Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps my allegiance to the latter may in part be conditioned by the fact that grew up in its company , in which case I should similarly prefer Fritz Reiner 's 78s of the Shostakovich Sixth ( Columbia , 6/37 ) , which I also bought as a schoolboy . |
| 2 | Of course I ca n't repeat Gene 's formulae here , visit your library and take a look if you 're interested . |
| 3 | Of course I ca n't repeat Gene 's formulae here , visit your library and take a look if you 're interested . |
| 4 | Of course I wo n't tell Dad . ’ |
| 5 | Her voice quivering with indignation , she answered , ‘ Of course I wo n't keep Paul 's ring . |
| 6 | Of course I shall not give way . |
| 7 | Perhaps the Maitre was offering an opportunity I should n't let pass … ? ’ |
| 8 | If I am not picked to play football I will probably play hockey . |
| 9 | They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end . |
| 10 | You know he 's going into the country so I 'm to go too and I 'll live nearby in a little room or a shed , for I 'm going to put my life in order , I 'm crazed with living in London and in the pubs and getting drunk every day , no wonder I could n't write poetry , for I could n't think . |
| 11 | ‘ In the heat of battle I sha n't need fur leggings . ’ |
| 12 | Though we have several times discussed the subject of retirement , in connection with other drivers , on his own withdrawal from the sport I would rather let Jackie have the word . |
| 13 | Well anyway it gets half way through this wood I could n't see couple of yards in front of me |
| 14 | Would you hold on a moment I 'll just get Margaret to the phone cos she really deals with the bookings hold on a second ! |
| 15 | At the moment I could not boil water successfully . ’ |
| 16 | But a spokeswoman for the Howard League for Penal Reform fumed : ‘ If I was in jail I would n't want people paying money to come and look at me as if I was in a zoo . ’ |
| 17 | Because I play the game I can not stand referees at the best of times … am I being biased here ? |
| 18 | Like the hon. Gentleman , I must acknowledge that in such a wide-ranging debate I will not have time to deal with many of the points raised . |
| 19 | I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me . |
| 20 | ‘ I like the forgetting bit , but you can forget anything else — you 're the last man I 'd ever make love with . ’ |
| 21 | The women in this case are suspects in their own right , especially if we take notice of that boy , though from what you–say I ca n't see Anna 's mother hauling herself up on the scaffolding behind Benson 's , or making a run for it when the boy turned up . ’ |
| 22 | The reason I ca n't drink rum or vodka |
| 23 | But with all the glasnost in the world I could not accept Natasha Vitaliev 's comments ( Impressions of Britain Today ) : ‘ Women in Britain have equal rights with men … |
| 24 | To this list I must now add Rano Raraku . |
| 25 | It will , I think , be apparent from what I have said that even in the case of normal medical treatment I can not accept Mr. Munby 's proposition that the child 's decision should determine the matter . |
| 26 | As Prime Minister I could not waste time having any internal arguments ’ or ‘ Yes , I do drive through things which I believe in passionately — what else do you expect of a Prime Minister ? |
| 27 | As Prime Minister I could not waste time having any internal arguments . |
| 28 | Closing my eyes in the gloom I could still feel Helen in my arms and I smiled to myself at the memory of her bounding healthiness . |
| 29 | same leg , so erm , see Gary moans at me that I , he says that I eat too much erm salt , now if I was to eat that much salt I would n't get cramp |
| 30 | Erm on , on yours in fact I could n't check sequence erm on the programme that you 'd given me because I did n't , I , I had know way of telling whether we did get a clash . |