Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] i [vb mod] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I do n't know if I can give xylophone cat , it 's a good erm |
| 2 | I had to know if I could put life into it . |
| 3 | Want to see if I can spot Miss and Victor . |
| 4 | With one , one man said I used to put , in the cold mornings I used to put my other hand at the bottom to see if I could get heat , but he could n't touch his fingers because they were so tender . |
| 5 | Well this woman came round last night and asked if I 'd take part . |
| 6 | And what is more , I 'll give it or not as I please ; and I 'll be buggered if I 'll ask permission of some pushy little perisher before I do so . ’ |
| 7 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
| 8 | And when I get a first-class degree , which I hope to do , I 'll be forgiven because I 'll bring status to the family . |
| 9 | ‘ Although I doubt whether I 'll have time to fit everything in . ’ |
| 10 | One young waiter did , but very ( very ) badly , and after several efforts asked whether I could speak English . |
| 11 | This is precisely what he had been attempting in " The Dry Salvages " , for example , and it is significant that he used much the same phrase in his demand that contemporary poetry should have such a strong relationship to current speech that " the listener or reader can say " that is how I should talk if I could talk poetry " . |
| 12 | He said I thought someone was here he said cos I could smell fag smoke . |
| 13 | the actual I 'll looking up see if I can see mother Are quakes stronger on the moon than on the earth ? |
| 14 | I could not imagine when I should have occasion to wear some of my more exotic outfits . |