to me , and otiose , that my future husband should be so generally unpopular . |
| 30 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |