Example sentences of "[that] it [modal v] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd share your gin , ’ the Bishop 's wife said , ‘ except that it would make me further inclined to cry . ’ |
| 2 | He once claimed to me that he was able to open a beer bottle with his eye and that it would cost me $29 for the privilege of seeing the trick . |
| 3 | No need to stiffen up like that — you must see that it would affect me professionally . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The way I left was very , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 5 | ‘ The way I left wasvery , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 6 | It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there . |
| 7 | I wondered if he believed that it would kill me . |
| 8 | ‘ Creeping up to 40 was n't the main reason I wanted a third child , ’ says Saskia , ‘ but I was certainly aware that it would keep me back in the young-mum sphere along with the 25-year-olds . ’ |
| 9 | It did n't occur to you that we go away from here to be private , that our holidays are our own affair , that it might humiliate me to have Edwin Lorrimer know that I ca n't afford to take you to Venice , even on a ten-day package tour . |
| 10 | How ironic that it should take me so long to know how I feel about a man and then in that same moment realise that he really is the bastard I first took him for ! |
| 11 | I 'm frightened now that it will unsettle me , bring back too many memories . |
| 12 | ‘ I keep telling myself that it will stand me in good stead when I 'm about 40 and doing my first Isolde ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I feel sure you 'll understand that it will give me great satisfaction to entertain your niece 's young cousin . |
| 14 | However , I soon discovered that it could help me in many other ways , for example to take all the hard work out of doing my accounts , producing invoices and keeping track of stock . |