Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I must find out more before I tell you , Miss Stoner . |
2 | and while I started off thinking I might finish up better than I started |
3 | I think I might go out today after I 've had my bath . ’ |
4 | ‘ If that 's the case I 'll stay out longer than I 'd planned , and do you a favour ! ’ |
5 | Well I think I 'll go round actually cos they 're queuing up , we want to go to the grocers so er if we go up The Avenue we shall just come past the front of it . |
6 | I 'll drop in again when I 'm passing , ’ shouted the lady , as she retreated into the uproar . |
7 | In that case I 'll hang on to it but I really think she ought to , actually I 'll I 'll take round there when I 'm home . |
8 | ‘ I 'll look in tomorrow if I may — I know you 're very busy this evening . |
9 | ‘ I think I 'll put up here if you do n't mind . |
10 | No I think just dedication and we , if we made an appearance maybe something would come to a head , things would get sorted , if we just said forget it then stay at home , then the quarry managers would say right forget it , we 'll get another workforce in , you know it was , I think it was just I think some were dedicated to the job and sort of gave it their best , whereas others were slightly you know , willy nilly about it and well I 'll turn up today cos it the weather looks nice , or I 'll turn up today because the wife is n't off and or the gas has run out or whatever . |
11 | No I think just dedication and we , if we made an appearance maybe something would come to a head , things would get sorted , if we just said forget it then stay at home , then the quarry managers would say right forget it , we 'll get another workforce in , you know it was , I think it was just I think some were dedicated to the job and sort of gave it their best , whereas others were slightly you know , willy nilly about it and well I 'll turn up today cos it the weather looks nice , or I 'll turn up today because the wife is n't off and or the gas has run out or whatever . |
12 | I could hang on here till she comes back . |
13 | I could get up there before he buys |
14 | ‘ I could get out more if there was a car . ’ |
15 | My dressing-up box — I used to dress up long after everyone else had grown out of it — Mum got embarrassed , as if I was retarded . |
16 | Ordinary kids might go robbing or beating up old ladies , something like that ; I used to come down here 'cause I knew that was n't the right way to let out the aggression . |
17 | Well then I would get up there although no . |
18 | Then if he still has not come out of the tent I will go down there while it is still light , very quietly , and see if I can see , without getting too close , how he is . |
19 | ‘ But I will stick around only as long as I am doing justice to myself and the team . |
20 | I can find out anyway because I can always talk to Andre about it , he 'll know er what 's being done about it , erm |
21 | In the summer holidays I can , I can get up early if I want to . |
22 | I can get along OK if I 've got someone to lean on . ’ |