Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I can do all those nice things in Jan , Feb and March , and not to mention when I get home tearing my garden to pieces , that 's gone to pot , which is as well , because it does n't make it , see , see one thing I find about coming down here , I see the really smarter shops than I would unless I were in Norwich and it makes me realise still after this , I do n't crave for the things in shops .
2 " I feel worn out , much more than I would if I 'd been for miles on the moor .
3 PAMELA : [ sadly ] So I will for I have enough of fortunetelling
4 Chairman , if , if I may and it is just basically to look at the recommendation and wonder you know perhaps if we 've got it the right way round er that 's all , where we 're saying er there are certain things still outstanding wh which we would need to re-relate before er issuing er general conformity notices I understand b but we 're almost taking that they 're going to do that without any doubt , now I do n't know maybe there are things not said in this report which are well understood , but and members of are quite happy to accept erm er s some more more changes to , to the local plan so that it does conform with with the structure plan , but I just wondered whether round the wrong way .
5 I was going to write to Long Tall Sally ca n't make up my mind if I should or I should n't but it has got those little
6 If I can but I do n't know too much about escaping .
7 Cos it 's , I 've got ta get th , ask if I can if they need a , explain er
8 Well I 'll just see the first part of Eastenders if I can cos I 've seen the second part .
9 I mean I 'd rather leave it if I can until it does
10 If I 'd If I had n't of gone , I 'd of had nothing .
11 took me a lot of years before I could and I was so pleased when once I was able to say to you I 've Ben had been in the shop and we 'd had a chat had n't we ?
12 erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place .
13 I rushed her over to see him as soon as I could but he was still drugged up after the operation . ’
14 I pushed as hard as I could but it was obvious there was no chance of passing him . ’
15 I kept you here for as long as I could but I ca n't do that anymore . ’
16 I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl .
17 So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air
18 ‘ I was going as carefully as I could because I had a 25-second cushion over Berger so I was able to slow down a bit and the pain eased .
19 In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction …
20 I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house .
21 So I had to make the speech best as I could and it went down all right I think .
22 ‘ I can not recall the dates but it must have been in the very late twenties if I was still at school , because I left just as soon as I could when I made up fourteen .
23 I want to see as much of London and the rest of Britain as I can while I am here .
24 I try and eat the rest of the doughnut as neat as I can but I end up all sugary and sticky .
25 ‘ I want to challenge and excite as much as I can but I 'm not going to create a work for the Scottish Ballet that is going to drive their audience away . ’
26 ‘ I 'm waiting as patiently as I can but it 's getting a pain now .
27 I 'll be as quick as I can and you 'll have to hope for the best until I get back .
28 I 'll bring Whitey to meet you just as soon as I can and I know you 'll love him . ’
29 Mr is very different we must all be protected , I 've worked out my bill as the same as this year because no way shall I spend seventeen and a half percent more money I shall be as careful as I can and I sha n't starve and I sha n't get cold now I 've worked out that the V A T on my fuel bill is eight hundred and eighty five pounds , I 'd delighted if Mr could perform the trick and I need n't pay it , on behalf of the Duke of Westminster , the Duke of Rutland , I think I can also thank him .
30 I 'll try to keep her here as long as I can if it will help . ’
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