Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In spite of no one being here but you and me I shall dress for dinner tonight , and expect you to do likewise . ’ |
| 2 | she immediately undercuts herself : ( " And even if you say something shameful to me I shall blame you in no way at all " ) |
| 3 | In the time available to me I shall answer as many as possible of the points that have been raised . |
| 4 | ‘ If Gómez is not at the address you have given me I shall presume it is because you 've been in touch with him , so do n't phone him . |
| 5 | ‘ And if the old skinflint wo n't give it to me I shall take it just the same . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , if you wo n't come with me I shall ask Nigger when he comes home . |
| 7 | If you do n't tell me I shall get it out of him . ’ |
| 8 | And , darling , if I make you half as happy as you make me I shall have done well … |
| 9 | Now to me I might want to know that people use language to mean more than one thing . |
| 10 | If it 's true that you were so keen to meet me I might satisfy your curiosity completely by reversing my rule to only date brunettes — ’ |
| 11 | Without half a bottle of red wine inside me I might have slipped on the slimy breakwater , but I jump onto the stony beach and chase her along the shore . |
| 12 | ‘ Are you telling me I might get bounced ? ’ |
| 13 | How many times did you tell me I ought to see her ? ’ |
| 14 | There was Mrs Richards telling me I ought to take vitamins . |
| 15 | ‘ Why does everybody tell me I ought to watch my drinking when they 're all so busy watching it for me ? |
| 16 | She liked to plan everything — meals , shopping expeditions — in painstaking detail ; she was — again like Sophie — an extremely efficient housekeeper , always turning mattresses and telling me I ought to starch table napkins and put fresh flowers in the hall every day . |
| 17 | As Eva went into the hostels she realised the Salvation Army was not there to turn people into converts , but that their work must be an extension of Christ 's love : " Jesus Christ did n't say to the man who was filled with many devils — the schizophrenic — " If you follow me I 'll cure you . |
| 18 | Well give me I 'll give you an example . |
| 19 | Would you like to go and sort the books out for me I 'll give you a ticket . |
| 20 | for it and he said well , well er basically it just got down to well if you kiss me I 'll give it to you and then , and then he decided that if I kissed him |
| 21 | His voice was brusque as he said , ‘ If you girls will excuse me I 'll return to my job of preparing for this afternoon 's horse trek . ’ |
| 22 | But if you don' wan' me I 'll go somewhere else . |
| 23 | If you 'll excuse me I 'll go up and shower and change . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well — if you 'll excuse me I 'll go to my room , where I have a good book . |
| 25 | Right , well as I say I 've got your details here so what I 'll do is if you bear with me I 'll go and a have a look through the drawers and see what we 've got available . |
| 26 | Geoffrey 's only qualm is Indipau , he says if Indipau I 'll come with me I 'll go , I says well do n't worry about Indipau , Indipau can look after himself , he says yeah but I like Indipau , I says yeah , but lets face of all the other kids in your class who you gon na be sorry to leave , he said none of them , I said well there you are then . |
| 27 | If you can get an Aliens three poster for me I 'll pay you for it . |
| 28 | ‘ If you come after me I 'll do something to prevent you . ’ |
| 29 | Oh right , I 'll and then she 's moaning at him cos she wants to go and post it and you were mucking about with your C D thing or something and you were saying wait for me I 'll do this then I 'll miss the post . |
| 30 | Pass them to me I 'll do it now , some of those fruit dishes , there 's not enough room there for the glasses , I like them then I 'll take them . |