Example sentences of "[be] [adv] i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By the state you 're in I 'd say you 've both drunk the barrel dry ! ’ |
| 2 | Well if we 're not I 'll ring him up and say I 'll say er |
| 3 | Er but we 're not I must explain we 're not discretionary managers . |
| 4 | There 's only one woman in my life , and that is Sister Bernadette of the Nansen Trust , and when we 're through I 'd like you to ask the office to get her on the phone for me . |
| 5 | And then of course , we we also made the , at my firm , made the er Battle of Britain curtain , which was very famous , in those days , and I think they 're still I used to have one but I do n't know where the devil it went to . |
| 6 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 7 | ‘ While you 're here I 'll expect you to do your share of the cooking . |
| 8 | But if I 'd 've , if I 'd 've been up I 'd 've got it . |
| 9 | The sprightly priest , who has taken over the parish of St Paulinus in St Helen Auckland in County Durham , said : ‘ As long as I am fit as the way I am now I will continue to serve the community . ’ |
| 10 | Probably pretty similar to what we are now I should imagine . |
| 11 | ‘ Surely there must be somewhere I could buy some . |
| 12 | But I am resolved that if it must be so I will obtain permission from the Brownings to have my husband journey to England at the end of the holiday and bring his son back with him . |
| 13 | oh well if I 'm in I 'll try and remember |
| 14 | I 've I 've got your range of one to six here , John , and I 'm not I must stress I 'm not singling you out — I mean your company is fairly typical of what 's happening in this area — but the main difference between one and six is that erm two and six is that number two covers for two hundred part up to two hundred pounds |
| 15 | So when I 'm there I can go up straight away . |
| 16 | well I 'm actually I 'd like something cottagey if at all possible but erm I 'm quite open minded at the moment erm I 'm so new to the area I 'm actually in Brookmans Park at the moment |
| 17 | I think if Mum had n't been here I 'd have done something to her . |
| 18 | ‘ If boys had been there I would have just sat and twiddled my thumbs . |
| 19 | I keep thinking to myself that if somebody had been there I would have managed , but there was n't . |
| 20 | In fact , if I 'd been there I would have given the wretched old woman a hefty slap myself — just to see how she liked it ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If John had n't been there I 'd have died without knowing it , I dare say . ’ |
| 22 | If anyone else had been there I should have had to laugh . |
| 23 | There are sometimes I could find this quiet little place somewhere and just think , you know , it 's really nice . |
| 24 | You suggested that while you were away I should continue with my diary and record anything I would wish to talk to you about . |
| 25 | No it did n't , no the people , th the dockers were pretty reasonable , they were now I will say that dockers pretty reasonable . |
| 26 | and they were behind I 'd say , Come here now hurry up . |
| 27 | Durance said : ‘ I believed that if I were there I could control what she told you . ’ |
| 28 | Yeah that 's eventually I 'll lend you the tape for that erm we can pass it round . |
| 29 | I before Ghost is on I would think . |
| 30 | I do n't know if I 'm going to , lets see what else is on , Jagged Edge is on I might watch that instead , oh god its still time , I could , yes I think I could just about give that a wide enough berth |