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

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1 I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep .
2 I think they 'd get some good material from us , so I 'll add some match reports and humourous stuff for them to do with as they will .
3 ‘ I merely shut you up so I could get some sleep ! ’
4 You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you .
5 ‘ I 've got another hour before I 'm on , get the cover back on the engine so I can get some sleep . ’
6 It seems to be time to get dinner , so I will leave some space for Grandad .
7 I wondered as I thought of secrets if I might find some release in telling Lili the thing that festered in my soul , and I asked her if she would listen .
8 One of them asked if I would like some beetroot .
9 ' I 'll go and see if I can arrange some transport , ’ said Tuppe .
10 We did if I can give some background we did actually target er twelve thousand , five hundred mailer shots for this meeting this evening I 'm not sure what the people here are representing percentage for that and we also targeted over about a hundred organisations with mailing shots telling people the meetings on this evening .
11 I 'm er I 'm gon na erm , I might see if I can record some conversation on a bus , but I do n't know .
12 And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first .
13 Erm , but I I will see if I can find some information , it maybe that I , yes , you want to comment .
14 I 'll have to see if I can get some banana skins put on the stairs .
15 See if I can get some money out of them .
16 Lucille was watching me to see if I 'd produce some reaction .
17 I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) .
18 Afterwards , George asked me to come down and see if I could talk some sense into you .
19 De Villiers grinned disarmingly. ‘ 'T WOULD not be so bad if I could get some work done so I could visit her now and then , but there 's little chance of that with the Bishop running to the Queen every five minutes . ’
20 ‘ It was n't exactly what I had in mind when I asked the council if I could donate some money for a seat in the park ’
21 And everybody , I says marvellous cos I can have some time off , , it 's not fair .
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