Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i [modal v] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I mean I could generate P H D theses for you by the dozen out of all this . |
| 2 | Er , you there 's no offend that I can cover with you , I 'm just having a wee chat with you on it in general terms on it , but I mean I could fill pages and pages |
| 3 | I do n't want really want Darren , I do n't honestly think , I think I 'd have difficulty in the initial breaking , but then everything else would go |
| 4 | All right , Ellis , I expect I can find time this afternoon . |
| 5 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 6 | [ reading ] " When you read this letter you will be far on your way to your father and mother where you have so long desired to be , and I hope I shall forbear thinking of you with the least shadow of that fondness my foolish heart had entertained for you . |
| 7 | ‘ I hope I can give Gavin some help from my long experience of captaincy if he needs it , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 9 | Now I hope I can leave Malcolm with a difficult selection decision . |
| 10 | He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps . |
| 11 | I know I can trust Lennie Lawrence . |
| 12 | I was on the dole in Sheffield once and I swore I 'd sweep streets rather than going back . ’ |
| 13 | But once I 'd done it , I swore I 'd help others do it . ’ |
| 14 | If I was making a career of this I guess I 'd resent Dixie coming with me . |
| 15 | I decided I would postpone hostilities for a while . |
| 16 | I suppose I shall have tears in my wine ! |
| 17 | O K so if any of you could make because it 's one more interesting psychological ploys in the play , there are n't very many of them are there ? comedy I suppose I 'll play behaviour . |
| 18 | At least , I went — I suppose I could tell Hayley that . |
| 19 | Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose I could have coffee … ’ she suggests doubtfully . |
| 21 | ‘ I feel I 'll score goals anywhere in any system and not just as a forward player getting on the end of anything knocked long . |
| 22 | I feel I could topple tables and chairs , Miss Honey … |
| 23 | There is just one thing more : I feel I should tell Leila 's parents . |
| 24 | In all this , I feel I must pay tribute to our present Spiritual Director , Canon Harney . |
| 25 | Dear Guitarist I feel I must put pen to paper , having just been to an excellent ‘ 30 Years of Jim Marshall ’ evening here in Copenhagen , Denmark . |
| 26 | After all these years and after the last time , I feel I must take things easy . ’ |
| 27 | Although agreeing in principle with the views expressed by Jim Perrin in his article ‘ Range War ’ ( May issue ) , I feel I must take issue with one or two of his conclusions , which I think require further examination . |
| 28 | AS A regular reader of your ‘ Have A Rattle ’ column and as a long-standing Glentoran supporter , I feel I must take issue with your somewhat dismissive reply to ‘ Jockus Concernus . ’ |
| 29 | Today I felt I could leave things no longer , so I had a word with a colleague in the Home Office . |
| 30 | I felt I could ask questions , I felt she would n't mind . |