Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | I may go even further than the Long Drive , he 'd said . |
2 | ‘ I must find out more before I tell you , Miss Stoner . |
3 | and while I started off thinking I might finish up better than I started |
4 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
5 | I think I might go out today after I 've had my bath . ’ |
6 | I figured I might have rather less than ten seconds to beat the ascending Mamba to the balcony , from there I 'd take the door which leads to the vast western attics and unexplored spaces beyond . |
7 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
8 | ‘ If that 's the case I 'll stay out longer than I 'd planned , and do you a favour ! ’ |
9 | Well I think I 'll go round actually cos they 're queuing up , we want to go to the grocers so er if we go up The Avenue we shall just come past the front of it . |
10 | ‘ Well , I 'll go as far as Claydon with you , and I would like to get off and walk through a footpath into a lane and into Creeting , to have a look at the old blacksmith shop . |
11 | I 'll drop in again when I 'm passing , ’ shouted the lady , as she retreated into the uproar . |
12 | In that case I 'll hang on to it but I really think she ought to , actually I 'll I 'll take round there when I 'm home . |
13 | ‘ I 'll look in tomorrow if I may — I know you 're very busy this evening . |
14 | ‘ I think I 'll put up here if you do n't mind . |
15 | I 'll cooperate as far as I can , on the understanding of course that I remain in control — full control — of anything to do with my project . |
16 | ‘ I 'll come as far as Tucker 's , get some fags , ’ Nails said . |
17 | No I think just dedication and we , if we made an appearance maybe something would come to a head , things would get sorted , if we just said forget it then stay at home , then the quarry managers would say right forget it , we 'll get another workforce in , you know it was , I think it was just I think some were dedicated to the job and sort of gave it their best , whereas others were slightly you know , willy nilly about it and well I 'll turn up today cos it the weather looks nice , or I 'll turn up today because the wife is n't off and or the gas has run out or whatever . |
18 | No I think just dedication and we , if we made an appearance maybe something would come to a head , things would get sorted , if we just said forget it then stay at home , then the quarry managers would say right forget it , we 'll get another workforce in , you know it was , I think it was just I think some were dedicated to the job and sort of gave it their best , whereas others were slightly you know , willy nilly about it and well I 'll turn up today cos it the weather looks nice , or I 'll turn up today because the wife is n't off and or the gas has run out or whatever . |
19 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
20 | I could do no better than use the graphic terms in which my hon. Friend described Labour 's position . |
21 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
22 | ‘ When I was young , I could move as fast as Harald . |
23 | Erm er perhaps I could refer just briefly as to why not . |
24 | I could go much faster than they could . |
25 | Well I was just wo wondering about that window but I pr I think I prefer just a curtain and I do n't think I could put both there because the roller . |
26 | I could hang on here till she comes back . |
27 | I could get up there before he buys |
28 | ‘ I could get out more if there was a car . ’ |
29 | ‘ I 'd go again today if it did n't mean waiting in line till a month from Monday , ’ said USA Today reviewer Mike Clark . |
30 | ‘ In fact , I 'd go as far as to say you 've got the worst case of it I 've ever seen . ’ |