Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Do you know that there 's men running clubs up there who would murder somebody like you or me would have a cup of tea ?
2 I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax .
3 I realised my elbow was throbbing painfully where I 'd hit the stone floor .
4 I sit on the wooden floor for a moment to gather my strength , also to decide exactly where I should take the relics to dispose of them .
5 At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems .
6 I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth .
7 ‘ I wanted him where I could keep an eye on him , ’ said Mr Malik through his hands .
8 Also , there was a pleasant inn about a quarter of a mile away where I could get a room if the tide — in the way of tides — served at some merciless hour of the early morning .
9 Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern .
10 I was told by the FO in London that I would be met at Johannesburg airport — since British aircraft could not land in Rhodesia while UDI existed — and would be conveyed to the British Consulate there where I could have a rest .
11 I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge .
12 I have come across the meadows to the place beneath the willows , where I will find the brook .
13 I will be visiting Community and Recreational Arts in Barnet in March , where I will have the pleasure of attending the official opening of the Tedder lounge , which has been extended to include a wheelchair accessible art room .
14 For my own part , having a little woodland garden , this is one of the two plants which I am forever poking in where I can find a place for another .
15 ‘ I wonder if you might tell us of a local hostelry where I can purchase a good dinner ?
16 Or I might give the job to someone else . ’
17 Maybe I 'll get there one day , or I might take a day trip to EuroDisney sometime in the summer months .
18 You tell me now , or I 'll pull every hair from your head ! ’
19 Or I 'll miss the last bus .
20 Or I 'll go t' foot of our stairs .
21 Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’
22 ‘ Now be off , or I 'll set the Romans on ye . ’
23 ‘ Just stop what you 're doing or I 'll set the police on you . ’
24 Spend the day as you wish — but do n't go within a mile of Radcliffe or I 'll break every bone in his body .
25 You must n't ever try to talk to me about her or I 'll leave the home . ’
26 ‘ Get inside , the lot of you , or I 'll call the police , ’ shouted the prebendary , foaming at the mouth .
27 Go away or I 'll call the police . ’
28 ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’
29 ‘ Get his boots off and get him below or I 'll sail the lot of you straight into the reef . ’
30 ‘ Open up in there , you lousy crook , or I 'll bust the door down . ’
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