Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] i [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just change the format a little bit here and there so it makes me write differently . |
| 2 | ‘ If I did I do n't think I 'd ever see the jade again . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If ye let me go now , ’ Anton said , ‘ I wo n't tell anybody . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Now get out of sight until you see me come back . |
| 5 | ‘ She calmed him down and said : ‘ If you let me go outside I 'll get the keys ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ OK , sir , ’ replied the boy , ‘ if you let me telephone home my mother will fax it to you . ’ |
| 7 | I give you my word that I wo n't attempt to get away if you let me know when the police are called in . ’ |
| 8 | it 's like the , cos I keep saying if you must do those F's you do it at school I said , but do not do them for me , I said if you do I do not want to see them , but again you 've got a conflict there between home and school |
| 9 | I then expect I will be tortured , and if they see I do n't die they will poison me . |
| 10 | It was n't until they made me squat down and then taped my wrists to my ankles and stuck me in a large sack that I accepted that it was n't going to be a truck , but a car-boot move . |
| 11 | If it did I do n't remember it . |
| 12 | As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . ) |
| 13 | I said I would fast unless he let me come upstairs . |
| 14 | about it , because you see I do n't want anyone breaking my door down and bashing in , you do n't know who 's who these days , do you and er but you see they , that 's how . |
| 15 | I ca n't see it though because you see I do n't do anything like this at all |
| 16 | I ENJOYED it most because it made me laugh so much . |
| 17 | To me , in a book containing so many emotions , I find dialogue really important because it lets me know exactly how the character is feeling rather than leaving me to make my own assumptions which are often wrong . |
| 18 | Since it helped me jump even higher , I took to pole-vaulting right away . ’ |
| 19 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 20 | He came after me , but he stopped when he saw me go inside ( as I instinctively knew he would — the only safe place from him was down here ) . |
| 21 | He was obviously embarrassed at his lack of preparedness and when he saw me glance involuntarily at my watch he grew more agitated , pulling his pipe from his mouth and putting it back in again , tucking the hammer under his arm , rummaging in a large box of matches . |
| 22 | and I see , when he sees me park there , flash me , I just follow on , you know |