Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 2 | [ reading ] " When you read this letter you will be far on your way to your father and mother where you have so long desired to be , and I hope I shall forbear thinking of you with the least shadow of that fondness my foolish heart had entertained for you . |
| 3 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 4 | I think I do it because I 'm so depressed by the poor performance of professional investment managers in the city , and I hope I can do better than they can . |
| 5 | And I mean I would like to go offshore again , just to prove to myself whether I could or could not do it . |
| 6 | and I mean I 'd love the Bluecoat but I mean you 've got to be pretty clever for that . |
| 7 | Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's fun having a boss like you , though , and I know I 'll enjoy working for you in Santa Barbara . ’ |
| 9 | I beat him once in the 1988 Olympics and I know I can beat him again . ’ |
| 10 | Is it possible for some of us and perhaps representative 's of organisations or a group of us and I know I can talk to the board but I 'm not necessarily speaking for anybody else if I natter to you other than myself . |
| 11 | ‘ Because you like me and I like you , and you 're my friend and I know I can trust you . ’ |
| 12 | During those two periods my diary makes no mention of food , and I assume I must have eaten more or less normally . |
| 13 | and I wish I 'd remember that fella I 'd had , I 'd tell him off |
| 14 | You 've been very good , and I wish I could explain things , but I must ask you to accept that I ca n't . |
| 15 | Nearly three months on and I still miss France and I wish I could go back , but I 'm enjoying myself here in Debenham being close to all my friends and family . |
| 16 | He 's proud that Romeo & Juliet introduced children to both Shakespeare and Prokofiev ‘ in a way that makes them think it 's not culture and a bit boring and I wish I could go and watch Neighbours . ’ |
| 17 | Now , thirty years later , I feel a great regret for the father of my first four years , who took me out , and who probably loved me , irresponsibly ( " it 's all right for him ; he does n't have to look after you " ) , and I wish I could tell him now , even though he was , in my sister 's words , a sod , that I 'm sorry for my years of rejection and dislike . |
| 18 | Well , thought Spruce , recalling his Methodist boyhood , true enough , and I wish I could do the same right now . |
| 19 | Er and I wish I could give you , you know , a nice clear cut , definite answer but the Sale of Goods Act is rather vague on that point . |
| 20 | I know of only one or two couples who have managed to stay together when one partner has been unfaithful and I wish I could pluck up the courage to ask them how they 've done it . |
| 21 | I mean … well , I mean , I 'm not sorry to leave the school , leave here , but I 'm sorry to leave you , and I wish I could see you again . |
| 22 | ‘ And I wish I could have spared more , for she was worth it . ’ |
| 23 | I says you 're picking holes , you 're picking holes and I says I 'll tell you what , that declaration of intent is last year 's declaration of intent . |
| 24 | Yes she come yesterday afternoon I sat and I says I 'll have a go , I says then I had flu did n't I ? |
| 25 | I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week . |
| 26 | I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try . |
| 27 | ‘ Not necessarily , ’ she demurred , ‘ but she was kind , and I thought I would like to buy her a wedding present — and because you kindly took me in when you did n't want to , ’ she tacked on softly . |
| 28 | She was walking her dog past the house just now and I thought I might bring her in . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've lost my lighter and I thought I might have left it in the car the other day . |
| 30 | Cos I saw erm a photo when I was eighteen and I it was sort of short in the neck over my ears short in there and then sort of fuller there and then just a bit of you know a light fringe not a heavy fringe and I thought I might have it like that so |