Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's the reason I have brought you to this quiet garden , not to some tavern where I would drink myself senseless . |
| 2 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 3 | Can you let me have a phone number where I could get you this evening ? " |
| 4 | And I make a place for myself where I can watch them both out of the corner of my eye while I read . |
| 5 | My medlar will be planted where I can see its pure white blossom in spring and watch its autumn leaves turn crimson . |
| 6 | ‘ Keep moving , ’ he said , ‘ or I 'll blow your fucking kidneys out . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Tell me or I 'll blow your fucking head off . ’ |
| 8 | Do n't you tell nobody what I said , or I 'll fix you good . |
| 9 | Shut up or I 'll nail your other foot to the floor ! |
| 10 | I said fuck off or I 'll punch your fucking lights out . |
| 11 | You shut up and sit down or I 'll kill you all ! |
| 12 | I 'll die , or I 'll see him dead first ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Or I shall drag you both down with me . ’ |
| 14 | " You tell me how to get to the seneschal 's office , " Quiss said evenly , " or I shall boil you alive , understand ? " |
| 15 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
| 16 | No need to pretend otherwise , although I could tell you some stories … |
| 17 | Not quite true , Sarah thought , although I could see their good points . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , all this business putting me on the carpet … implying that I might leave you short . ’ |
| 19 | I was afraid long ago , when I hit him in the mouth with that heavy glove , that I might kill him one day . |
| 20 | I thought that I would start my own trend , an all-in-one suit . |
| 21 | Little did I realise that I would end my ministerial career by spending much of my time on the Welsh Grand Committee . |
| 22 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 23 | I replied to his letter to say thanks for believing in me , and that I would do my best not to let him down . |
| 24 | ‘ And your third mistake is to assume that I would risk my whole operation by sleeping with any one of them — no matter how attractive they might be . ’ |
| 25 | Bartram had insisted that this differed from the candleberry , Myrica cerifera , while Miller had found other authors ranging it with the Liquidambar , ‘ so I shall be much obliged to you , if you can send me a perfect specimen , that I may determine its proper genus . ’ |
| 26 | Abraham makes his request : ‘ Give me land enough among you so that I may bury my dead properly . ’ |
| 27 | All I know is that I 'll regret it all my life if I do n't do this now . ’ |
| 28 | He 'll decide that I 've worked that out — that I 'll guess my best bet is to go to the car because he 'll reckon I wo n't go to the car . |
| 29 | You are my enemy , but the only difference from a real fight is that I 'll miss you each time . |
| 30 | Daddy 's I wan na tell him that I 'll tell him that |