Example sentences of "[adj] i [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dearest Mother and Dad I am sorry I can not write letter to-night will write to-morrow night . |
| 2 | I do n't want no bloody I ca n't spell Dave . |
| 3 | I 'm afraid I wo n't see Liza 's little girl . |
| 4 | Kitty said , in her little voice , ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't bear caviar . ’ |
| 5 | And more than that I 'm afraid I can not tell people . |
| 6 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
| 7 | I was soaked to the skin , my hands so cold I could hardly keep hold of the tiller . |
| 8 | But it wo n't matter — I 'm sure I can soon find friends . ’ |
| 9 | She shouts that if I get soaked I need n't expect sympathy , and I call for her to join me . |
| 10 | To those less committed I would strongly urge sampling ( try Disc 2 , track 4 ) — and will be surprised indeed if you resist the seduction any better than Caesar ! |
| 11 | Now I 'm so thin I ca n't do sports or swim because I look awful in a swimsuit . |
| 12 | Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’ |
| 13 | Well that 's what I would say about this if this was new I would n't let people go in ! |