Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] i [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the cage the photographer 's saying : ‘ When you jump , spread your arms and legs so I can see you . ’ |
| 2 | I would like green eyes if I could have them but it 's just a passing thought , not a real obsession . |
| 3 | ‘ For nearly two months I 've been counting the days until I would see you again . |
| 4 | So , it 's no good er me looking up in some book Theresa 's dreams if I could decipher it like some kind of code in which every single thing in the laten in the manifest content represented something latent for what we 're trying to then kind of decode as in a code book because er that 's not valid , at least it 's not valid in general terms . |
| 5 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 6 | I promised him I 'd pass it on to his relatives if I could find them , anyway keep it safe in case he managed to get out too . |
| 7 | I had only pretended I did n't know , preferring to see things as I would like them to be , rather than as they were , imprisoning myself in a ramshackle edifice of lies because I could n't bear to knock it down and start again , shivering and alone in a great expanse of sand . |
| 8 | have to start making guesses when I can smell it . |
| 9 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 10 | Last term , all through the Coronation festivities , all through the exams , I longed for the holidays when I would see her . |
| 11 | In our various parties , organizations and institutions therefore we urgently need to recognize that most of our programmes , not least the programmes of our conferences and synods if I may leave you together in sin brothers and sisters |
| 12 | In his last letter he wrote : ‘ The world and I shake hands for I dare affirm we are heartily weary of each other . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ A good many times before I 'd believe you . |
| 14 | I then noticed how large the Wrasse had grown , snatching the food from my fingers before I could offer it to my other fish . |
| 15 | I could n't take my eyes off him at the office and five o'clock was such a wrench — all those hours before I would see him again . |
| 16 | What do I have to have someone to collect the hours before I can claim it ? |
| 17 | On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice |
| 18 | Erm so I was there , at the odd occasions when I can give you a lift up but the they 'll be very odd . |