Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax . |
| 2 | I realised my elbow was throbbing painfully where I 'd hit the stone floor . |
| 3 | I sit on the wooden floor for a moment to gather my strength , also to decide exactly where I should take the relics to dispose of them . |
| 4 | At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems . |
| 5 | Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern . |
| 6 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 7 | I have come across the meadows to the place beneath the willows , where I will find the brook . |
| 8 | I will be visiting Community and Recreational Arts in Barnet in March , where I will have the pleasure of attending the official opening of the Tedder lounge , which has been extended to include a wheelchair accessible art room . |
| 9 | Or I might give the job to someone else . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Or I 'll miss the last bus . |
| 11 | Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Now be off , or I 'll set the Romans on ye . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Just stop what you 're doing or I 'll set the police on you . ’ |
| 14 | You must n't ever try to talk to me about her or I 'll leave the home . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Get inside , the lot of you , or I 'll call the police , ’ shouted the prebendary , foaming at the mouth . |
| 16 | Go away or I 'll call the police . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Get his boots off and get him below or I 'll sail the lot of you straight into the reef . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Open up in there , you lousy crook , or I 'll bust the door down . ’ |
| 20 | So you listen , damn it , or I 'll get the next plane out , and leave you to cope with the whole bloody lot . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he said , closing the book , ‘ I suppose I 'd better get on with my work now or I 'll get the sack . |
| 22 | Like sparks or I 'll have the hide off you . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd best get what 's left of my milk on the road , or I 'll have the Guv'nor after me . |
| 24 | ‘ Or I 'll have the ale-masters down here ! ’ |
| 25 | Or I 'll have the supervisor after me . ’ |
| 26 | Gentlemen : It is with great regret that I see so many students labouring day after day in the Academy , as if they imagined that a liberal art , such as ours , was to be acquired like a mechanical trade , by dint of labour , or I may add the absurdity of supposing that it could be acquired by any means whatever . |
| 27 | Or I should say the wee imp ran into me . |
| 28 | Or I will call the captain ! ’ |
| 29 | I can cover the front of the house , or I can cover the back . |
| 30 | I think I think I go back to this point about I think in concept anyway I 'm not happy about er a proposition that er that function is performed or I can see the disadvantages significant disadvantages in having the traffic er for both the A sixty one er and the A fifty nine c and its links into Harrogate and Knaresborough , concentrated on that er on on inner northern line . |