Example sentences of "[indef pn] i [vb mod] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course it 's early days yet , I suppose , but I do so wish there was someone I could tell the whole story to . |
| 2 | I did everything I could to save the boy 's life , but to no avail . |
| 3 | It will take a while , I 'm afraid , but I 'll do everything I can to persuade the family that they should meet you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I could not help recalling , ’ Sir Maurice Hankey , the Cabinet Secretary , wrote in his diary in September , ‘ that on the last day of Parliament Mr. Baldwin had walked across the yard outside [ the House of Commons ] and had said ‘ I will do everything I can to help the Government in making economies , but I will not enter a Coalition Government . ' |
| 5 | I promise I 'll do everything I can to help the rest of you — ‘ |
| 6 | you got a bin or something I can knock the , the remains into ? |
| 7 | If you 've got something I can put the water in I 'll go and see if I can get some for you , ’ Maggie offered . |
| 8 | If you peel one I 'll peel the other . |
| 9 | Yeah , so if you ca n't find one I 'll use the one what I was gon na do . |
| 10 | So if I take this one and put this one I can superimpose the red straight away I 've superimposed a group , but look the blue and re , and the white are out . |
| 11 | Wishful thinking : the statement ‘ If I could do anything I would implant the standards in his brain ’ may spark off more realistic ideas such as running a course to explain the standards ( perhaps in a country hotel so as to make it a pleasant experience ) . |
| 12 | If I can do anything I must know the facts . ’ |