Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROS : A compulsion towards philosophical introspection is his chief characteristic , if I may put it like that . |
| 2 | Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled . |
| 3 | I must leave you within these two hours ’ . |
| 4 | Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible . |
| 5 | David and Angela came along to see it and David said , ‘ I must introduce you to this guy Tony DeFries who is going to be my manager , and I think you should meet him too . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose I must thank you for that , ’ replied the Queen of Casterbridge market rather ungratefully . |
| 8 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 9 | I must get him alongside this time , he thought . |
| 10 | Of course , I should expect them in this house . |
| 11 | Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups . |
| 12 | Maybe I should tell you about one man . |
| 13 | PAMELA : Sir , perhaps I should answer you by another question and that would not become me . |
| 14 | ‘ What the hell did you expect , that I should treat you as some kind of equal ? |
| 15 | Dr Kent , I do n't know whether I should ask them at all . |
| 16 | I do n't know why I should burden you with this and make an exhibition of myself in front of eveN– one . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I should warn you of two things . |
| 18 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 19 | I might bother you with another one ( or two ! ) that I have completed since then . |
| 20 | Well I thought I might accompany it with another equally short poem , which is also about a child . |
| 21 | I thought I might do it like that . |
| 22 | I wonder if I might trouble you with two additional queries , however . |
| 23 | Cos I saw erm a photo when I was eighteen and I it was sort of short in the neck over my ears short in there and then sort of fuller there and then just a bit of you know a light fringe not a heavy fringe and I thought I might have it like that so |
| 24 | But how I longed to be gallant , as they say ; to ask her if I might kiss her on both cheeks if I gave her my two violets . |
| 25 | Yeah , I 'll do it with that one then . |
| 26 | So I 'll do it like that . |
| 27 | I 'll hold you to that . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll sack her for that , ’ she said out loud . |
| 29 | Come , I 'll present you to this pretty little stranger , anon I 'll inform you who she is . |
| 30 | I 'll meet you at six . |