Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 2 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 3 | I think he just wants to keep putting it off ; he might be frightened of me gaining too much independence , or he might simply be scared that I 'll kill myself the way a lot of youths seem to when they get a bike . |
| 4 | You will be relieved to hear that I shall spare you the details of these arguments on this occasion . |
| 5 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’ |
| 7 | I want to be out on a limb with my back to the water so that I can see what the rest of the world is doing . |
| 8 | I 've made them eat everything I do , so I can tell you the food is n't tampered with . |
| 9 | Just le lea you 're leading them home so let them pick a bit of grass and then you go on into the yard and I 'll give them the breakfast , they have their breakfast and while they 're eating their breakfast you 're doing your horse and you get finished and then you go and have yours . |
| 10 | Maybe we 'll come across a friendly native with a forked stick going in the right direction and I 'll give him the big-screen smile and hand it over . |
| 11 | Now , come into the workshop and I 'll give you the boots I want delivered . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Pop over in an hour , ’ said Joe , ‘ and I 'll give you the wallet . |
| 13 | And I 'll give you the old name for it . |
| 14 | Yeah erm you give you give you give me the money now and I 'll give you the elephant later it 's just round the corner . |
| 15 | You get scratching those heads and I 'll give you the answer in three minutes from now . |
| 16 | Ask me again in a couple of months , Fran , and I 'll give you the answer then . ’ |
| 17 | Ages is n't it I thought I 'd tidy up in his desk and I was just going through the mound of papers , and I said here you are here 's your licence , finish it off , fill it in , and I 'll give you the cheque . |
| 18 | what did the Catholic policeman say , give me a boy until he 's seven and I 'll give you the man |
| 19 | He said I ca n't I 'm here on my own , he said get a cab and I 'll give you the money back , so anyway I rung Pauline 's husband up Steve and he said I 'll take you , I said to Steve I 've got ta get there for one o'clock cos I said I really do feel that if I do n't see him before he goes I ai n't gon na bloody see him , he was ever so good , he were here at twenty to one , got straight in the car put his foot down , went to the General and just as I got in the door Steve do n't worry about me parking , go , I 'll find you , just get in there , I ran through the bloody doors , ran up the stairs cos I knew |
| 20 | and so , that 'll be great , thanks very much indeed for doing that and I 'll give you the gift vouchers next week |
| 21 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 22 | And I 'll give you the ingredients for a week of activity . |
| 23 | We 'd best go on down and I 'll show ye the sittin' room . |
| 24 | ‘ Why do n't you come with me , ’ the Doctor suggested , seeing his expression , ‘ and I 'll show you the TARDIS . |
| 25 | Come on , Howard , and I 'll show you the TARDIS . ’ |
| 26 | Come down when you 're ready , and I 'll show you the rest of the house . ’ |
| 27 | well , if you can get on with doing that thing , sit down and look through those magazines with me and I 'll show you the prices that I can get them at retail I mean at trade , all the prices cos I 've got that two and a half thousand gallon job and that is only seventy quid , so I 'm just gon na have one of those , I 'm gon na have that with a U V A filter and eight er eight watt U V A filter which is fifty quid , that then , which is for one of those tanks which is for three hundred and fifty , but that 's not , I 've that 's |
| 28 | I says , I 'll go next week This was after three weeks , I says , I 'll go on next week and I 'll take over the job of yard foreman , and I 'll do it the way I want it done , not the way that . |
| 29 | I says er , I want to take charge , and I 'll do it the way that I think it should be done . |
| 30 | ‘ Do as I say , ’ he replied , ‘ and I 'll make you the best-dressed , most beautiful woman at the ball . ’ |