Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] i this " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You must lend me this music , Basil , ’ he said . |
2 | You 're a good judge of character , laddie , and as I 'm not so bad at that myself , I 'll bide by what you say if you 'll answer me this ; what 's your true reason ? ’ |
3 | I 'm not , he 'll beat me this time , you watch , I 'll have a real hard one , I wo n't be able to answer anything ! |
4 | I know girls who say , ‘ Oh , I 've never done it for money , but he 'll give me this and that ’ . |
5 | So erm we should well Mick said he 'll give me this week anyway . |
6 | I wonder if he 'll give me this . |
7 | He 'll kill me this time , for sure . ’ |
8 | But you could give me this project , put me in charge of the entire operation — and let me see it through . |
9 | Nell had said she would meet me this Sunday morning in the coffee shop in the Great Hall , and had told me that the crews often went there to wait for train time . |
10 | Who would help me this time ? |
11 | Once again , I 'm stuck , as trapped as I was in that tree — and I do n't think a well-timed lightning bolt from Lil will spring me this time . |
12 | But she will give me this . |
13 | I 'm hoping he will ring me this afternoon . |
14 | Perhaps through your letters page you will allow me this opportunity to urge all pencil manufacturers to consider making available their full range of leads ( coloured as well as graphite ) for holder use and saving annually a small forest of cedar wood and other trees used in producing the pleasing but expense and wasteful product . |
15 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
16 | Yo go on you can tell me this joke and then you can finish . |