Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | And before I go on I must set one thing straight . |
| 2 | I must say one thing . |
| 3 | I know it 's there , but I thought that John struck with me a very powerful note , when he said in his conference speech , I should share these things first in private . |
| 4 | ‘ Sapt , ’ I said , ‘ I promise I 'll do one thing for Ruritania before I leave it . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah I 'll do that thing . |
| 6 | I 'll leave first thing and , as he says , I 'll be back in no time . |
| 7 | I 'll leave first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 8 | Well the doctors are , I 'll explain one thing this er which is unique to this product . |
| 9 | I 'll squeeze a minute or two to come back at lunchtime , and I 'll bring some things for your throat then . |
| 10 | Yeah , I 'll switch this thing off . |
| 11 | I 'll get some things together and think , decide as I go along . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll need some things from my house , ’ Campbell said at last . |
| 13 | Well I do n't think those I 'll cut any thing but paper , you 'll have to get . |
| 14 | I 'll say one thing now about a question . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll say one thing — you Sards certainly know how to cook . ’ |
| 16 | And how it fits into your life , I have the feeling that er if I could fix it so that I could do it sort of in the house , by the way , I could , I could do certain things and I could stick to them , and I would see that I 'd do them . |
| 17 | I could grow more things . |
| 18 | My Heart bleeds to see the Concern he is in ; and it would be the utmost Satisfaction to me , if I could hope any thing of mine could contribute to his comfortable Subsistence in his old Age : I therefore beg of you to take the Key of my Buroe ; and if any thing is to be made of my poor Papers , that you will , for my sake , endeavour to promote a Subscription for his Benefit , which you so kindly have propos 'd for mine |
| 19 | You see , I could tell these things . |
| 20 | ‘ I could steal some things out of the rich folks ’ washhouses , mind . |
| 21 | So anyway that was one of the reasons , when I found that Brothers was slowly going out of business , when I saw last in , and I asked him if er I could have this thing ? |
| 22 | I wanted to make money , so I could have more things like them . ’ |
| 23 | you know just to wipe him down and everything in the morning , he just grabbed that and I could see this thing tipping and I went oh god no , please , because that could of been the duvet , the duvet covers |
| 24 | ‘ D' you think I 'm so stupid I 'd glue this thing to my head on purpose ? ’ |
| 25 | oh , I just thought I 'd have some thing different |
| 26 | And I the same for , when Lindsey was a wee girl and I mean a wee girl like , I 'd pick wee things for her I 'd of loved my mummy to buy me . |
| 27 | ‘ Nigel , I 'd put that thing away . |
| 28 | Well , I , I 'd say one thing by illustration from our own situation er we were transferring bulk and I felt that was singularly unfair because the members were given a choice . |
| 29 | For couples who currently use condoms regularly and would like a bit of a change , I 'd say these things are ideal . |
| 30 | BEFORE I realised the birds were my occasional allies , I used to do unkind things to them : fish for them , shoot them , tie them to stakes at low tide , put electrically detonated bombs under their nests , and so on . |