Example sentences of "[pron] i [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
2 | If it was me I would do the same to them but two wrongs do n't make a right . ’ |
3 | The social workers told me I would like the home and that I could stay on at my old school and still have the same friends . |
4 | When should the caseworker say , " this is too complex for me I must pass the case on ! " ? |
5 | Told me I could burn the rest for all she cared . |
6 | Mr Gillis continued writing and when Alec turned to me I could see the strain on his face . |
7 | In front of me I could see the dark shape of a summer-house and I moved towards it . |
8 | Behind me I could hear the men calling again , " Hey , mister . |
9 | I shall ascribe it to an imaginary person whom I shall call the attitudinist . |
10 | You have a second to whom I can present the note ? ’ |
11 | Here I 'll take them I 'll do the tins is that it Paula ? |
12 | that put it underneath that 's all I 'm gon na do is , do I I 'll measure the framework |
13 | Well Certainly I I I would take the view that erm erm County Council would take that overall the York area overall is an area er of quite strong demand . |
14 | I I would support the community arts programme but I would point out that many elements of it are er the kind of things that technically are the responsibility of the county council 's services department . |
15 | And I I 'd refer the panel erm to the written statement of the county structure plan of nineteen seventy nine , erm and the section entitled , the Strategic Framework , paragraph three nine on page ten . |
16 | Although , erm you know , I I can remember the time when I have not been a , quite enjoyed having bread and butter and chips . |
17 | I I will qualify the the general spirit of what was said . |
18 | Of course it 's early days yet , I suppose , but I do so wish there was someone I could tell the whole story to . |
19 | The argument for the pre-emption thesis proceeds from another , which I shall call the dependence thesis . |
20 | The first we step into we call the infant or thoughtless Chamber , in which we remain as long as we do not think … we no sooner get into the second Chamber , which I shall call the Chamber of Maiden-Thought , than we become intoxicated with the light and the atmosphere , we see nothing but pleasant wonders , and think of delaying there for ever in delight . |
21 | This raises a general question which is central to these areas , and which I shall call the representation problem . |
22 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
23 | It has given rise to two different approaches which I shall call the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ whole curriculum ’ approach . |
24 | The time that this occupies may be influenced by a property which I shall call the ‘ stickiness ’ of the old mould . |
25 | By the next letter : ‘ I am planning a large and sumptuous ballet on fisherman and his soul , for which I shall use the Moussorgsky . ’ |
26 | That is the basis on which I shall consider the application , and I will do so carefully . |
27 | ‘ The only circumstances in which I would anticipate the use of the remedies of certiorari and mandamus would be in the event , which I hope is unthinkable , of the panel acting in breach of the rules of natural justice — in other words , unfairly . |
28 | The inspectors , through their union , say they are underfunded and understaffed ( to which I would add the problem of incredibly low morale ) . |
29 | The plaintiffs then had a new point which I may call the waiver argument , the basic principle of which is stated in Wigmore on Evidence , 8th ed. ( 1961 ) , pp. 453–455 , para. 2275 : |
30 | ‘ If I cut my profits and prices to whatever lower level you prescribe — for I assume I shall have your guidance on what that should be — will you advise me about the basis on which I should ration the consumers of my article ? |