Example sentences of "i [modal v] be [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To think I may be looking at the last of the Corbetts . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I may be missing in the memory department , but I do have a brain . |
| 3 | I may be heading for the infernal scrap-heap , but I still have my professional pride . |
| 4 | I realise I must be wanted by the police for Saul Judge 's death , but it was not murder . |
| 5 | I did n't know if I should be flattered by the offer but I was most put out when my companion said : ‘ Throw in a goat and two carpets and she 's all yours ! ’ |
| 6 | I do not therefore consider that I should be departing from the Vice-Chancellor 's decision by reaching a different conclusion on the present Act . |
| 7 | I learned later that , in the presence of a superior officer , he had wrongly suggested that I might be returned to the hotel after treatment . |
| 8 | I cringe when I hear those songs these days ; mind you , perhaps one day I 'll be cringing about the songs I 'm writing now … |
| 9 | I 'll be stomping round the surgery in no time . |
| 10 | I know if I get into trouble again I 'll be done for the arson charge and breach of probation , and that means a few years in jail and I could n't handle it . |
| 11 | In next month 's Buyer 's Guide I 'll be looking at the pros and cons of third party maintenance contracts and insurance for your PC . |
| 12 | ‘ Also , I 'll be looking for the slag personally , so I reckon between us we should find him . |
| 13 | There are the most incredibly exciting shops here — even just driving along I 'll be looking in the windows . |
| 14 | That 's a lot to stay in because that 's in the script is n't it , you can say that , because I 'll be ringing at the same time on Thursday . |
| 15 | I 'll be gone by the time you wake up in the morning . |
| 16 | Actually I 'll be operating between the village hall and the Cross Keys and Mr Roger has the pub for the last sixteen years or so . |
| 17 | Tell him I 'll be staying at the Europa Hotel and I must see him . ’ |
| 18 | BTW The bad news for me is that I 'll be unsubscribing at the end of the week when I finish working here — what a bummer ! |
| 19 | I thought , ‘ I 'll be kept in the station for an hour dealing with all this . |
| 20 | Contempt for the emptiness of the ‘ caring ’ rhetoric of people like Chris Patten and fear of the Euro-enthusiasm of people like Mr Heseltine ( not that there are any people like Mr Heseltine , but there are many high in his party who seem to share his desire to join a United States of Europe ) have welled up , and I have thought like Malvolio : ‘ I 'll be revenged on the whole pack of you . ’ |
| 21 | After the break I 'll be speaking to the Gloucester rugby player , Mike Teague , about his selection for the British Lions Tour of Australia . |
| 22 | To date I have found both tools perfectly safe , used with care , and though there are rare occasions when I might choose the SuperCut , for the moment I 'll be sticking with the real thing , which remains in a class of its own . |
| 23 | Next month I 'll be writing about the 2×2 ribs . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll be sitting at the back and I do n't want anybody showing up the firm , asking questions , telling tales , you get my meaning ? ’ |
| 25 | so I 'll be sitting talking to Donna , cos Donna , Helen and Jenny be sitting in one group with Sarah , they 'll be chatting away and I 'll be sitting in the middle , sitting on |
| 26 | ‘ If I fail initially in Test cricket , ’ he wrote , ‘ I 'll be relying on the Worcestershire players and Basil D'Oliveira to pick me up when I get back to New Road . ’ |
| 27 | I 'll I 'll be going to the village hall but I me I have |
| 28 | I 'll , I 'll be going to the village hall but I might have to go back to the Cross Keys , that 's why I put Roger , perhaps I put the wrong thing on you see ? |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll be going into the Yard first thing to work out what 's to do . |
| 30 | Whether I 'll be remembered as the most pompous , hard-to-get-along-with person they 've ever come across , because I stand up for what I believe in , or as the best athlete Britain 's ever had , which I think will be the case , I 'll always be remembered . ’ |