Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] i [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you touch that fish I 'll have you up the steps before you can say Jack Robinson , ’ hissed Herbie , going blue in the face ‘ Whaddya mean , ’ argued Lofty , ‘ I found im and I got ta licence . ’ |
| 2 | Must now conclude trusting my dear that every blessing will attend you and trusting I may find you well when I return — kiss dear Fritz [ ? ] for me and believe me to remain Eliza |
| 3 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 4 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
| 5 | ‘ I might do the tennis stuff for three or four years and decide I can do it sleepwalking and turn to something I really care about and like to pursue , which is politics . ’ |
| 6 | I have now been a member of the Institute since my election in April 1991 and feel I must compliment you on Credit Management . |
| 7 | Say that for me and go I 'd say it were you were a snob . |
| 8 | If my lips had words for the wondrous feeling of your breasts and nipples I 'd say them . |
| 9 | I recognized Billy Tuckett from way back and thought I 'd save you guys some time by giving you his name . |
| 10 | I was disgusted by the whole idea of class and thought I could abolish it by pretending it did n't exist . |
| 11 | This morning rang up my sister and said I would visit her tomorrow . |
| 12 | So she went like this pulled our her note card and said I can put it on now she said . |
| 13 | ‘ Then yesterday , when I felt I was going to go mad if I did n't get something settled , I rang her and said I must see her privately . ’ |
| 14 | Whilst he was on the bridge I asked him if he could leave it open and explained I would shut it when somebody needed to get over . |
| 15 | Old Mrs Gardner , who ran the post office and general store — the only shop in the small Scottish village — knew where most of Mom 's widow 's pension went and suggested I should persuade her to sign a consent form , allowing me to collect the pension . |
| 16 | Sir Sidney Barton was apprehensive for my safety and suggested I should join him and Lord Airlie on a short hunting trip near the Awash Station . |
| 17 | ‘ For the moment , farewell , but remember I will ask you to give an account of your stewardship here . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But thinking I could orchestrate us like that was pretty high-handed . ’ |