Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |
| 2 | However , that is not an accusation that I could level at the Leader of the Opposition , as he has not found time to say anything at all about the environment — true or false . |
| 3 | For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time . |
| 4 | My intention is that I should leave at the end of the year . |
| 5 | ‘ That I 'd jump at the chance of marrying you . |
| 6 | But after a week or so I was acclimatised , and I would laugh at the discomforts of half-asphyxiated visitors . |
| 7 | And I shall sell at a hundred and sixty pounds . |
| 8 | Up and down and over and over , again and again and I 'd marvel at the bulk of prayer they made in any one day . |
| 9 | The inner side of the track was almost sheer at this point , brown broken rock glistening with water , and I could see at a glance where the rock had come from , a gaping hole oozing mud as though a giant molar had been extracted . |
| 10 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |
| 11 | Well I , well I , I mean I 've had to do my homework , before I come on this meeting for you , and I , and if I can start at the back and work forwards we have got enough money . |
| 12 | Do you want to go and get your aeroplane , cos I can sit at the table and colour with one hand , and make aeroplanes with the other . |
| 13 | But I shall leave at the end of this week , Lord John . |
| 14 | But I must begin at the beginning . |
| 15 | Before I could protest at the misrepresentation , Mary said , ‘ Oh , no , that 's not so at all — that 's a very unscientific remark , if you do n't mind my saying so , sir ! |
| 16 | On getting there I calculated when I would arrive at the next post , where I promised myself lunch . |
| 17 | Mm No that 's er making me jolly cross , not like myself I do n't do anything like , not as much as I used to do at the hall , I mean I used to do a lot as you know , but I , I know how much you have done , but nobody else knows |
| 18 | this makes quick reference easier as I can see at a glance whether the magazine has the pattern I am looking for . |