Example sentences of "i [modal v] [adv] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
2 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
3 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
4 | oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end |
5 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
6 | ‘ I have calculated that selling the girdles at normal price — and in Leningrad this day I could get double the normal price at least — but at normal price I could still retire at the end of one day 's work . |
7 | But McGrath , who has had eight operations on his knees , revealed this could be his swansong , saying : ‘ I will decide at the end of the season , but I 'd rather quit at the top than drop down to a lower level , and the knees cause me a lot of pain . |
8 | The ex-Manchester United star admitted : ‘ I 'd rather quit at the top than drop to a lower level . |
9 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
10 | I would n't bounce at the same time |
11 | I would certainly jump at the chance of a career in football . |
12 | I would never cry at the sight of a battered Rover , nor shiver in the sad vacancy of a council estate . |
13 | " You 've been lovely and I 'm leading you on but I ca n't deliver at the moment . |
14 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
15 | And I did n't go , but a chap that I knew from whose name I ca n't remember at the moment , did go and he was killed within about three months of his er arriving in Africa . |
16 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
17 | I ca n't get at the underside of my staircase ; how can I fix loose treads from above ? |
18 | ‘ I ca n't train at the moment , ’ he added . |
19 | I will not live at the mercy of my hormones , she told herself savagely . |
20 | I will now look at the ridiculousness of The Queen 's Croquet Ground . |
21 | I will certainly look at the point that my hon. Friend has mentioned . |
22 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
23 | Tilly , stopping Right I wo n't look at the answers . |
24 | I also set up a room for the program under review , so I can just click at the side of the screen and move to it . |
25 | Right okay , so if I can just look at the details for each of them . |
26 | Through the vapours I can even grasp at the idea that the hatred and malice of my enemies , their whisperings and pointings , are but emanations of one of the form , of love . |
27 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
28 | ‘ I can only guess at the reason , ’ Becker said . |
29 | I can only wonder at the fish that would have been caught when the river had fully fined down . |
30 | ‘ I have nothing any more I can only look at the pictures ’ |