Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I have n't actually got to be in at any time except I did say I 'd be in at half nine . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a surprise because I 'm aware I have n't taken many wickets this season , although I do feel I 've been bowling well . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm surprised because I 'm aware that I have n't taken many wickets this season , although I do feel I have been bowling well , ’ said Foster . |
| 4 | The Dean in Chapter of Hereford Cathedral have yet to vote for the privatisation scheme although I do believe they might just vote for it . |
| 5 | Being aware of the strict alcohol regulations , I did not object to this , although I did think it rather unfair that a school-friend was obliged to dispose of his soft drink before he entered the ground . |
| 6 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
| 7 | Although I did hear he had a lad or two with him . |
| 8 | I could n't fault the descriptions , although I did find it a little irritating to be several paragraphs into each section before the actual route of ascent was revealed . |
| 9 | they were laughing and giggling up the corner and er , I mean I did go just to let them know that although I did say I would n't come to every meeting I was quite prepared to still do |
| 10 | And I felt so happy and excited so I did ring him up . ’ |
| 11 | If I let go you 'll go on the floor |
| 12 | Hold it tight mummy I can tell you that if I let go you 'll let on the floor . |
| 13 | And if I do anger you , what are you going to do with me , eh , have me beaten to an inch of my life ? |
| 14 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 15 | But she knew that any attempt at this sort of seductive sophistication would be laughably incongruous coming from her quiet , ordinary little self , and in any case she had made no serious plans to leave , so she simply said steadily , ‘ That 's very nice of you , Dr Russell , but I have n't fully worked out my plans yet , and if I do leave I 'll probably sign on with a nursing agency . |
| 16 | It did not make it clear that the impulse to take the peach is a continuing reaction in awareness of its anticipated taste , so that I have chosen rightly only if I continue spontaneously to welcome the awareness right up to the savouring of the juice on my tongue , in other words if I do relish it , enjoy it . |
| 17 | I 'm not going to do what he wants even if I do fancy you . |
| 18 | ‘ If I do ask him , and he says he 's ready , that will only confirm my thoughts . ’ |
| 19 | Well no but if I do bust 'em |
| 20 | My free time is taken up by the hairdresser and manicurist — and if I do escape them , I have to be fitted at the dressmaker 's . |
| 21 | If I do find them , they get short shrift . |
| 22 | And , Mum , if I do find her , I sha n't rush out to see her without giving her warning , I do know that much . |
| 23 | He says , the wicked are like the tossing sea , and you know , as far the bible is concerned , the wicked is not necessarily the man or the woman who does terrible deeds , the wicked is not necessarily who is , who is a murderer , or a child molesterer , or a thief or or or a wife beater or something like that , the wicked is the person who rejects God , who turns their back on God , who says thank you , I can go through my life without , I do n't need you , I do n't even believe you exist , and even if I do believe you exist I 'm gon na do things my way , I 'm gon na go through life as I choose . |
| 24 | Hopefully if I do get it , there 's somebody there , that 's going from Andover |
| 25 | no ta well if I do see him I do n't think that probably he 'd take very well . |
| 26 | If I did leave it , I 'd stay up in the evening to do it , it 'd be on my conscience … |
| 27 | If I did love him , she thought more soberly , he 'd be the first one that I have , maybe . |
| 28 | Then , if I did get it wrong , my mother wo n't need to know . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If I did ring he 'd have moved on , anyway , he 's more elusive than my daddy . |
| 30 | ‘ And tell me , Miss Lea , just what would you do about it if I did touch you ? |