Example sentences of "[vb mod] i [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 2 | You know before you 're sure whether it 's cos you know if you get into probation you see , that 's quite a specialized area and , and it may I think actually it might be it 's quite difficult to get into . |
| 3 | ‘ But first , ’ Husband said again , glancing quickly at Agnes ; ‘ may I ask why our sister service is represented here ? — no matter how prettily . |
| 4 | With unfailing respect , may I ask why I was not called on the Yarrow statement ? |
| 5 | ‘ May I ask why you moved out here ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ May I ask why you sold out ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ May I ask why you did this , Axel ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't do that in the first place ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't say anything when I explained what I was doing in Venice ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ May I ask where you were , at the time of your husband 's death ? ’ he said evenly . |
| 11 | ‘ May I ask where you went ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ May I ask where you are going ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ May I ask how you became involved in the deal ? ’ |
| 14 | Must I pay off our joint overdraft ? |
| 15 | How should I measure up what to buy ? |
| 16 | Should I cut off his fingers for daring to draw blood from your precious wife ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ How should I know where they are ? ’ he went on . |
| 18 | ‘ Who is ‘ he ’ , and why should I know where he is ? ’ |
| 19 | And might I ask where you have been until now ? , |
| 20 | ‘ Might I ask why you left it ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Might I know where we 're going ? ’ |
| 22 | C could I suggest firstly you move forward to the front row er on both sides , because th there 's little point in er asking Mrs to speak louder if . |
| 23 | Could I check out I I mean I 'm still not sure whether Harrogate are happy with sixty hectares at I five to meet their requirements , that was what I understood yesterday . |
| 24 | ‘ In that case , ’ she said with a little smile , ‘ how could I turn down your kind invitation ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ How could I find out what he was doing between 1980 and 1982 ? ’ he asked . |
| 26 | ‘ He rang me up and said he was feeling lousy and could I look up his chart . |
| 27 | No I 'd I 'd I do n't I do n't believe that that 's the case erm |
| 28 | But how dare I cut off my mother 's hair ? |
| 29 | ‘ How would I know where we 're going ? |
| 30 | ‘ How would I know where your cousin is ? ’ she shot back at him . |