Example sentences of "i [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , please call me Julia-if you would n't mind , ’ said Julia . |
| 2 | ‘ Thoo should 'ave waited for me afore fastening 'im . |
| 3 | They ca n't stop me seeing you . |
| 4 | As I wrote to you at the time ( since you refused even then to see me or any of your old friends and supporters ) I accepted the MS as a sacred trust and would do what I could to see that it eventually saw the light of day in the most appropriate form . |
| 5 | ‘ Me or the party ? ’ |
| 6 | Any readers who want to collect aluminium cans can either send them to me or contact local scrap metal dealers and take them there , where they can then donate the cash to a charity of their own choice . |
| 7 | Horror that anybody should actually think these things about me or indeed anybody else . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't want them to get bored with me or me with them . |
| 9 | Is it going to do me or my mates any good ? |
| 10 | You might have been up there playing and somebody like me or a young talent scout from a record company . |
| 11 | Other ways we find bands include : ( a ) being recognized in the industry as a company that is worth approaching ( managers with new artists drop in to play a tape to me or any of the other A&R people ) ; ( b ) demo tapes ( they all get heard eventually , but to get your tape picked out of the pile for special attention is difficult ) ; ( c ) seeing them play live on the London circuit . |
| 12 | No one even looked at me or the trolley . |
| 13 | The fish made several deep dives and I began to wonder who would give up first , me or the cod . |
| 14 | He shouted something at me or at his dogs , I do n't even now know which , and was gone into the night . |
| 15 | But before I could say anything he started to shout at me , saying ‘ Mrs Desai , you ca n't talk back to me or to Mr Diffy or Mr Mike . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Still , if there 's anything you want to talk about you 'll have to talk to me or no one . ’ |
| 17 | DID MY ears deceive me or was yesterday 's BBC TV news saying that even the Queen has ‘ flu ? |
| 18 | Sir David Steel , as he is now , last night spoke for them all when he promised : ‘ I do n't think it 's going to alter me or Judy greatly . ’ |
| 19 | It was like every time I got a letter or an insinuation from him that he cared , or that he really loved me or wanted me to be with him , it shocked me because he was n't good at showing that . |
| 20 | The schoolmaster then spent an endless period fussily sorting out his things — extracting a folded newspaper and a small bag of plums from his case , arranging the case on the rack , examining the seat minutely for anything unpleasant and giving it a brush with the back of his hand , folding his jacket and his jumper with ritualistic care , adjusting the window in consultation with the lady , but without reference to me or to the young Swede , getting his case down again for some forgotten item , checking his hankie , readjusting the window . |
| 21 | ‘ What would you rather do , watch colour television with me or an old black and white set with the Monster Raving Loony Party ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Got a blanket or quilt for me or something ? ’ |
| 23 | I do n't know what reasons brought you to me or whether they have any connection with certain events — I have my suspicions I 'll confess , but I accept it is n't any of my business unless it reaches a point where it outwardly affects me . |
| 24 | ‘ From where I 'm lying that sounds like another woman saying , it 's me or her or else . ’ |
| 25 | Multiple grief can , it seems , be experienced either over ti me or over events . |
| 26 | Like — if you said to an adman : use some real people , use me or my friends in your ad , they would say : it wo n't sell . |
| 27 | I feel as if I can slip by , no one will notice me or comment . |
| 28 | There is no one here who cares for me or will look out for me and I must shift for myself in everything which is not easy now I am big with child and not well as I was with my first-born . |
| 29 | ‘ I have nursed her with the headache , ’ Wilson said , ‘ it is nothing to me or to her . ’ |
| 30 | Going forward with me or backwards with Mr Kinnock . ’ |