Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I must begin at the beginning . |
| 2 | My intention is that I should leave at the end of the year . |
| 3 | I 'll have a word with her when she 's awake , she 's still on a third dream I should think at the moment but she 's er , certainly good talking , I could , I could try and get her without her knowing about it and see what happens , just dinner time I 'll take it down and try it , oh you 're gon na take it round Steve 's ai n't you ? |
| 4 | I should clarify at the outset that the vendors have retained us to seek offers for a single package comprising 100% of the share capital of [ name ] together with five additional freehold property investments . |
| 5 | And nobody Even the church I mean I know the church ca n't agree on anything at the moment , we 're sitting here just down the road of course , the general synod of the church of whatsit and the archbishop of thingummybob is sitting there over their muesli and cornflakes I should imagine at the moment , or a late brunch , erm n not saying anything . |
| 6 | ‘ I might sleep at the hospital though , ’ she said . |
| 7 | The rest of the morning I might spend at the beach , in season , or in the park or a café , reading or catching up on my correspondence , or chatting to friends and acquaintances , as the whim took me . |
| 8 | I 'll sit at the back probably , in the back corner there . |
| 9 | No I 'll sit at the back . |
| 10 | I 'll stare at the floor ! ’ |
| 11 | Well I 'll ask at the meeting , but I 'll have to talk about it . |
| 12 | So I 'll ask at the meeting . |
| 13 | If I do n't work during the week for a day , then I 'll work at the weekend . |
| 14 | If I do n't work during the week for a day , then I 'll work at the weekend . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll look at the sea , before I go to sleep . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll look at the cricket scores and pretend I 'm some old member in from the shires with a striped blazer and a pink gin in his fist . |
| 17 | Oh well I 'll look at the telly then . |
| 18 | I 'll look at the safety aspect . |
| 19 | I 'll wait at the apartment . ’ |
| 20 | " I 'll wait at the end of the bridge . " |
| 21 | I 'll say at the outset , that Holy Communion is not something that we play about with . |
| 22 | Actually , I could throw at the moment but I could n't afford the shoulder seizing up the next day and suddenly finding I 'm out for three months . |
| 23 | I wish I could sit at the table and help cut up Annie 's food like I used to , and we 'd have crackers and we 'd wear those paper hats and have them little prezzies from inside the crackers . |
| 24 | Before I could protest at the misrepresentation , Mary said , ‘ Oh , no , that 's not so at all — that 's a very unscientific remark , if you do n't mind my saying so , sir ! |
| 25 | However , that is not an accusation that I could level at the Leader of the Opposition , as he has not found time to say anything at all about the environment — true or false . |
| 26 | For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time . |
| 27 | I could I could buy at the moment |
| 28 | I could look at the library ca n't I ? |
| 29 | Often , I would n't bother to try things on — I 'd look at the price tag and think ‘ I 've got to have this , ’ especially if I thought it was a ‘ bargain ’ I might not see again . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd jump at the chance , you know that . ’ |