Example sentences of "or [vb base] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 2 | ‘ Or wait till I get to Iquitos … ’ |
| 3 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 4 | Now I 'm so thin I ca n't do sports or swim because I look awful in a swimsuit . |
| 5 | I can decide to call myself Mary or Kate or Abigail if I feel like it , I said to myself as I sauntered along ( and up , and down , and round and round ) the sunny streets of Bristol . |
| 6 | And used to happen twice a year and erm sometimes somebody 'd remember my birthday or find that I had my birthday or and at Christmas time we used to get some money . |
| 7 | If this conviction arises through my preaching , it is frequently through some phrase or thrust that I had not intended . |
| 8 | I ca n't play a musical instrument or sing but I do love music . |