Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] i [vb base] " 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 Or until I die , of course .
3 Stay at Ivrigar for a time , or until I deem it safe to return . ’
4 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 .
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 You know when I , when I go to lift something , or if I use
7 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 ? ’
8 ‘ 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 . ’
9 If I stay in my apartment , or if I go home to my house , I am lonely .
10 Or if I go abroad before then will you marry me on my embarkation leave ? ’
11 Or if I go to a car boot sale and I see some of that
12 The only time I 'll drink water is owt like this or if I 've one of them Mister Softee cornets .
13 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 ?
14 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 .
15 It 's useful if people feel ill during services or if I want to rest before midnight Mass .
16 It is at this point that I do n't know if I can help , or if I have somehow wounded him too badly .
17 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 .
18 Good do n't forget if I go too quickly or if I give you too much say , Ooh hang on .
19 All over two , then if you pass , spread them over minus sixteen add thirty four gives me eighteen over two , or if I do minus thirty four I get nine over two , that 'll be plus nine or even minus twenty five
20 Firstly , an emotion may be expressed involuntarily or voluntarily ; if I say something in a ‘ happy ’ way , this may be because I feel happy , or because I want to convey to you the impression that I am happy .
21 Is that because I can cook , or because I possess a mother , like other men ? ’
22 Would you like to , to explain what from strength to strength means or whether I 've got my figures wrong erm a and , and perhaps give an idea of what from strength to strength will mean in coming years ?
23 People from the newspapers foolishly park outside my home on Sundays , I suspect to see either whether I go shopping or whether I go to church .
24 But I think I 've got to get in and I 've got to think well this next six months erm I 've got ta work hard to get in regardless of whether I go voluntary or whether I go to a hospital and learn it at me own you know , expense .
25 no its not for my husband cos my husband says you look nice whether I 've got make up on or whether I have n't got make up on so really
26 ‘ Whether I decide to marry Tim Dunton , or whether I do n't , has absolutely nothing to do with you ! ’
27 Whether he had to walk or whether I do n't know .
28 ‘ I like the freedom of being able to decide , tonight for example , whether I want to stay in the flat or whether I want to go down to Gloucestershire .
29 I did then go about the task Mr Farraday had set me with some dedication ; I spent many hours working on the staff plan , and at least as many hours again thinking about it as I went about other duties or as I lay awake after retiring .
30 Or as I see it , more sentimental .
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