Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you ask me what you want to know I 'll see if I can tell you . ’ |
| 2 | If you want to leave I 'll understand , but you 're the only one I can trust now . ’ |
| 3 | " You want to run I 'll run with you . " |
| 4 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 5 | I want to show I can succeed at a bigger club in the future and fulfil my footballing ambitions . |
| 6 | we get on the train at , most of them get on at Elstree luckily so what we do is we open the doors and they 're always crowding up the bit where the door is and they say excuse me may I get on please ? |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I nivver said I could read Indian signs , but them 's some make of jeep thing . |
| 8 | I mean look I can even run me fingers through me hair now . |
| 9 | When it comes to choosing which machine to buy I would suspect that our requirements would be rather different from your own . |
| 10 | They seem to think I ought to . |
| 11 | ‘ They seem to think I should stand on my own two feet — which is only right and proper , ’ she added hastily in case he should think she was whingeing . |
| 12 | You throw insults at me left , right and centre , and seem to think I should say thank you . ’ |
| 13 | that and then , you know like if I get inundated I can let Jim do some . |
| 14 | I went and said to the girl at reception , ‘ Tell Vern I 'll be waiting for him just out there , will you ? ’ and swung my bag casually as I wandered down the drive . |
| 15 | ‘ They usually come up with a couple of lesser-known names , and if I can keep the runs coming I like to think I might at least get a mention . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I like to think I could do a good job at a higher level , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I like to think I can do what she does , but perhaps not as well . |
| 18 | He sat in silence for a minute then said : 'l think I 'd like just a small whisky now , Mr Dalgliesh , if it 's all the same to you . ’ |
| 19 | This is not to say that a series like Follow Me can not be used in the classroom , but it is organised in a different way from materials like Let's Watch or Video English which were made specifically for classroom use . |
| 20 | When they get married I 'll tell them to use family planning because prices get higher every day and it 's impossible to support a large family . |
| 21 | When I get married I 'll get a hat . |
| 22 | GET MARRIED I CA N'T THINK OF A WORSE TORTURE S. |
| 23 | If I get married I will definitely give prostitutes up as I take marriage seriously and think it would be very insulting to a woman . |
| 24 | No it 's to much of a , I hate saying I 'll go out at eight o'clock and tell him to be home and at quarter too eight he has n't come and oh , I 'm to tired really , but , so I 've always played it that I will help when I when I can , but uhum , I do n't go on the committee , cos then your stuck , you 've got to go . |
| 25 | It was , ‘ If you guys want to do it , you can do it ; whatever you decide to do I 'll be behind you , but I do n't want to push you either way because you 're individuals . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Providing I stay fit I will get the record because I plan to keep on playing for some time yet . |
| 27 | I work for Team Sport Scotland and part of my reignement is erm coordinator for women and girl 's football and I find that with the equal opportunities policies of many of the education regions now that more football is being played in primary and in secondary school and the district councils I go to visit I would say that the majority of them are definitely wanting to put money into promoting girl 's and women 's football . |
| 28 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 29 | I keep thinking I 'll put a padlock on , but I never get round to it . |
| 30 | So if my pens go missing I 'll know where they are . |