Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't see her in the dark , but from the hushed swell of her breathing I could draw you the map of her body . |
| 2 | The March of Progress has alas transformed the goodly white bread into that unique substance , restaurateur 's toast , while tea and coffee are replaced by gin-and-tonic or a bottle of white wine , and for my part I would say none the worse for that . |
| 3 | Fifteen lonely years of waiting for something to think , of waiting to think something , of thinking of waiting , of thinking I 'll make myself a cheese sandwich , of waiting . |
| 4 | In future I must make it a rule never to use those cold , wet , good-for-nothing days for looking at crags . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , if he ever gave me AIDS I 'd give him a Colombian necktie — ’ |
| 6 | I 'll give you matches whatever if you give me a light I 'll give you a sweetie . |
| 7 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 8 | I 've not graded your work I will give you A Bs and Cs next time . |
| 9 | Er er you give , you have to Jess er some cereal I 'll give her a cup of tea . |
| 10 | In a moment I shall say what the Opposition propose . |
| 11 | one day I 'll tell you a story . |
| 12 | One day I will tell everyone the truth about that night , and clear my name . |
| 13 | You stop wetting yourself , if you do n't wet yourself for a week I 'll get you a toy , |
| 14 | A squire once angrily said to him : ‘ If I had a son who was an idiot by Jove I 'd make him a parson ’ . |
| 15 | I have the luxury as a recruiter on this occasion to say when when Trevor walks through the door I can offer him a position er if all things being equal erm in any of those companies . |
| 16 | But erm you need to come down , once we get the double glazing I 'll give you a shout and come down for a come down for a coffee and what have you . |
| 17 | ‘ I just thought I 'd give you a ring . ’ |
| 18 | But obviously if you 're going to do that you 'll have to do it during next week some time On the other hand I could give you a list of five topics and you could choose one . |
| 19 | P.S. I 'll send you an aide mémoire if you can . |
| 20 | But my mother 's image of my future had to be challenged : I was not to marry ; I would be her companion at all times in a perfect mother and daughter symbiosis ; with my teacher 's salary I would buy her a fridge and a washing machine and take care of her . |
| 21 | She said if you 're not coming home for if you 're not coming home for dinner I 'll boil you an egg |
| 22 | ‘ I should ; but this time I 'll give you a choice . ’ |
| 23 | Listen if I had enough time I 'll tell you the joke of a life time mate , but I have n't got the time . |
| 24 | " And if we have time I 'll show you the Moi village , too . " |
| 25 | and you think next time I 'll have one a bit bigger , you know , and then , next time one a bit bigger still |
| 26 | Next time I shall bring you a protractor that you can read . |
| 27 | During that time I shall give you no set work , you are to take no services in English nor preach in English , your sole task will be to become competent in Burmese . |
| 28 | That 's the Christmas Fair only and next time I will give you the the rest of all the selling parties . |
| 29 | If they took out one of these drawers and have a lockable cupboard I 'd have it no questions . |
| 30 | But I I 've got to In fact I 'll make myself a note here and now , I 've got to talk to and I 'll get them to send some more tapes . |