Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] i [verb] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they were laughing and giggling up the corner and er , I mean I did go just to let them know that although I did say I would n't come to every meeting I was quite prepared to still do |
| 2 | Hold it tight mummy I can tell you that if I let go you 'll let on the floor . |
| 3 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
| 4 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 5 | And if I do anger you , what are you going to do with me , eh , have me beaten to an inch of my life ? |
| 6 | But she knew that any attempt at this sort of seductive sophistication would be laughably incongruous coming from her quiet , ordinary little self , and in any case she had made no serious plans to leave , so she simply said steadily , ‘ That 's very nice of you , Dr Russell , but I have n't fully worked out my plans yet , and if I do leave I 'll probably sign on with a nursing agency . |
| 7 | My free time is taken up by the hairdresser and manicurist — and if I do escape them , I have to be fitted at the dressmaker 's . |
| 8 | I think I was mentally prepared for gay liberation in 1970 when it came along and when I did encounter it it swept me along quite easily . |
| 9 | ‘ Suddenly I went from ex-public schoolboy to illegal immigrant and when I did re-apply I was refused and told to get out . ’ |
| 10 | I have not seen her alone face to face all the time we have been here and when I do see her in company she is wont to turn from me . |
| 11 | Well no but if I do bust 'em |
| 12 | I can do it OK if I hang onto the side , but when I let go I just sink . |