Example sentences of "and i [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evolution in the computer would then really take off , for the conditions would be met for a self-reinforcing " arms race " ( see Chapter 7 ) , and I dare not speculate where it would all end . |
| 2 | He had an impulse to say , ‘ This is the music of 1988 ; these are our heroes ; that building on the headland is our architecture and I dare not stop my car to help children home because they 've been taught with good reason that a strange man might abduct and rape them . ’ |
| 3 | Now I cry every time I write to him and I dare n't go out in case I meet somebody else . |
| 4 | And I dare n't go . ’ |
| 5 | Well I used to cycle from Gedling to Apsley , me debit was at Apsley and I used to have to cycle from there to Apsley and I used to take bit of food an and bread and cheese and pieces of anything I could pick up in me pocket , and I dare n't come home till I 'd got some business . |
| 6 | I thought maybe I 've got a puncture and I ca n't feel it or something sticking out of it or something but could n't see anything . |
| 7 | It 's dead in n it ? and I ca n't feel it . |
| 8 | There are one or two feeding problems with the infant , and I ca n't delegate until they 're ironed out . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't allow myself to rely on anyone , and I ca n't cope with anyone relying on me . |
| 10 | Darrel , Darrel and Tom and that , I mean er who , are er erm if you look at them though they 're , they 're not really that I , I , I ca n't cope with it cos I , I 'm just calmer than that and I ca n't cope with |
| 11 | And I ca n't cope walking around in my reading glasses but I 've got |
| 12 | And I ca n't lock the door . |
| 13 | And I ca n't depend on Dotty keeping guard on me . |
| 14 | I ca n't cough and I ca n't move . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know what the hell you 're talking about , and I ca n't comment until I do . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I can not eat properly and I ca n't sleep before a round , I get very nervous . |
| 17 | Philip and I ca n't manage . |
| 18 | You and I ca n't manage even that to any extent . ’ |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I could n't do anything about Auschwitz and Dachau — and I ca n't do anything in Bosnia . ’ |
| 20 | Run ! at me but the message is n't getting through , there 's something else in the way , something else pulling me back , back to Andy and back to that frozen river bank ; I hear Andy crying out and I can still see him reaching towards me and he 's about to slip away from me again and I ca n't do anything … but I can , this time I can ; I can do something and I will . |
| 21 | ‘ I think they make the boys work too hard , you see , and I ca n't do anything about it . |
| 22 | ‘ But we 'll need to talk it through , and I ca n't do that right now . |
| 23 | It do n't get done without it 's me what does it , and I ca n't do it every day with them buggers throwing stuff all over the carpet . |
| 24 | and I ca n't do it , that 's the whole point of having a supervisor |
| 25 | Do you know what I mean it is erm it 's his car and I ca n't do nothing wrong with it . |
| 26 | I 'm old , I know I 'm old and I ca n't do all the things that I used to be able to do . |
| 27 | She sounded really cheesed off about I said how 's your revision going , cos I knew she was doing revision , she went cccckkk I try a maths paper and I ca n't do that , and I a chemistry paper and I ca n't do that and I really . |
| 28 | She sounded really cheesed off about I said how 's your revision going , cos I knew she was doing revision , she went cccckkk I try a maths paper and I ca n't do that , and I a chemistry paper and I ca n't do that and I really . |
| 29 | Ralph and I ca n't do it so you bloody ca n't . |
| 30 | He could n't think of any it was a quiet road , he 'd done nothing wrong , he had n't been speeding , and it was a lovely morning and I ca n't do the accent , I wo n't try to because it was a Welshman obviously but er he came What do you think you 're doing lad ? |