Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I see that she does , so I shall certainly give way to her .
2 ‘ I gave him my heart , and he destroyed it , so I ca n't feel pity for him .
3 He was n't even late for work , let alone under the influence of drink , so I could hardly suggest counselling in those circumstances . ’
4 Like the hon. Member for Copeland , I have reduced my time considerably , so I will not give way .
5 If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it .
6 And if I ca n't have happiness , I want pleasure , even if it 's wrong . ’
7 Well , if I ca n't have Heathcliff as my friend , if Edgar is going to be mean and jealous , I 'll try to break both their hearts by breaking my own .
8 Who knows if I may not have need of you by to-morrow ? ’
9 If I can ever claim association with genius it will be because of my friendship with Emily Carr .
10 I do n't know if I will ever forgive Madness ' fans : they took away my beloved Morrissey .
11 Talking of waffling , if I could just shift ground slightly to another issue , it 's been touched on already , and that is of jargon .
12 For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause .
13 Neither do I , that 's why I 'm asking you , cos I wo n't have time to shop
14 Tim , please stop cos I ca n't hear daddy think let alone hear him talk .
15 No , I do n't want one just now , I may have one later , not just now cos I 'll just have mineral water again .
16 I might be able to pick up Radio 5 when conditions are good cos I can usually get Radio 2 and even RTE ( Irish station ) late in the evening .
17 Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die .
18 Because I would n't have time to think . ’
19 The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can .
20 I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion .
21 because I could n't speak English at all , I speak the , I could read a paper or a book , I du n no what is all about , but I used to get because you got on it for instant like mm
22 ‘ I went from feeling useless because I could n't get work to feeling defiant .
23 ‘ Fashion now is not boring for me , because I can still have fun , even if the money is made on the more classical items , ’ concludes Smith .
24 I 'm not really an emotional person at all , just because I 'd rather ignore emotion than confront it , so when it comes down to really heavy shit it kinda just breezes right by me .
25 I ca n't behave naturally because I must n't give offence .
26 In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity .
27 My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames .
28 ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own .
29 ‘ I masturbate when I ca n't get sex , and I weight train when I ca n't masturbate . ’
30 ( My dad never touched the pig , though I was sure this was conditioning rather than religious scruple , just as I would n't eat horse 's scrotum .
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