Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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31 Or I might go bankrupt . ’
32 ‘ Whatever you or I might wish , history tells us this-that nothing is eternal .
33 ‘ Patrick weighed 8lb 7oz — ‘ I 'm lucky he was a big baby , or I might have ended up having him even more quickly .
34 ‘ It 's a good thing for you I 'm driving or I might just show you whose woman you really are .
35 Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings .
36 Since it can not and will not save itself , it can not be saved by anything you or I might do .
37 ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine .
38 ‘ And remember I mean what I say , Robyn — no more stupidity or I might not be responsible for my actions . ’
39 The description may be more precise than you or I might offer but it is a description for all that .
40 Or I might give the job to someone else . ’
41 Off you go now — and behave yourself , or I might feel obliged to tell a certain Whitechapel widow-woman where she can put her none-too-gentle hands on you . ’
42 Or I might go telling that young man where you found your young Miracle-Worker .
43 Or I might just stick 'em up . ’
44 Or I might be able to get the Oxford University Museum to open up a bit early — you know , Inspector , the dodo and Darwin and the dinosaurs . ’
45 I might be teaching you some er number theory , or I might be teaching you the structure of number theory .
46 Or I might be saying , here 's an example of a derivation .
47 Or I might be saying , here 's the sort of silly thing I was taught when I was at kindergarten .
48 Erm or I might ri ring
49 Or I might ri ring ring them up and ask them .
50 ‘ For God 's sake , lie still , or I might be tempted to forget I do n't respect you and take what we both want ! ’ he ordered tersely .
51 ‘ I know it sounds absurd , but please do it for me or I might go out of my mind again , and really smash the living daylights out of him ! ’
52 look , you 're going to have it on the floor , will you hold it up straight please or I might have to scream , shall I scream ? , it 's alright Richard he did n't spill any
53 I want no more fighting or I might have to fight what shall I do with you ?
54 Or I might get some card and stick to it .
55 I 'll bring it back for yeah , or I might not
56 Or I might be home a lot earlier than you think .
57 I might be there or I might be with Roy , I do n't know .
58 Or I might say , Is n't he .
59 He said ‘ You are never to wear those clothes or I 'll throw you out of the house myself . ’
60 You must n't ever try to talk to me about her or I 'll leave the home . ’
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