Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You , my comrade in arms , my friend for whom I would have given my life . ’ |
| 2 | However insignificant in myself I am the Representative on this question of no mean body in this country who would be … disappointed and chagrined at the suspension of the question — But further — and this is a consideration far more really influential on my Conduct — I can not but feel myself the Representative of a Body who can not speak for themselves and for whom I must act without other guide than my own Conscience . |
| 3 | If only for them I 'll do it . |
| 4 | If it means business for them I should think they should want to do more . |
| 5 | Yeah we should get sixty pound for them I should think . |
| 6 | Erm for me I would feel that the police having a r a low profile , erm is more beneficial er and I think perhaps maybe , erm the community policemen type of thing , could have been helpful . |
| 7 | Would you like to go and sort the books out for me I 'll give you a ticket . |
| 8 | If you can get an Aliens three poster for me I 'll pay you for it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You know the sort of thing : There once was a would be MP Who said if you do n't vote for me I 'll scream and I 'll shout Might knock myself out And probably fall into the sea . |
| 11 | do n't worry about something for me I 'll have what anybody else has |
| 12 | was n't just for me I 'd like to know him . |
| 13 | When should the caseworker say , " this is too complex for me I must pass the case on ! " ? |
| 14 | ‘ But Ivy has turned out to be so good for me I must have done the right thing . |
| 15 | There was silence between the three of them for a moment as they returned each other 's stare ; then Joe said , ‘ If you do n't wish to act for me I can make other arrangements . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ When I left it was open ended so that if things did not work out for me I could go back to playing Charlene . |
| 17 | He is very wealthy and everyone looks up to him but as for me I could understand from my limited Italian he is very sad because one of his ships is very late in arriving in port and is feared lost . |
| 18 | ‘ If you come after me I 'll do something to prevent you . ’ |
| 19 | She knows what I 've got yet she is convinced that if she looks after me I 'll get better . |
| 20 | I decided to make one last attempt after which I would start looking for a place from where I could obtain a map of the city . |
| 21 | I grew a little apprehensive when she informed me that I would see witches and some ugly things , after which I would see my grandfather and other long-dead relatives . |
| 22 | but your baby when anything comes to actually buying for it and er looking after it I would imagine , I ca n't see him doing all what he says he 's gon na do with it Lynn |
| 23 | cos I says if he looks after it I 'll buy him one with radio on as well |
| 24 | How could I do that after what I 'd read in Billy 's bedroom ? |
| 25 | I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top |
| 26 | Here in embryo is not only the issue of moral relativity , about which I shall have more to say in my next chapter , but also the sentimental concept of the Noble Savage . |
| 27 | At present , many new nation states are being created in Eastern Europe , and alongside this process there is also the development , perhaps , of a new kind of ‘ European nationalism ’ , about which I shall have more to say in the next chapter . |
| 28 | The origin of the field is , in effect , the magnetic field at the source region of the wind , that is , the surface of the Sun , though this is an extremely complicated phenomenon about which I shall say very little . |
| 29 | Mind you they 'd probably get a hundred thousand for theirs I should think now . |
| 30 | The truth is that I kept on having mental lapses , during which I could hear every word that was being spoken , understand the meaning of each word and even of some phrases , but could n't make these disparate utterances add up to anything that made sense . |