Example sentences of "i [vb mod] read the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may read the papers , or perhaps just stay in bed wondering if there 's anything on the doorstep . |
| 2 | I must read the pamphlet again . |
| 3 | To do so I must read the eye-witness accounts of those who knew him . |
| 4 | I must read the letter , written by Dr. Beer on behalf of the practice , because it is the crux and the purpose of the debate : ’ The Right Hon. Jeremy Thorpe recently underwent a new and innovative neurosurgical operation carried out by Professor Hitchcock , Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology , Nottingham , as a National Health Service patient . |
| 5 | I must read the magazine I 've just bought . |
| 6 | Maybe I 'll read the births column as well . |
| 7 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 8 | Well quite simply er my reason is that erm I 'll read the letter to you that I dictated to the Sales Manager a week ago . |
| 9 | I 'll read the first two verses . |
| 10 | Anyway , I 'll read the book that you got . |
| 11 | And all the time I could read the writing upside-down on his desk : ‘ Reason for Referral : Bouts of uncontrollable aggression . ’ |
| 12 | and I could read the streams with all the skin |
| 13 | I could read the whole of it if I am asked to do so . |
| 14 | Through the wheels of Armstrong I could read the fly posters on a spare piece of wall on the other side of the street . |
| 15 | Oh I 'm sorry my Lord perhaps I could read the passage out and then er I can hand it up to your Lordship but it after setting out the dictor from Mr Justice in the Midland Bank . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether I 'd read the book or the ‘ Classics Illustrated ’ edition . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd read The Lonely Londoners and I could relate to it from what my parents had told me about their early days in London [ before moving back to Nigeria when Agbenugba was ten ] . |
| 18 | I 'd read the various bits and pieces a couple of times now , looking for something deep and mysterious in it all but not finding anything ; I 'd even done a little research of my own , and discovered through mum that dad had some more of Rory 's papers in his study ; she 'd promised she 'd try and look them out for me . |
| 19 | You know , I mean , I was convinced that there was no such thing as religion after I 'd read the book I mean , anything I read about , I immediately say , oh yes , of course that 's true , you know . |
| 20 | Yeah I 'd read the brochure . |
| 21 | I only contacted him because I 'd read the article and did n't much like being used . ’ |
| 22 | No , no , no , I take your point , but I did n't mean that , it 's the way I 'd read the press release , I was n't the one reading it , so certainly they it would that would be please do n't forget I mean no one is going to really knock for your English |
| 23 | One Christmas when Macmillan was in his eighties his grand-son Alexander ( Maurice 's son and the present Lord Stockton ) , who looked after the old boy in many ways , asked me if I would read the eighth of nine lessons at a carol service in a London church in aid of dependants of the Publishers Association . |
| 24 | First , I shall read the cards for you . |
| 25 | To put the record straight , I shall read the second paragraph : ’ We judge that the provisions of the Bill , as printed , are confused and inadequate for their purposes . |
| 26 | In the worked features I can read the pain |
| 27 | Oh , I can read the signs as well as anyone , ’ Dora went on in a sudden surge of indignation as Melissa 's eyebrows lifted . |
| 28 | And if I can read the other doctor 's handwriting . |
| 29 | ‘ But by now I can read the scans too well . |
| 30 | ‘ I can read the papers for myself . ’ |