Example sentences of "[subord] i [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I became a vagrant and travelled far and nowhere ; now I have come back to be near Callanish again , though quite where I shall go I do n't know . |
| 2 | That 's the reason I have brought you to this quiet garden , not to some tavern where I would drink myself senseless . |
| 3 | I suffered agonies of suspense in silence , for I never knew when or where I would see you again , or whether she would be with you . |
| 4 | Treshnish ignored Lachlan , bowed to Eachuinn Odhar with respect and asked , ‘ Duart , will you tell me now where I may find my daughter , who handfasted with Lachlan Cattanach a year ago ? |
| 5 | I think about what I 'm going to do next … what I 'm going to cook , the children , where I 'll take them out … this sort of thing . |
| 6 | My nose was running again , and my thumb was throbbing where I 'd cut it on the piece of glass in the bin . |
| 7 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 8 | ‘ Any idea where I could lay my hands on an idiot 's guide to disputes ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | I have often wondered if Levin made a 12-string guitar and if so , where I could lay my hands on one . |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 11 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 12 | I had gone , as the doctor had ordered , where I could feast my senses . |
| 13 | I do n't suppose you 've any idea where I could find her ? ’ |
| 14 | Can you let me have a phone number where I could get you this evening ? " |
| 15 | Leon always opened his door after that and , standing in the same spot where I could see him , he would play . |
| 16 | And I make a place for myself where I can watch them both out of the corner of my eye while I read . |
| 17 | Flaubert finished Madame Bovary on April 30th , 1856 : there at Croisset , there where I can jab my finger , between two spreading and unknowing sploshes of watercolour . |
| 18 | I need them written down , where I can touch them . |
| 19 | Have you any idea where I can find her ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Where I can find you . ’ |
| 21 | That will stop you walking round the streets and put you where I can find you , thought Coffin . |
| 22 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 23 | I 've always been fascinated by bag ladies who choose to live on the street- I 've come to the point in my life where I can understand what makes them drop out . |
| 24 | My medlar will be planted where I can see its pure white blossom in spring and watch its autumn leaves turn crimson . |
| 25 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 26 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |
| 27 | I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
| 29 | Do you know what it is , and where I can get one ? |
| 30 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |