Example sentences of "[noun] i [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 If my agent can pick up their traces clear of the garrison at Castell Coch I 'll have my friends from Gwynedd running for Aber within a week .
2 If you wish to break your contract I will inform your agent of your decision tomorrow morning . ’
3 Perhaps you do not want to pass on ; in which case I shall answer your unspoken question .
4 ‘ Hopefully your bloodhounds will be able to run the truants down before Sunday , in which case I 'd appreciate your contacting me at the hotel . ’
5 I woke up frightened at having my knife and pill-bottles in the tent in case I should end my life during my night 's sleep .
6 Through a tear in the singlet I could see his rib bones sticking out .
7 Whereas if it 's at high level I can get me legs out .
8 What they what they should do the , the milk I 'd say your first pint cost you twenty six thirty six
9 Of course I 'll add your name to the list .
10 Of course I shall honour our agreement to the letter .
11 ‘ And of course I must obey your slightest wish as if you were God .
12 More tidy illustrations , and better handwriting I could underline my titles .
13 Then with luck I 'll see my dear wife before midnight . ’
14 Matty said if you play football I 'll nick your Hulk Hogan .
15 During my inglorious years as a concert agent I used to reduce my clients to tears by stubbornly refusing to call them ‘ artistes ’ .
16 Once I 'm absolutely clear in my own mind I 'll put my plan to you — but here 's the encampment and unless I 'm mistaken that 's Boz coming out to meet us . ’
17 Even if I had no longer been able to see the real images in my mind I could see their representations as clearly as if they hung before me , and the two were beginning to run together .
18 From my seat I could see your profile .
19 It was at this point that I left to seek medical help for fear I would split my sides .
20 In the rest of this chapter I will explain our thinking as clearly as I can , for there has been much misunderstanding .
21 Well he said if he accuses me of fiddling with the telly I 'll punch his fucking
22 He replies : It 's not the type of car I 'd want my wife to take to the shops .
23 To me , East 17 must have been the kind of streetwise cock-er-nee lads I 'd do my damnedest indie-kid best to avoid .
24 When I was at college I used to bury my nose in a book rather than join one of the societies and almost rebuffed overtures , as I was so scared of not knowing what to talk about .
25 She said that if I stood in my doorway I could see her face , for the girl was not veiled .
26 Give me five thousand pound I 'll fill your garage full of whatever .
27 I drank all the booze I could lay my hands on .
28 And I tell you that you are Peter , and on this rock I will build my church , and the gates of Hades will not overcome it …
29 And I say this to you : You are Peter the Rock ; and on this rock I will build my church , and the powers of death shall never conquer it .
30 As in a great Jesse window , the ancestry of the pope could be portrayed descending from the apostle to whom Christ had said " Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church " .
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