Example sentences of "[pers pn] [subord] i [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but I , but I cos I can see the arguments but then I mean I 'm just not , I 'm not entirely sure whether i i it could n't work , that it could n't work being a middle peasant economy and that these erm these inequalities would er sort of |
| 2 | I could no more pretend that the Jesus-figure , indeed the Jesus of the kerygma , is unimportant to me than I could deny the significance of my parents and my past in the shaping of my future . ’ |
| 3 | One Christmas when Macmillan was in his eighties his grand-son Alexander ( Maurice 's son and the present Lord Stockton ) , who looked after the old boy in many ways , asked me if I would read the eighth of nine lessons at a carol service in a London church in aid of dependants of the Publishers Association . |
| 4 | I got involved because his family live some way away and they asked me if I could make the arrangements , sort things out until they got there . |
| 5 | She asked me if I 'd hold the baby while she went , as it might be cumbersome taking the bag and all . |
| 6 | Well I 'm not going to actually tell you because I 'll ruin the solution to this . |
| 7 | If you attend that meeting I shall be forced to treat you as I shall treat the others . |
| 8 | I only contacted him because I 'd read the article and did n't much like being used . ’ |
| 9 | He was friendly enough , thankfully a Norman born , so Benjamin could converse easily with him whilst I could follow the general gist of their conversation . |