Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] [vb infin] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Treshnish ignored Lachlan , bowed to Eachuinn Odhar with respect and asked , ‘ Duart , will you tell me now where I may find my daughter , who handfasted with Lachlan Cattanach a year ago ? |
| 2 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 3 | Flaubert finished Madame Bovary on April 30th , 1856 : there at Croisset , there where I can jab my finger , between two spreading and unknowing sploshes of watercolour . |
| 4 | Nay , rather than I 'll leave my Cause i' th' Lurch , I 'll — I 'll — I 'll |
| 5 | I pulled my window down and twisted round so I could stick my head out . |
| 6 | ‘ Mummy , ’ Matilda said , ‘ would you mind if I ate my supper in the dining-room so I could read my book ? ’ |
| 7 | Does anybody know the FM frequencies for Radio Leeds and Radio Aire , so I can tune my car into them permanently . |
| 8 | You 'd better tell me all about your dad , so I can keep my end up . ’ |
| 9 | I get stuck in a crowd of people coming out the tube and I have to stand on tiptoe so I can keep my eye on her . |
| 10 | I like looking in shop windows so I can take my time if I 'm on my own . |
| 11 | But he added : ‘ I am not just trying to play now so I can force my way into the Cup final team . |
| 12 | ‘ Please unlock the boot , so I can get my bag out . ’ |
| 13 | She 's very warm and has no sense of ‘ I 'm a princess so I will keep my distance from you ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked him if I should finish my dissertation . |
| 15 | And if I should change my mind and find the abbey not to my liking , or if Joan returns and it becomes expedient to resume our true identities , then so be it . |
| 16 | Whereas at the time it was a thin old wicket — you know , ‘ Madness are a bit thick and they do come out with some bollocks sometimes , so I do n't know if I can throw my weight behind them ’ . ’ |
| 17 | For example , in discussing his plan to publish Der Freitheitsucher shortly after the First World War he wrote to Benjamin R. Tucker ( in English , for Tucker did not read German ) : ‘ The prices for printing and paper here are abominable , and I am not sure yet , if I can fulfill my plan . |
| 18 | If I can navigate my way around Heathrow airport , I can get to downtown Venice . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I do n't have anything scheduled until this afternoon , so I thought I 'd try getting in to see Signor Silvio and see if I can pry my money free of his sticky grasp . ’ |
| 20 | What I 'm saying sir is to save any inconvenience to the court is that if I can have my committal cos I do n't wan na be stuck up in this part of the country . |
| 21 | I ca n't be loony if I can remember my dream , surely ? |
| 22 | if I can see my face in them you , you might have a tip |
| 23 | But if I can put my thinking erm on the floor first , it seems to me that vacant Normal vacancies as Mr has described them , are a function of people moving from one house to another . |
| 24 | There is plenty of time for hon. Members to make speeches , and if I can develop my argument a little en route , I shall be happy to do so . |
| 25 | if I can find my way there |
| 26 | Damned if I can get my tongue round it . |
| 27 | ‘ But if I can keep my sense of humour , I hope that we will be all right . ’ |
| 28 | If I 'd have my time over again , I 'd do things so differently . |
| 29 | ‘ I think you manage remarkably well , ’ Helen said , ‘ and the fact that you do makes me wonder if I could hold my party after all . |
| 30 | If I could get my applicant , you see if , let's say we pay somebody , I du n no fifty , sixty quid a week , fifty quid a week to come and for , two mornings , three mornings , or whatever that 'll then give me enough time to contact the applicants and then ma , maybe maybe two stroke three sales extra per month . |