Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | B-but I dare say you would n't like it . |
| 2 | ‘ If her car had broken down your Dad or me would have passed it on the road . ’ |
| 3 | Do you know that there 's men running clubs up there who would murder somebody like you or me would have a cup of tea ? |
| 4 | Take lots of care , & I 'll phone sometime soon |
| 5 | If not then I 'll plead to my wife for the car & I 'll be able to offer other people a lift there ( but I 'll be coming back on Sunday ) . |
| 6 | If it is only — or mainly — accommodation problems which stop you repeating the year , Grandad & I would like you to know that you are welcome to live here & go to Oban High School . |
| 7 | Or I might contract warts . |
| 8 | Next door , two elderly ladies from the Esperanto Society smiled more in hope than expectation at every preterpasanto — or passer-by , as you or I might say . |
| 9 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 10 | ‘ Or I might not . |
| 11 | The tent might blow away , I might get bitten by a snake , or I might not be able to pay back the £1,500 I had borrowed to finance the trip . |
| 12 | At least they had told me of their bad luck already or I might have succumbed to the old tales of women on ships and the bad omens they can bring . |
| 13 | Perhaps you or I might have got fed up with all the attention and been tempted to tell the crowds to go home and leave us alone . |
| 14 | Or I might suspect too much vehemence in his insistence that he loves gibbons , and suggest that he is deceiving himself , that visiting the animals has become a habit without much joy in it . |
| 15 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 16 | ‘ But see that yer behave yerselves in future , or I might . ’ |
| 17 | Maybe Dundee will be interested in players here , or I might have to break the club 's transfer record to get him . ’ |
| 18 | Maybe I 'll get there one day , or I might take a day trip to EuroDisney sometime in the summer months . |
| 19 | ‘ Either you increase my husband 's wages to reflect the work he does on your behalf , or I might find it my duty to persuade him to look for other employment , perhaps with one of the many property owners hereabouts . ’ |
| 20 | Or I might go bankrupt . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Whatever you or I might wish , history tells us this-that nothing is eternal . |
| 22 | ‘ Patrick weighed 8lb 7oz — ‘ I 'm lucky he was a big baby , or I might have ended up having him even more quickly . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a good thing for you I 'm driving or I might just show you whose woman you really are . |
| 24 | Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings . |
| 25 | Since it can not and will not save itself , it can not be saved by anything you or I might do . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ And remember I mean what I say , Robyn — no more stupidity or I might not be responsible for my actions . ’ |
| 28 | The description may be more precise than you or I might offer but it is a description for all that . |
| 29 | Or I might give the job to someone else . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |