Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where I 'd say right meaning I understand kind of thing but I 'm not saying that 's right I mean right . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't think of anywhere where I 'd get better working conditions than that . ’ |
| 3 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 4 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 5 | Or I might get some card and stick to it . |
| 6 | it , or I 'll change that display decoder first , I mean that 's been reset now , forget that , er |
| 7 | Once everybody else has gone off and done their bit , I 've either got a job I 'm in the middle of doing or I 'll plan some work for another time . |
| 8 | If so , can you please send to his new address 121 Gilbert Road , Cambridge ( 0223 ) 353341 , or I 'll get some bumph from Optica direct . |
| 9 | Well , so do I. I want to know who you are and who you 're working for , and do n't fuck me around or I 'll have this train stopped . |
| 10 | If I am in the habit of greeting my neighbour or a regular passer-by in the morning , I must not omit to do so , or I shall cause immediate pain and offence . |
| 11 | I must get out of here or I shall say other things . |
| 12 | BELVILLE : Only I know that sparkling lustre , or I should have some fear for my Pamela as she grows older . |
| 13 | ‘ But they 're going to be dead by dawn tomorrow , so I do n't think the General or I will lose any sleep over it . ’ |
| 14 | Or I can get some paper and put it over |
| 15 | Or I could open some tins of potatoes and he 'll fry them with corned beef and beans . |
| 16 | But Bush would say no more except I 'd need legal representation . |
| 17 | Chris Goodenough , 19 , student ( above ) : ‘ I prefer the Seventies style , although I would wear this top . ’ |
| 18 | Although I shall cricitize this theory of responsibility below , we should next complete this outline of choice theories by examining how they deal with the question of what kinds of obligation should the state enforce . |
| 19 | He said make-up was all very well for some people , but he hated to see it on girls who were n't the right type — implying I suppose , that I ought to wear woollen stockings and teach in a Sunday school ! |
| 20 | ‘ I should imagine that you are worried — worried that I might cause some sort of scene , humiliate you in front of this jetsam . ’ |
| 21 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 22 | I have n't given her a hint that I might have Nazi sympathies . ’ |
| 23 | Was it right for me to assume that I would remain senior partner until retirement ? |
| 24 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
| 25 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
| 26 | Eventually she believed my protests that I would prefer Filipino fare ; it appeared — embotedo , lumpia , bulabula — all in a toasted sandwich . |
| 27 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 28 | ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it . |
| 29 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
| 30 | I knew before I went that I would cry that day , but I thought it would be because he was standing in front of me , not because he was n't standing in front of me . |