Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've never asked me , not once , how anything has gone , or where I 've been or whom I 've seen . " |
| 2 | We sat on our stools and I smiled at him , thinking he was going to ask me about my dress or where I lived or something , and he said , ‘ Who 's your favourite philosopher ? ’ |
| 3 | You have n't even enquired about my holiday or where I spent it . ’ |
| 4 | You do me great honor in proposing me as your President , & if I did not feel that my acceptance of this favour would tend much to defeat the laudable object of your pursuit I should most certainly gratify my own ambition , & have the pleasure to preside at your meetings . |
| 5 | Or until I die , of course . |
| 6 | Stay at Ivrigar for a time , or until I deem it safe to return . ’ |
| 7 | Of course she knew that Silas had inherited this property , but what she had n't realised was that I have the right to live in the house for my lifetime , or until I happen to marry again . |
| 8 | It really does n't matter if I 'm a nice guy or not , or if I wrote an awful book . |
| 9 | ‘ If I die , or if I disappear for more than three months , ’ the will began , ‘ I wish to leave everything I own to my dear friend Edward Hyde . ’ |
| 10 | You know when I , when I go to lift something , or if I use |
| 11 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 12 | Or if I 'd seen it , I had n't taken it in . |
| 13 | ‘ If ever I succeed ’ he writes ‘ in bringing our native kings back to life in my songs , and Arthur who waged wars even under the earth , or if I tell of the splendid heroes of the table rendered invincible by their bond of comradeship and , oh if inspiration would but come to me , if I smash the Saxon phalanxes beneath the impact of the British . ’ |
| 14 | If I stay in my apartment , or if I go home to my house , I am lonely . |
| 15 | Or if I go abroad before then will you marry me on my embarkation leave ? ’ |
| 16 | Or if I go to a car boot sale and I see some of that |
| 17 | Or if I had been poor and friendless , with no hope of riches or success ? ’ |
| 18 | I think if I 'd had er no teeth I would n't have been able to manage at all , or if I had |
| 19 | They went to get a bucket of water or if I said , Ooh you 're not looking |
| 20 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
| 21 | If I did it and it did n't come out as good as I thought , or if I failed , then I 'll deal with that , but until I take that chance I 'll never know . |
| 22 | The only time I 'll drink water is owt like this or if I 've one of them Mister Softee cornets . |
| 23 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 24 | If I want another book instead of the Editor 's Choice ( or if I want no book at all ) , I can say so on the form provided . |
| 25 | It 's useful if people feel ill during services or if I want to rest before midnight Mass . |
| 26 | It is at this point that I do n't know if I can help , or if I have somehow wounded him too badly . |
| 27 | I lay there with absolutely no idea what I would be doing the following day or if I stood any chance of being selected by the Legion . |
| 28 | If their full bellies make me fail to recognise my communality with a woman of colour whose children who do not eat , because she ca n't find work ; or a woman who has no children because her insides are rotten from home abortions and sterilisation ; or if I fail to recognise the lesbian who chooses not to have children , or the woman who remains closeted because her homophobic community is her only life support ; the woman who chooses silence instead of another death ; the woman who is terrified lest any anger triggers the explosion of hers ; if I fail to recognise these women as other faces of myself , then I am contributing to each of their oppressions , but also to my own . |
| 29 | Or if I wanted a child , that might change my attitude . |
| 30 | Good do n't forget if I go too quickly or if I give you too much say , Ooh hang on . |