Example sentences of "[prep] i [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Similar impressions seem to arise from sentences such as I may leave tomorrow and I can finish it next week . |
2 | He produced a notebook and took down the address of the party in Fulham ( as best as I could remember it ) and the time , which I guessed at around 11.15 p.m . |
3 | Yeah , probably , me and this other mate he 'd a , did a , I can , I can remember him saying something about I 'll race yeah , it , like I remember just remember him , me and him run running down ramps and stuff trying to get back down to the ground floor , so . |
4 | Then we had to then fiddle about and get the chain up with a big pole and heave that up and we always knew that if a dumb hopper come back and they 'd what we used to call they 'd lost a door , one of the doors used to break , used to be about I would say erm eight doors in the hold , separate doors and if one of them broke they 'd fiddle about with a big , what we would call a pole with a hook on trying to get hold of the chain and we 'd see that there pole sticking up out of the hold , we knew they lost a door so what they used to do they used to leave with the dredger and we 'd finish that off before we load it , had to . |
5 | By that time we should have about I would say at least another ten thousand pounds in that account of yours . |
6 | We might go to France in another four er about I would say spring time |
7 | Erm the it was about I should imagine well guess , three years old back then . |
8 | Well you 've got a lot of other things to think about I 'd say . |
9 | No , only about I 'd say late twenties Ed , you know , do know what it was though , he never had a drink he just sat there talking to himself , having a good chat to somebody , aye |
10 | ‘ If that 's all you 're worried about I can explain simply enough . ’ |
11 | It would be the amount of I would anticipate the managed fund . |
12 | A combination of I would think of about twelve passes but tha they switched the play from side to side |
13 | So I would ask nicely that I have petty cash of say thirty pounds , which out of I would buy , or pay the cleaners ' wages , and any minor expenses that come my way . |
14 | Which has a sort of I 'll compare it them with er some of the things that have been |
15 | Oh I 'll tell you later why she 's not been sort of I 'll tell you in a bit . |
16 | Erm I 've started writing off , we 've drafted a letter to write off to different colleges and sort of I 'll write off before I do my exams . |
17 | erm I think they said to me bar of I 'll say bars of Judy , if it 's any different I 'll let you know . |
18 | Erm sort of I may deal with sort of solicitors letter , that sort , the , the more complicated legal side , and , and that sort of thing . |
19 | and they 're easier to get rid of I 'd have to bring bottles home again would n't I ? |
20 | You tend to sort of I 'd like to book a table for two |
21 | Whe whereas the building trade would say oh I 'll take you , you 're a friend of mine , I 'll take you you 're a friend of I can take you , you 're a friend . |
22 | Well it should n't it it did i but if you just went up to the top they got a pair of I should think about four or five lengths they had to take it off the sprocket and er course you see they |
23 | Oh , there 's a piece of I should imagine there 's bits of puzzles under the chairs anyway . |
24 | If they like sentence me straight away for doing something like I 'd think to myself is it worth it ? |
25 | This place George Town is something like I should think Thenness [ ? ] when that town was first established although the extensive docks of the latter render it now far more different . |
26 | And the against I will move that that is approved for purposes of members travelling and subsistence those in favour please say aye . |
27 | could you firm it up a little bit with him you firm it up with I 'll talk to Scottish Homes |
28 | If she thinks it 's a good idea , we will then have erm a word with I 'll make sure it 's okay with dad and mum first basically . |
29 | My report to the Planning Committee is a sound professional technical planning report and I believe that on the information that I 've been supplied with I can recommend to the Planning Committee to approve the application . |
30 | Erm the the impression I 'm left with I must admit is that that that the cart has followed the horse if that 's right in that erm the environmental justification for the figures has been retrospective . |