Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One mistress I could ignore — but he 's now on his sixth . |
| 2 | bluecollar gipsy I can see it in your eyes . |
| 3 | ( If it is addressed to myself as Parish Clerk I will see that it is displayed prominently in the village . ) |
| 4 | Erm , two er three points would I like , erm , picking up a couple of comments earlier , and coming back to a , I think if we use a cricketing analogy , a long hop I 'd like to bowl at you Chair , and you may hit it in Mr Wincup 's direction . |
| 5 | The File Manager obligingly scans the entire disk and lists all the files beginning with Q. I can see that the ones I want have been installed under D : \WINDOWS\QUOTE , and I can use the File Manager to look at them . |
| 6 | Now , as far as the Catholics are concerned , I have to say I like the people very much but theirs is not a faith I could accept myself . |
| 7 | Although I was baptized into the Methodist faith I used to prefer the church service because it did n't go on so long . |
| 8 | Sir , — Nine years ago I volunteered my services as a school governor , believing that the expertise I could offer would be helpful to headteacher , staff and pupils . |
| 9 | Using all the tact I can muster , I try to explain this . |
| 10 | And as I 'm putting you out on your half-day I 'll make it up to you , there will be something extra by way of a thank you in your pay packet on Friday ’ |
| 11 | Also as much info I can get as to what parts of the ground non-members etc. can buy tickets for and the prices would be helpful . |
| 12 | In my own defence I can say that everyone else got it wrong too . |
| 13 | In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We-ell , they 're forecasting heavy rain , ’ Simon pointed out , ‘ but if I had a key to the cottage I could go in and fix up some temporary weatherproofing until the roof can be properly repaired . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And if there 's anything you want from Red Cottage I could fetch that too later on . ’ |
| 16 | After that story I dare say she felt that we could meet — for though it had not been ‘ taken from the life ’ it had , as Elizabeth 's very solid stories were apt to do , taken on life . |
| 17 | ‘ And in a fairy story I 'd tell him to get lost , ’ Eve said , laughing . |
| 18 | That 's another story I could tell you it 'd er er make your hair curl . |
| 19 | In another existence I might have emulated Capability Brown . |
| 20 | From my country upbringing I can remember fields of blaggets less common now but I do know of it still being grown in Orkney . |
| 21 | If you wish to break your contract I will inform your agent of your decision tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 22 | He could fly all day long and all night long if he wanted , but I wanted him to get 100 hours at night and I felt that despite his enthusiasm I would like to he shot of him for a period . |
| 23 | And just in case I may say things I 'll be sorry for , I 'd better not go on , except for one last word . |
| 24 | In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong … |
| 25 | The last use is the basis of the major work in this field , the treatment by Laver ( 1968 , 1980 ) ; if one adopts this as the meaning of ‘ voice quality ’ it is preferable to use the term ‘ phonation type ’ ( see Catford , 1964 ) for ( ii ) , and in any case I would prefer to use ‘ personal speaker characteristics ’ for ( i ) . |
| 26 | In that case I would peak earlier and higher and then feel like hell for the rest of the day . |
| 27 | Erm in that case I would need to get accommodation over here or tran commute from |
| 28 | Either you have lost the letter or you did n't have it to lose in the first place , in which case the king never gave it to you , i which case he gave it to me , in which case I would have put it into my inside top pocket in which case ( Calmly producing the letter ) … it will be … here . |
| 29 | I knew that she did n't believe in him as I did because in that case I would have recognised her as I had recognised Mother Joseph , who inhabited a territory which I had visited . |
| 30 | And he told me that if that was the case I would have to find somebody else . ’ |