Example sentences of "i [modal v] [coord] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 3 | well , we started this mouth to mouth and Elizabeth says I 'll and I 'll put , I said I think her heart 's going , but I mean , to me it means anything to get her going . |
| 4 | I kept you here for as long as I could but I ca n't do that anymore . ’ |
| 5 | I would but I would like to hear from some of the women the mothers who have been struggling to raise children with relatively small amounts of money , whilst the husband |
| 6 | No I would but I would have told you that on the phone . |
| 7 | I know a , the Departement of Marne , what was , I would but I 'll have a guess at champagne . |
| 8 | I swore I would and I ca n't . |
| 9 | I know I would and I would n't blame anybody else for doing so . |
| 10 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 11 | I 'm being allowed onto her ecologically correct territory , and no one there will know how we kissed and almost , as good as , made love … but I will and she will . |
| 12 | Myself : e.g. I 'm growing ; my birthday ; look in the mirror ; hands and feet ; dressing up ; it 's mine ; I can and I ca n't ; making things to fit . |
| 13 | I can and I ca n't |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | So how do we turn these ‘ I ca n't ’ messages around to positive ‘ I can and I will ’ statements ? |
| 16 | ‘ I can and I will . ’ |
| 17 | Well I 'm sure the writing out of the agenda is , I , I 'm not just saying it , the agenda is not difficult and I do everything I can and I will write any letters you want . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I 'll be as quick as I can and you 'll have to hope for the best until I get back . |