Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
| 2 | It made me feel good to know that I could see him and he could n't see me , and that I was aware and fully conscious and he was n't . |
| 3 | Sometimes I 'd have to sit with her until she was sober enough to stand and I could shoulder her home , snapping a curt reply , ‘ It 's all right , I can take care of her , ’ to kind enquirers . |
| 4 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 5 | My private idea , which I hardly dare mention in case I 've got it all wrong , is that you were copying the style of some book or other to see if I would recognize it . |
| 6 | A lady come up yesterday to see if I would do it . |
| 7 | To see if I 'd nick it or not . ’ |
| 8 | He then continues to say ‘ This is a game to see if I can make you say ‘ sixteen ’ within sixty seconds ' . |
| 9 | I 'm gon na put that one on to see if I can get me score down . |
| 10 | I do it ( a little ) to see if I can get him drunk and careless , but so far he wo n't touch it . |
| 11 | I wanted to see if I could experience it . |
| 12 | I had to go over there just to see how dockers worked over there , to see if I could improve it here , well I could n't because dockers would n't do what they , they were doing in Holland . |
| 13 | Corman admitted , ‘ I did one film really more as a joke to see if I could do it ; filmed it in two days and a night . |
| 14 | Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ . |
| 15 | enquired just to see if I could do it but er |
| 16 | Accordingly , one winter 's day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place in America , I decided to see if I could find him . |
| 17 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 18 | I thought I 'd write to a few comedians to see if I could get them to sit for a portrait , to get a few shots together for my portfolio , and then , suddenly , this snowball seemed to start rolling … |
| 19 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 20 | ‘ This was in some way part of the whole thing , that I 'd blurt out what I 'd done and she 'd ask to see and I 'd have it on hand to show her . ’ |
| 21 | It was definitely easier to style and I would use it again without a doubt . |
| 22 | You will be relieved to hear that I shall spare you the details of these arguments on this occasion . |
| 23 | ‘ Not yet , you just go back to sleep and I 'll call you . ’ |
| 24 | " Look here , " said Hazel , " suppose you tell me what you want to do and I 'll tell you what I think about it . " |
| 25 | That is a thing to do and I will do it . |
| 26 | Was he trying to determine if I would correct him ? |
| 27 | They say I had the vanity to suppose that I might marry him . |
| 28 | I have just one thing to fear and I will show it to you . |
| 29 | ‘ No , just trying to decide whether I should take you riding in a horse-drawn carriage through Dyrhaven tomorrow , or whether I should spend the whole day making love to you . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It — it disgusts me to think that I 'd let you kiss me that way . ’ |