Example sentences of "[subord] i [modal v] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I promise you that I will continue to listen and where I can I will do my best to respond to the wishes of the ideals of and the aspirations of this movement that I hold so dear . |
| 2 | Well you could n't have anybody more careful than me could you ? |
| 3 | Probably got more columns than I need there . |
| 4 | The calves raised white-slobbered mules enquiringly as he hung over them but they could offer no more explanation of the mystery than I could myself . |
| 5 | Chairman , er if I might I was going to refer again to the care carefully worded recommendation which does n't actually mention the level of erm it simply mentions erm er a modest extent of under provision because clearly it says elsewhere in the report at two ten that it 's not yet known whether there will be opportunities elsewhere , so that 's a particular shortfall in provision to be made up . |
| 6 | And if I may we 'll set something up for them and we 'll try and get the shirt on the telly and whatever and try and get people to remember . |
| 7 | If I may I 'll call tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | If I may I 'll tackle the second one first , and that is to say the proposed er alteration to the compensation regulations . |
| 9 | Er if I may I 'll speak and then I 'll give you an amendment which I think will be more constructive than the proposed resolution . |
| 10 | Er , sir , er yesterday I received a letter from the Institute of Trading Standards Administration , and if I may I 'll read a paragraph from it . |
| 11 | If I may my Lord there is an issue that was raised in my learned friends reply er which er was a new point er and where I do take issue with him and this concerns the issue of the relevance of the directive here the , the issue relating to er whether or not the er Lloyd 's Act and the society have got any relevance in respect of the directive , his submission as I understood it , was that under article one , eight , nine the directive only addressed itself to states , to the British Government and that therefore the reliance on the directive by the society and in relation to the Lloyds Act was er a misconceived er reliance . |
| 12 | Just send one of them in here and then I 'll see if I can er I do n't mind really I 'll see if I can which one would like me to chat up for you I suppose really that 's basically it . |
| 13 | And if I can what are you going to offer me ? |
| 14 | with me and see if I can something |
| 15 | Right well yo well you might as well bring it down I 'll see if I can somebody |
| 16 | ‘ If I can I would like to nominate my father Peter Collinge . |
| 17 | Just tell your old godfather , and if I can I 'll help . |
| 18 | If I can I 'll be . |
| 19 | Because if I can I 'd rather get it off her than get it out of our club because then I can get some Christmas presents out of their lot . |
| 20 | And I want to make if I can a couple of deeper coloured cushions and if I can I want to make tie-backs for the curtains because everything in that room is so blooming pale . |
| 21 | without actually dealing with as and an order close , if I can I 'll cover the multitude of things , right Now what would you say if somebody said I wan na look at aluminium windows |
| 22 | erm , I , well I ca n't commit myself to going down to that to , I mean if it 's , if I can I 'll give you a ring because with Cherry being off as well it 's , I mean it 's gon na be unfair if I start , cos I 've been so much |
| 23 | That was like that was like your man big Albert when they were out and this fucking fella says to him do us a favour mate and he says aye , no problem I 'll do it if I can he says well would you go out sta put your take your trousers down , show us your arse |
| 24 | The works of Stitt , Dorham and Bud Powell are also key to the bop style of jazz ; picking a high point is difficult but if I must I 'll go for ‘ Bebop in Pastel ’ ( Powell quintet ) , which is a quintessential bebop track . |
| 25 | ‘ If I could I should be extremely doubtful . |
| 26 | If I could I would pull the mountain down on his head and close his smiling eyes . |
| 27 | No , can I just say something right , I 'm not desperate and I 'm not a slag or anything , it 's just that I really really fancy Howard , and if I could I would suck his willy . |
| 28 | My Lord yes , if I could there was a fifth officer that erm had authorised nothing and was n't . |
| 29 | Yeah cos I might I might not go up , you know , I see what Sheila says so |
| 30 | Cos I could we could do with getting a a case , erm do you think we need a case of cans of Pils ? |